International Financial Law Review

Issue: XXII, 3

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Features - Asia

• Private equity: avoiding directors' liability in China Private equity investors must take care to avoid unwelcome risks  23 - 26
  Moser, Michael J.
  Chong, Seung
• Supreme Court rules on Isda close-out calculations Andrew Fernbach explains how a decision of the New South Wales Supreme Court will affect the calculation of close-out amounts under the Isda Master Agreement  21 - 22
  Fernbach, Andrew

• IFLR European Awards Nominations  12 - 12
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Client Update: Nordic region

• What the downturn did to Nordic takeover law Last year saw a wave of complicated mergers in the Nordic region and exposed gaps in local legislation  30 - 38
  Williams, Thomas

Features - Americas

• Why more US Gaap information will confuse investors Forcing non-US companies to present figures in US Gaap as well as under their own accounting rules will simply confuse the market  39 - 41
  Bernstein, David
• SEC proves flexible on Sarbanes-Oxley for foreigners Early fears about the effect of US laws on non-US issuers may have been overstated  14 - 16
  Morrissey, Richard
  Bostelman, Jack
  Clayton, Jay

Features - Europe

• UK bank mergers made easy New provisions under the Financial Services and Markets Act make combining the business of two banks in the UK simpler than ever before.  27 - 28
  Odgers, John

Cover Story

• Saving Colt telecom from the vulture funds A UK judge has slapped down aggressive litigants trying to make money bo forcing a healthy company into administration. William Underhill and Jonathan Cotton, counsel to the defendant, explain why  17 - 20
  Cotton, Jonathan
  Underhill, William

Features - Comment

• The taxing process of Japanese M&A Phillip Quirk on why Japan's measures to encourage share exchange deals are not enough  13 - 13
  Quirk, Phillip

News

• - The dangers of accelerated dealmaking - Donaldson brings new approach to SEC fund regulation - Lamfalussy to herald EU regulator, says report - EU sets deadline for corporate governance reform  3 - 11
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Features - Asia

• Interview: Arthur Mitchell, Asia Development Bank Andrew Crooke talks to the Asian Development Bank's new general counsel about plans to help solve the region's bad debt problem  42 - 43
  Crooke, Andrew

International Briefings

• British Virgin Islands - Segregated portfolio for insurance companies Canada - Dutch auctions Cayman Islands - Amendments to segregated portfolio legislation Colombia - Tier II subordinated bonds US Structured finance - FASB Statement 140  44 - 56
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