Cross-Border Transactions

License to travel: how regulation is benefiting business abroad [Video]

by Reed Smith on 5/14/2013

Our Business Across Borders report series, written by The Economist Intelligence Unit, investigates the biggest issues facing global business. The first of five reports and video commentary, Licence to travel, examines the...more

SEC Proposed Rules and Interpretive Guidance for Cross-Border Security-Based Swap Activities

by White & Case LLP on 5/3/2013

Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank Act") (enacted July 21, 2010) generally became effective on July 16, 2011. Since then, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has...more

SEC To Propose Cross-Border Rules For Security Swaps

by Elan Mendel | Shipkevich PLLC on 4/29/2013

U.S. regulators intend to submit a proposal next week that will outline how new rules governing over-the-counter derivatives will affect cross-border transactions....more

Offshore Litigation Tools for Local Disputes

by Ian Mann | Harney Westwood & Riegels on 4/19/2013

British Virgin Island (“BVI”) and Cayman Islands companies have been a popular choice of investment vehicle for Hong Kong and Chinese companies and individuals. This article explores the key tools available to members of BVI...more

Pilot Development of Cross-border RMB Loans in Qianhai District

by Gloria Li | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/7/2013

The first batch of cross-border RMB loan agreements were signed on January 28, 2013. A total of 15 lenders, including HSBC Holding Plc and Industrial & Commercial Banks of China (Asia) Ltd., will provide about RMB 2 billion...more

Disputes in China: Watch Your Step

by MoFo Tech on 2/26/2013

As cross-border business in China has exploded, so has the frequency of business disputes there. With both Western and Chinese firms wary of conducting litigation on the other’s home turf, parties can often agree on...more

Inside M&A - Winter 2013

by Obiamaka P. Madubuko, Jeffrey Rothschild, Frank Schoneveld, Jake Townsend | McDermott Will & Emery on 2/22/2013

In This Issue: - FCPA Due Diligence is Critical to Avoid Successor Liability in Cross-Border Transactions - China’s Merger Control Rules...more

International Tax & Transfer Pricing Strategies in the Crosshairs

by Claire M.C. Kennedy | Bennett Jones LLP on 2/22/2013

The OECD recently issued a report targeting corporate tax planning and transfer pricing strategies, which it asserts constitute a serious risk to tax revenues, tax sovereignty among nations and tax fairness. (OECD (2013),...more

New Iran Sanctions Enactments Apply to U.S. Companies’ Foreign Affiliates and Subsidiaries, and Require SEC Reporting by Public...

by Burt Braverman, Jennifer Frewer | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 2/20/2013

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury enforces comprehensive sanctions that regulate, and largely forbid, most forms of trade and financial transactions by U.S. persons with Iran....more

UK's FSA consults on future use of temporary product intervention rules - Baker & McKenzie

by Sam Appleton, Bill Fuggle, Astrid Raetze | Baker & McKenzie Australia on 2/19/2013

The UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) is consulting on when and how its successor body, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), may make temporary product intervention rules, as part of its new approach to regulating...more

Preparing for AIFMD: Some Practical Tips, Part 1

by Alice Bell, Sean Donovan-Smith, Philip Morgan | K&L Gates LLP on 2/19/2013

In This issue: - A general round-up of key provisions in the AIFMD level 2 implementing regulations - Scope of the AIFMD - Timetable and transitional relief - Cross-border marketing - Delegation and...more

Aquila: M&A Looking Up in 2013; "The Negatives Are Built In" [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 2/15/2013

15 Feb. (Bloomberg Law) -- Frank Aquila, partner at Sullivan & Cromwell, talks with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about the prospects for mergers and acquisitions activity in 2013. Aquila notes that while 2012 was something of...more

CRA Releases New APA Report

by Matthew Peters | Dentons on 1/15/2013

This is the eleventh year in which the CRA has issued such a report, which is generally intended to enhance taxpayer awareness of the APA program and to describe (i) current operational status, (ii) relevant changes, and...more

Privacy in Latin America

by Cynthia J. Rich, Marian Waldmann, Miriam Wugmeister | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/14/2013

Originally published in Privacy & Security Law Report on January 7, 2013. The privacy landscape in Latin America is undergoing significant changes. With the enactment or implementation of laws in Colombia, Costa Rica,...more

"CFTC Issues Final Exemptive Order on Cross-Border Application of Certain Swap Regulations"

by Maureen A. Donley, Ryan Elsey, Theodore M. Kneller, Mark D. Young | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/12/2013

Swaps trade in a global market. Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act amended the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) to impose a panoply of regulation on the swaps market mostly through regulations adopted by the Commodity Futures...more

CFTC Issues Final Order on Cross-Border Swaps

by James M. Brady, Blake Brockway, Kenneth M. Rosenzweig | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 1/10/2013

