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Featured Articles: Banking
The Credit Crunch: Credit Provision and Distribution
Mark Campbell
The global credit crunch which began in the summer of 2007 was prompted by a number of factors. One of these was a model of banking known as "originate and distribute". How did this come about?
Operational Risk Management in Global Banking Organisations - a Legal and Compliance Perspective
Gregg L Rozansky
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Robert L Tortoriello
Recent events - such as the ongoing credit crisis and high-profile episodes of rogue trading - have drawn increased attention to the operational risk-management practices of global banking institutions. For many regulators, banks and industry groups, these developments have underscored the importance for global banking organisations to have effective internal control and operational risk-management mechanisms, including in the legal and compliance context.
How Should Regulators Address the Subprime Crisis?
Ren￩ Bsch
The almost unprecedented nature, depth and geographical reach of the current market turmoil resulting from the subprime crisis have raised major challenges for all participants in the financial industry and especially for the regulators and supervisors.
The Changing Role and Importance of Deposits
Greg Hammond
Rowan Russell
Banks, building societies and credit unions in Australia are collectively known as authorised deposit-taking institutions or ADIs, and are authorised as such under the Banking Act 1959 by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA).
Compliance by International Banking Organisations: The Need for Prioritisation, Balance and Cooperation
H Rodgin Cohen
For all banks, compliance with legal and regulatory requirements has become the highest priority. Throughout the world, regulators and law enforcement authorities are imposing higher standards, searching more vigorously for violations and punishing violators more severely. Neither common practice nor the absence of prior regulatory criticism is a defence.
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Editorial
Editorial: Banking
Editorial: Banking
Research for the fifth edition of The International Who's Who of Banking Lawyers has uncovered a wealth of talent. A total of 367 lawyers from 53 separate countries make the grade. The 55 extra entries this year reflect the growing levels of specialisation on offer to clients in countries where lawyers might traditionally have been regarded as generalists.
Editorial: Banking in Florida
Florida’s banking market is undergoing changes: as the number of workouts and restructurings increase because of recent turbulent events in the real estate sector, the amount of transactional work has seen a slight decline.
Editorial: Banking in Singapore
Singaporean companies remain extremely vigorous investors and the city state’s banking sector is party to some of Asia’s biggest transactions. Singapore’s high level of political stability and economic development mean that its law firms often act as a bridge between East and West, working as a hub for wider Asian business interests, hence the strong presence of joint-venture law firms in the area.
Editorial: Banking in California
California’s banking lawyers continue to command an impressive presence in the national and international marketplaces. A number of stars from a range of firms came to our attention.
Editorial: Banking in Texas
Our research identifies a raft of talented banking lawyers, many of whom are associated with Texas’s historic and thriving oil and gas industry. Respondents often recommended Vinson & Elkins LLP as an “excellent banking practice”.
Editorial: Banking in Georgia
Alston & Bird LLP claims top honours in our study into the banking legal marketplace in Georgia.
Editorial: Banking in Illinois
Illinois is home to a significant pool of regional and local banking institutions, supplying the city’s mid-sized and large law firms with the full range of regional and international transactions. In 2004, JPMorgan Chase acquired Bank One, the largest financial institution headquartered in Chicago and the sixth largest in the US, leading to fears that the newly formed mega-bank would relocate to New York, creating a vacuum in the local market for investment and small business lending. Yet Bank One Chase remained faithful to its Chicago roots, to some extent allaying concerns about overconsolidation in the industry.
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