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News & Analysis as of May 25, 2013

Regulators Warn On Risks Of Leveraged Loans

by Stephen M. Quinlivan | Leonard, Street and Deinard - Dodd-Frank and... on 3/22/2013

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency have issued joint supervisory guidance on leveraged lending. It remains to be...more

"Specialty Finance Mergers and Acquisitions: Developments and Considerations"

by Andrew Alin, David Ingles, Sven Mickisch, William Rubenstein | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/5/2013

In a rapidly evolving financial services landscape, mergers and acquisitions activity in the specialty finance sector was robust in 2012 and early 2013, and the pipeline for transactions in this space continues to be strong....more

Client Alert - MiFID II

by Pierre Berger on 6/30/2012

A full overview of the MiFID II proposal of the European Commission which is aimed at being implemented in the EU Member States end 2015 after adoption by the European Parliament....more

Private Equity - Autumn/Winter 2011

by Dechert LLP on 12/22/2011

In This Issue: - p1 Transaction Insurance: A Strategic Tool for M&A - p4 Singled Out: The Rise of Single Asset Structures Selected Key Sponsor and Investor Issues - p5 Recent Developments in Acquisition Finance -...more

Australian Firms and the international challenge

by stephen moss on 11/11/2011

One thing is for certain: the legal services sector is in the early stages of a seismic shift. Law firms that do nothing in the face of this changing landscape, do so at their peril. Let me describe the context of the...more

New York Department of Financial Services to Have Authority Beyond Legacy Regulators; New Legal Risks Emerge for Insurers

by Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 4/27/2011

The merger of the New York Insurance and Banking Departments gives the combined Department heightened enforcement and regulatory powers over previously unregulated financial products and services. Sutherland suggests that...more

Crucci e delizie della leva finanziaria alla italiana

by Nicola Carmine Salerno on 10/15/2010

Oltre ad essere titolari di attivi finanziari cospicui, le famiglie italiane detengono un patrimonio in obbligazioni e azioni/equity significativamente più consistente, in percentuale di Pil, rispetto alle famiglie dei...more

Different possibilities of forms of business entity for operating as the non-life insurer in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (the...

by Olavi-Juri Luik on 11/16/2007

The aim of this brief memorandum is to provide an overview of the different possibilities of forms of business entity for operating as the non-life insurer in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (the Baltics). Also, the brief...more