Legal briefings from the world's leading law firms

With USD billions of infrastructure required in the Asia Pacific region, this comprehensive guide highlights how governments are turning to Public-Private Finance as a means of utilising private sector investment to deliver infrastructure and economic stimulus.

Further to their major research piece '50 Degrees East', Allen & Overy provide a broad overview of the issues that businesses are grappling with as the global economy sees a shift of power from developed economies to those in emerging markets, particularly in Asia.

This detailed paper from Allen & Overy's Global Law Intelligence Unit aims to discover and delineate what rules there are when a state becomes bankrupt. Areas discussed include the ladder of priorities; collective action clauses; monetary sovereignty; withdrawal from the euro; and much more.

The Indonesian Parliament recently passed a bill on land procurement to complement existing public private partnership legislation and prevailing land procurement legislations. The law is expected to accelerate infrastructure development projects which are often hampered by land procurement.

On 16 December 2011, the Chinese Supreme People's Court issued judicial guidelines for IP infringement adjudication with the aim of strengthening China's IP enforcement. Allen & Overy outline why the new rules represent one of the most important judicial guidelines for patent practitioners in China.

A Commercial Court decision by Gloster J throws some doubt on the recent Court of Appeal decision in Linsen International Ltd & ors v Humpuss Sea Transport plc Ltd & ors concerning the granting of worldwide freezing orders against foreign third parties with no assets in England.

The Indian Supreme Court has commenced hearings to reconsider its earlier controversial ruling on the applicability of the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 to arbitrations seated outside India. The outcome of the appeal is likely to be of considerable significance to investors in India.

In December 2011, the UK Government's vision for the future of water management in England was outlined in The Water White Paper. This briefing from Allen & Overy discusses the Paper and its potential impact for market participants.

This briefing provides an overview of recent key developments in Chinese RMB funds, including highlights of the Tianjin QFLP regulations issued in October in light of similar QFLP regulations in Shanghai and Beijing; and the universal filing requirements introduced in a circular issued in November.

This M&A Index provides market insight and commentary, backed up by independent research on the volume and value of global M&A deal types. The report highlights the extent to which countries have become active in each others' markets as businesses continue to look abroad for new opportunities.