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COVER STORY

Prospects for M&A in the BRIC countries

FEATURES

M&A plans for European companies in 2011

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ROUNDTABLE

International financial reporting standards

THE PANELLISTS: Joel Osnoss, Deloitte & Touche LLP; Sai Venkateshwaran, Grant Thornton; Keith C. Peterka, Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.; and Barry Jay Epstein, Russell Novak & Company LLP.

WORLDWATCH

Fraud and regulatory enforcement

The impact of increased international cooperation and coordination to fight corruption on multinational companies

Andreas Frohner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Independent evaluation of transactions: the ultimate test of an anti-corruption program

Glenn Pomerantz, Martina Rozumberkova and Andrew Maclay, BDO

Financial statement fraud – the numbers game

Mark Chadwick and Catherine Williams, FTI Consulting, Inc.

The Bribery Act 2010: how will it affect your business?

Elizabeth Robertson, Elinor Lloyd and David Savell, Addleshaw Goddard

Fraud and the regulatory environment

Jerry Oldham, 1stWEST Financial Corporation

Credit for self-disclosure and cooperation in corporate criminal FCPA cases

John S. (Jay) Darden, Patton Boggs LLP

DEALfront

mergers & acquisitions

Icahn wins battle for Dynegy?

Sanofi-Aventis’s hostile bid for Genzyme continues

private equity & venture capital  

UK private equity M&A almost quadruples in 2010

Lone Star in $4.2bn KEB exit

bankruptcy & corporate restructuring

US banks increasing distressed asset sales

AbitibiBowater emerges from bankruptcy

LEGAL&regulatory

Bankruptcy & corporate restructuring

Chapter 15 – it’s time to define COMI

Joanne Collett, Appleby

Germany plans to strengthen creditor control and company restructurings in insolvency

Sacha Lürken and Dr Leo Plank, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Legal risks for managers carrying out a corporate restructuring process 

Wojciech Wandzel, Kubas Kos Gaertner

PROFESSIONALinsight

Sector analysis

The National Infrastructure Plan – funding risks for the private sector

Michael Kenyon, Navigant Consulting, Inc.

2011 technology law update for the financial services sector

Brett Farrell, Barlow Robbins LLP

More than hydrocarbons: metals and mining in the Gulf

Chris Langdon and Sumit Soni, Latham & Watkins LLP

SPOTlight

A larger idea of business continuity planning for acquisitions

Pascal Meyer, Golder Associates

Corporate governance in ESOP companies

Tim Jochim, Kegler Brown Hill & Ritter

Offshore legal issues surrounding the fund redemption process

Matthew Richardson, Zolfo Cooper BVI

New US regulation of non-US private fund managers: some good news and some bad news

Margaret R.A. Paradisa, Baker & McKenzie LLP

Private stock exchanges go under the microscope

Lance Jon Kimmel, SEC Law Firm

The changing litigation landscape for directors and officers in the United States

William Fahey, Zurich North America

Is VAT on its way to become a primary business driver?

Christian Deglas, Deloitte

Is investment in intellectual property worthwhile?

Chris Benson and Martyn Fish, Harrison Goddard Foote

Transparency vs. confidentiality in international arbitration

Hernando Diaz-Candia, Squire Sanders & Dempsey

CONTRIBUTORS

1stWEST Financial Corporation

Addleshaw Goddard

Appleby

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Barlow Robbins LLP

BDO

Deloitte

FTI Consulting, Inc.

Golder Associates

Grant Thornton

Harrison Goddard Foote

Kegler Brown Hill & Ritter

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Kubas Kos Gaertner

Latham & Watkins LLP

Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.

Navigant Consulting, Inc.

Patton Boggs LLP

Russell Novak & Company LLP

SEC Law Firm

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Squire Sanders & Dempsey

Zolfo Cooper BVI

Zurich North America