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The International Who’s Who of Banking Lawyers has brought together three of the leading practitioners in the world to discuss key issues facing lawyers today.
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?
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.
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.
In this section we analyse the findings of our research in greater depth to identify the firms and practitioners who stand out worldwide.
With the benefit of over 10 years of research and thousands of votes from clients and private practitioners, Who’s Who Legal takes a closer look at developing trends in the banking legal marketplace worldwide.
With the benefit of over ten years of research and thousands of votes from clients and private practitioners, Who’s Who Legal takes a closer look at developing trends in the banking legal marketplace worldwide.
Our research selects 440 individuals deemed world class by the clients and peers we canvassed, taken from 65 countries worldwide. Several firms stand out in terms of the number of partners selected for inclusion and the breadth of the expertise they can command.
We identify 57 of the leading banking and finance lawyers in nine jurisdictions in the following chapter, with Russia, Belarus and Ukraine the best-represented nations.
This is the largest edition of our banking book to date, with 442 experts selected from 63 countries. Several firms stand out for the large number of leading practitioners they field, as well as the geographical breadth of their international expertise.
Tom Barnes takes a closer look at the issues affecting banking lawyers.
Our research has uncovered 20 leading banking lawyers from 15 law firms.
Recent news of the Argentine government's decision to repay $6.7 billion of defaulted debt to the Paris Club of creditor nations could help to restore the country's international economic credibility, according to its members.
Twenty-seven lawyers from 10 firms feature in the banking chapter this year.
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Nominees have been selected based upon comprehensive, independent survey work with both general counsel and private practice lawyers worldwide. Only specialists who have met independent international research criteria are listed.
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