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COVER STORY

Distressed asset sales out of bankruptcy

FEATURES

UK Takeover Panel proposes strict merger rules

Proposed reforms of the UK banking sector

Debt crisis continues to plague Eurozone

Anatomy of a financial collapse: the US Senate investigation

ROUNDTABLE

The US Dodd-Frank Act

THE PANELLISTS: Allen B. Roberts, Epstein Becker & Green P.C.; Anna T. Pinedo, Morrison & Foerster LLP; Timothy W. Mungovan, Nixon Peabody; Don Moorehead, Patton Boggs LLP; and Heath P. Tarbert, Weil, Gotshal, & Manges LLP.

WORLDWATCH

Commercial litigation and arbitration

Arbitration in complex financial instruments and guarantees in Brazil

Rogério Carmona Bianco, Alexandre Domingues Serafim and Fábio Peixinho Gomes Corrêa, Lilla, Huck, Otranto, Camargo

Disputes with Chinese entities: how to win and enforce

Paul Starr and Nicolas Groffman, Mallesons Stephen Jaques

Independence and impartiality of arbitrators

Tim Portwood, Bredin Prat

Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996: proposed reforms

Kumkum Sen, Bharucha & Partners

International arbitration of commercial disputes involving parties from Saudi Arabia and the GCC

Dale E. Stephenson, Carol M. Welu and Paul Oxnard, Squire Sanders

Dispute resolution with the end objective in mind

Hossein Hamedani, Will Davies and Colin Johnson, Grant Thornton UK LLP

The changing role of experts in the current litigation environment

Dr Steven Schwartz, NERA Economic Consulting

The validity of ‘class action arbitration’ waivers in consumer cases

Timothy G. Nelson, Skadden, Arps

DEALfront

mergers & acquisitions

AT&T and T-Mobile in $39bn deal

Vimpelcom wins $6bn takeover battle for Sawiris’ assets

private equity & venture capital 

Strong appetite for cleantech investment

Phones4u sold in £700m deal

bankruptcy & corporate restructuring

Japan Airlines emerges from bankruptcy

Blockbuster goes up for sale

PROFESSIONALinsight

Managing tax disputes

European tax disputes environment – an increasing cost to businesses

Richard Fletcher, Baker & McKenzie

Transfer pricing tax disputes in Africa

Natasha Vaidan, Michael Fortmann and Michiel Els, KPMG

Transfer pricing litigation in India

Rahul K Mitra and Kunj Vaidya, PricewaterhouseCoopers, India

Private equity

Emerging trends in private equity transactions

Emma Danks, Nick Hazell and Kate Singer, Taylor Wessing

Private equity firms: reassessing bribery and corruption risks

Judith Korchin, Dana Choi and Sonya Strnad, Holland & Knight

SPOTlight

Executive compensation and excessive risk taking at financial institutions

Aubrey Bout, Ira T. Kay and Brian J. Lane, Pay Governance LLC

US regulation of private share trading: Facebook revolution?

Philip C. Berg, Otterbourg, Steindler, Houston & Rosen

NY appellate court allows pre-award attachment in aid of foreign arbitration

Allan I. Young, Porzio, Bromberg & Newman P.C.

Cayman’s role in the global cat bond sector

Paul Scrivener, Solomon Harris

Next generation LTE mobile frequencies in Italy

Fabrizio Cugia di Sant’Orsola and Silvia Giampaolo, Cugia Cuomo & Associati

CONTRIBUTORS

Baker & McKenzie

Bharucha & Partners

Bredin Prat

Cugia Cuomo & Associati

Epstein Becker & Green P.C.

Grant Thornton UK LLP

Holland & Knight

KPMG

Lilla, Huck, Otranto, Camargo

Mallesons Stephen Jaques

Morrison & Foerster LLP

NERA Economic Consulting

Nixon Peabody

Otterbourg, Steindler, Houston & Rosen

Patton Boggs LLP

Pay Governance LLC

Porzio, Bromberg & Newman P.C.

PricewaterhouseCoopers, India

Skadden, Arps

Solomon Harris

Squire Sanders

Taylor Wessing

Weil, Gotshal, & Manges LLP