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Collaterals Generally Used and Accepted Under Romanian Law
Romanian banks usually grant loans to individuals as well as to companies that need funding for their business. Such loans need to be secured in order to protect the Bank’s...Read more
Carmen Banateanu
Senior Associate, Radulescu & Musoi SPARL, Romania
Structures for International Private Equity Investment in the PRC
Over the last several years, a number of emerging trends have increased the attractiveness of utilizing onshore RMB-denominated investment vehicles to international private equity investors operating in China. While the...Read more

Joseph Lovell
Managing Director, IAO Asia, Cambodia
Regulation of Compliance Functions in Finnish Banks - Potential Implications to Banks' Legal Departments

In the Finnish banking industry, there are practically two different basic models to organize a compliance function:
• a legal department is also responsible for a compliance function or
• a compliance function...Read more
Jyrki Manninen
Senior Legal Counsel - Merchant Bankin9 Law Finland, Nordea Bank, Finland
Jussi Pelkonen
Partner, Roschier, Finland
Acquiring a Danish company - Financing The Acquisition Using the Target's Funds
Acquiring a Danish company poses much the same challenges as acquiring a company in most other jurisdictions. However under Danish law issues may arise relating to the financing of...Read more

David Hjortsø
Deputy Head of Legal DK, Danske Bank, Denmark
The Role of the In-house Lawyer in a Russian Bank. Central Bank of the Russian Federation (CBR) Regulatory Environment
This article aims to provide a general observation of the role of in-house lawyers in the Russian banking sphere and banking regulatory environment in Russia. It’s not possible to go...Read more

Stella Gukova
Head of Legal and Compliance, JCS Sumitomo Mitsui Rus Bank, Russian Federation
Consortium Regulation in Brazil
The consortium is a structure which arose from the need for grouping legal entities for the purpose of pursuing activities of common interest, by joining efforts and resources to perform...Read more
Mychèlle Fortunato
Head of Legal, Banco CNH Capital S.A. (FIAT Group), Brazil
The Eligible Operator in the Italian Market
With the approval of the 2006 Community law in Italy (from now on the Directive 2006), the Italian legislator delegated, <em>inter alia</em>, the Italian Government to follow a series of...Read more
Ferdinando Bruno
Head of Italian Restructuring , UniCredit Bank AG, Milan Branch, (UniCredit Group), Italy
Corporate Governance and (Self-) Regulation- An Investment Fund Perspective
As a result of the global financial turmoil, calls for regulation of financial services enjoy a strong political tailwind. Aside from that, the last years have shown that self-regulation is...Read more

Armin Kammel
Senior Manager, Financial Services Advisory, KPMG Austria GmbH, Austria
Challenges of In-House Counsel in The Face of Developments in Islamic Banking - A Malaysian Perspective

In response to the aspirations of a large number of Muslims in the country and as an alternative to the conventional method of banking which has been established, the Government...Read more
Nazlan Ghazali
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary, Maybank, Malaysia
Shahnaz Jamil
Senior Legal Counsel, Maybank, Malaysia
The Impacts of Mifid on the Italian Market
The implementation of MiFID in Italy.
The implementation of Directive 2004/39/CE by the European Parliament and the Council, dated April 21st 2004, referring to the markets of the financial instruments (from...Read more
Ferdinando Bruno
Head of Italian Restructuring , UniCredit Bank AG, Milan Branch, (UniCredit Group), Italy