2004

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Global Securitisation and Structured Finance 2004
Published by Globe White Page in association with Deutsche Bank.

This publication draws together world-class expertise on how best to structure deals in Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific. With over 80 chapters, the book is a uniquely international, comprehensive and authoritative guide. First published in 2001, the guide was the first to give the global securitisation marketplace a truly global treatment.


Global Corporate Governance Guide 2004
Published by Globe White Page (with consulting editor Barry Metzger) and featuring introductions from a host of international organisations and companies, including Hermes Pensions Management Ltd, NASDAQ, Pricewaterhouse Coopers and the US Securities and Exchange Commission and with contributions from leading international law firms.

This guide looks at corporate governance regimes in 26 jurisdictions primarily in the Americas, Europe and Asia and includes chapters that focus on specific issues affecting corporate governance practices in the United States.
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The Americas Restructuring and Insolvency Guide 2004/2005
Published by Globe White Page in association PricewaterhouseCoopers and Morgan Stanley with contributions from leading law firms and featuring an introduction by the World Bank.

This comprehensive guide looks at restructuring and insolvency law and practice in 24 jurisdictions across the Americas and contains 16 special focus chapters dealing with a wide rage of topics, including recovery of assets transferred to offshore jurisdictions and intellectual property issues in bankruptcy.
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Building and enforcing intellectual property value 2004
Published by Globe White Page in association with Morgan Stanley, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Moody’s Investors Service, Nasdaq and Thomson Derwent.

This comprehensive guide presents boardroom readers with an overall perspective of the key issues they face when trying to manage intellectual property - arguably their most valuable business asset. The guide is the first on the subject to deal with IP in a legal, tax and strategic corporate finance context. With over 85 chapters advising on the creation, identification and protection of IP, it draws on the expertise of many of the world’s leading professionals in the field, including lawyers, tax advisers and finance experts.
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The Asia-Pacific Restructuring and Insolvency Guide 2003/2004
Published by Globe White Page in association PricewaterhouseCoopers, Morgan Stanley and with an introduction by the Asian Development Bank.

This comprehensive guide looks at restructuring and insolvency law and practice in 15 jurisdictions across Asia-Pacific.
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2002

The Herbert Smith guide to dispute resolution in Asia (2nd edition)
published in association with Herbert Smith.

This publication looks at the legal frameworks governing dispute resolution across 11 Asian jurisdictions. Drawing on Herbert Smith’s expertise and long-term experience in the region, it provides practical information on dispute resolution law and practice in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
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Risk Management and Corporate Governance in Japan
Published in association with Asahi & Co, the Association of Risk Management/Japan, Freshfields, Kroll International and Tokyo Stock Exchange.

As the Japanese market comes to terms with the need for more open management practices, corporate governance and risk management have come to the fore. Increasingly, Japanese companies are recognising the integral role risk management and corporate governance should play in running their businesses. This timely guide provides practical guidelines, in English and Japanese translation, on managing risks – ranging from corporate risk management and internal audit to due diligence on mergers and acquisitions and risk mitigation in relation to a stock exchange listing in Japan.
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The European Restructuring and Insolvency Guide 2002/2003
published in association with Deutsche Bank, Linklaters and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The guide looks at restructuring and insolvency practice and procedure in both west and east Europe, as well as offshore Europe. This publication also includes a number of broader-based articles examining certain trends in the market, as well as drawing parallels between best practice in Europe and North America.
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A guide for Japanese companies listing on the London Stock Exchange
published in association with London Stock Exchange.

The guide looks at the legal issues involved in a Japanese company listing on the London Stock Exchange, and explores the roles of the investment bank and the accountancy firm or accountant in such a listing.
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Role of the investment bank by UBS Warburg
Legal Issues by Linklaters
Role of the accountant by PricewaterhouseCoopers

2001

techMARK mediscienceTM manual
published in association with London Stock Exchange

The manual identifies and explores key legal, financial and tax issues facing companies in the healthcare industries, including public offerings, private financings, risk management and IP matters. Contributors to this publication are Andersen, Bird & Bird, Cooley Godward LLP, Herbert Smith, PricewaterhouseCoopers, SJ Berwin and WestLB Panmure, with an introduction by Martin Wheatley, Deputy Chief Executive of the London Stock Exchange.
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Middle East and North Africa Business Guide 2001/2002
published in association with Morgan Stanley.

This fourth edition of the MENA guide focuses on the legal aspects of foreign investment, financing and trade in the major markets of the Middle East and North Africa, including the legal markets of 12 countries across the region. The guide includes commentary and analysis on the financial markets and financing methods of the region provided by Morgan Stanley. Other contributors include Afridi & Angell, Al-Sayegh Richards Butler, Birsel Law Offices, Clifford Chance LLP, Hadef Al Dhahiri & Associates, Rouse & Co International, TECOM and The Law Firm of Salah Al-Hejailan.
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Doing business in the United Arab Emirates and its free trade zones by Afridi & Angell

An introduction to Islamic banking and finance by Clifford Chance


Guide to Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS 2001
published in association with ING Barings.

The guide looks at legal issues and investment protocol in Central and Eastern Europe, with editorial on the region's fastest growing legal markets - Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Russia. The publication's contributors include ING Barings, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Baker & McKenzie, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, Kroll Associates, Ledingham Chalmers and Shearman & Sterling.
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Risk Management Guide 2001
published in association with the London Stock Exchange.

In light of the Turnbull Report and the Hampel Committee's combined code on corporate governance, more emphasis is now being given to risk management as an integral part of running and managing a business. This timely guide provides practical guidelines for businesses on managing risks. The guide contains contributions from AIG Europe (UK) Limited, Andersen Legal, Arthur Andersen, Ashurst Morris Crisp, Control Risks Group, Ernst & Young, ING Barings, KPMG Forensic Accounting, Lawrence Graham, Regester Larkin and Tillinghast-Towers Perrin.
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A guide for privatised companies listing on the London Stock Exchange
published in association with the London Stock Exchange, ING Barings, PricewaterhouseCoopers, The Bank of New York, Citigate Dewe Rogerson and Baker & McKenzie.

The guide looks at the legal, financial, accounting and communications aspects of a listing on the LSE by a privatised company. The publication explores the roles of the investment bank, depository bank, international law firm, accountancy firm and public financial relations firm in a listing.
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Guide to mergers and acquisitions in Asia
published in association with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

This publication draws on Freshfields' M&A expertise and long-term experience in the region and provides practical information regarding the legal frameworks for M&A in 10 Asian countries - Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the People's Republic of China, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.
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HaysZMB Lawyers' Lifestyle Survey 2001

HaysZMB questioned over 11,000 young lawyers with between 0 and 5 years PQE about their lifestyle, work environment and the compatibility of their professional and private lives. This report presents the results of the survey and includes profiles of leading City firms' international offices and young associates working in them.
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