The US Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board recently published a notice to alert market participants that under existing legal principles, certain financings called 'bank loans' may in fact be municipal securities. This alert summarises the notice and explains how the two are differentiated.
Law Firm: Bingham McCutchen | Published: 29 September 2011 | Practice Area: Securitisation
This Baker & McKenzie briefing includes a number of important legal and economic developments in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam from January to June 2011, covering sectors including banking and finance, imports and exports, securities and tax and business.
Law Firm: Baker & McKenzie | Published: 29 July 2011 | Practice Area: Cross Border
The Securities and Investment Business Act, 2010 came into force in May 2010. It was the biggest change to the BVI investment funds legislative framework since the Mutual Funds Act, 1996 came into force. This briefing considers its impact a year on and discusses some of the more important changes.
Law Firm: Harneys | Published: 12 July 2011 | Practice Area: Securitisation
Macfarlanes’ briefing outlines the latest financial services developments, including a look at the Bank of England and the FSA’s joint paper on banking supervision, the EU Council’s view on short-selling and credit default swaps, and dark liquidity principles.
Law Firm: Macfarlanes LLP | Published: 27 May 2011 | Practice Area: Regulation and Compliance
Weil, Gotshal & Manges reports on the development of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law and the recent introduction of a new national security review system for foreign-funded mergers and acquisitions. This analysis also looks at what to expect with more regulations and systems being put into place.
Law Firm: Weil Gotshal & Manges | Published: 17 May 2011 | Practice Area: Competition Regulators and enforcement
The Securities and Futures Commission has completed some 227 enforcement cases resulting in the issuance of 42 disciplinary sanctions. Faced with this increase in the severity of sanctions imposed, Dechert addresses the changing philosophy of the regulator on life bans.
Law Firm: Dechert | Published: 23 March 2011 | Practice Area: Securitisation
This Taylor Wessing IPO guide provides a background to the procedures for listing shares on the three principal London equity markets - the Official List maintained by the UK Listing Authority, AIM and the PLUS-quoted market.
Law Firm: Taylor Wessing | Published: 22 February 2011 | Practice Area: Stock Exchange Listing
Taylor Wessing summarises the key issues in taking and enforcing security in the main European jurisdictions and provides a general guide.
Law Firm: Taylor Wessing | Published: 22 February 2011 | Practice Area: Securitisation
Baker & McKenzie provides a detailed report on the legal and economic developments in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam from October to December of 2010, including amendments to labour law, securities, foreign investment, and price control.
Law Firm: Baker & McKenzie | Published: 14 February 2011 | Practice Area: Central Government
The Security Interests (Jersey) Law 1983 is set to be replaced in the late 2011 or early 2012 by the Security Interests (Jersey) Law 201-(the new Law). Mourant Ozannes provides an overview of the key changes.
Law Firm: Mourant Ozannes | Published: 10 February 2011 | Practice Area: Securitisation
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