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued a final exemptive order regarding the cross-border application of certain swaps provisions in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Pursuant to the...more

European Commission Publishes 2013 Action Plan on Key Changes to European Company Law and Corporate Governance

by David Pang, Anja von Alemann | McDermott Will & Emery on 1/9/2013

The European Commission has published an Action Plan (the Plan) on European company law and corporate governance for 2013. The Plan sets out 16 different priority actions to be taken by the Commission, including proposed...more

CFTC Exemptive Order on Cross-Border Application of Swap Provisions of Dodd-Frank

by Orrick - Structured Finance Group on 1/8/2013

On December 21, 2012, the CFTC approved an exemptive order which provides relief from certain cross-border applications of the swaps provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act and the related regulations....more

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - January 4, 2013

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 1/7/2013

In this issue: - CII Submits Rule 10b5-1 Rulemaking Petition to the SEC - ISS Publishes Updated FAQs for its Proxy Voting Policies - CFTC Issues Final Order on Cross-Border Swaps - CFTC Issues No-Action...more

Final Exemptive Order Regarding Compliance With Certain Swap Regulations; Further Proposed Guidance

by Ian Cuillerier, Claire Hall, Steven K. Ross, Yvette D. Valdez | White & Case LLP on 1/3/2013

On December 21, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “Commission” or “CFTC”) approved an exemptive final order (the “Final Order”) providing time-limited relief from certain cross-border applications of the...more

Global Derivatives Update: ESMA And Clearing, Italy’s Transaction Tax

by Felix Shipkevich | Shipkevich PLLC on 12/21/2012

A tax on equity derivatives transactions grew more likely in Italy this week, as the Italian Senate approved a budget containing the seeds of a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT)....more

Resolving Financial Institutions – A Joint Paper by the FDIC and the Bank of England

by Orrick - Structured Finance Group on 12/19/2012

On December 10, the Bank of England (the Bank) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the FDIC) published a joint paper entitled ‘Resolving Globally Active, Systemically Important, Financial Institutions’ (G-SIFIs)....more

Foreign Taxpayers Can Benefit Despite Proposed Regulations

by Jeffrey L. Rubinger | Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP on 12/18/2012

Proposed regulations on swap payments sound like bad news for foreign taxpayers who have used them to avoid paying U.S. withholding taxes. But there are ways to structure a swap and still take advantage of the favorable tax...more

The First Sale Doctrine Under Copyright Law Update - Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons [Video]

by Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 12/10/2012

A copyright case presently before the U.S. Supreme Court called Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons concerns whether the “first sale doctrine” – which provides that once a copyrighted product is sold it can be re-sold by the...more

Last Rights for First Sale Doctrine?

by Gene Bolmarcich on 10/22/2012

Discussion of first sale doctrine and an upcoming Supreme Court case that will resolve issues pertaining to foreign manufacturing and how that affects the doctrine in copyright law....more

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License to travel: how regulation is benefiting business abroad [Video]

SEC Proposed Rules and Interpretive Guidance for Cross-Border Security-Based Swap Activities

SEC To Propose Cross-Border Rules For Security Swaps

Offshore Litigation Tools for Local Disputes

Pilot Development of Cross-border RMB Loans in Qianhai District

Disputes in China: Watch Your Step

Inside M&A - Winter 2013

International Tax & Transfer Pricing Strategies in the Crosshairs

New Iran Sanctions Enactments Apply to U.S. Companies’ Foreign Affiliates and Subsidiaries, and Require SEC Reporting by Public...

UK's FSA consults on future use of temporary product intervention rules - Baker & McKenzie

Preparing for AIFMD: Some Practical Tips, Part 1

Aquila: M&A Looking Up in 2013; "The Negatives Are Built In" [Video]

CRA Releases New APA Report

Privacy in Latin America

"CFTC Issues Final Exemptive Order on Cross-Border Application of Certain Swap Regulations"

CFTC Issues Final Order on Cross-Border Swaps

European Commission Publishes 2013 Action Plan on Key Changes to European Company Law and Corporate Governance

CFTC Exemptive Order on Cross-Border Application of Swap Provisions of Dodd-Frank

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - January 4, 2013

Final Exemptive Order Regarding Compliance With Certain Swap Regulations; Further Proposed Guidance

Global Derivatives Update: ESMA And Clearing, Italy’s Transaction Tax

Resolving Financial Institutions – A Joint Paper by the FDIC and the Bank of England

Foreign Taxpayers Can Benefit Despite Proposed Regulations

The First Sale Doctrine Under Copyright Law Update - Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons [Video]

Last Rights for First Sale Doctrine?

License to travel: how regulation is benefiting business abroad [Video]

Aquila: M&A Looking Up in 2013; "The Negatives Are Built In" [Video]

The First Sale Doctrine Under Copyright Law Update - Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons [Video]

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