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5 Int'l Fin. L. Rev. 1 (1986)

handle is hein.journals/intfinr5 and id is 1 raw text is: January 1986 INSIDE 2 COVER STORY 5 ca t France's capital narkets open up Over the last 18 months, French banks and borrowers have been able to do more than they have before. But, for peculiarly French reasons, this does not necessarily mean more work tor the lawyers. By Christopher Stoakes DEBT ISSUES 10 Tapping US capital markets without registration Letters of credit can be used to support issues of debt by non-US companies without having to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933. By Neal A Klegerman PROJECT FINANCE 11 Legal aspects of pipeline finance Alternative structures include debt and equity financings. Debt can be with full recourse to the project sponsors or limited recourse to the project proceeds. By Roger McCormick FOREIGN INVESTMENT 16 Legal concepts under Chinese law As foreign investors flock to China, their lawyers, used to common law principles found in US and UK law, may be puzzled by Chinese concepts. By Frankie Leung Fook-Lun SHORT-TERM ISSUES 18 Euro- commercial paper issues without notes Definitive notes are expensive to print and impractical for short-term issues. But there is a paperless solution. By Andrew Balfour LEASING 19 Aircraft financing in Denmark With Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) replacing its fleet, Denmark is an attractive jurisdiction for aircraft leasing. By Henrik Lind Vol V No 1 SURVEY 23 The deals of 1985 The nine transactions profiled may not have been the largest in the market, but they were among the most lawyer-intensive. By Chris Blackhurst, Edwina Livesey, Joyce Quek and Brian Semkow DEBT RESTRUCTURING 33 Argentina's 1985 credit agreement Loans made to Argentina's central bank will be on-lent in three different ways. By Emilio J Cirdenas MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS 35 Court upholds the poison pill The Delaware Supreme Court has upheld this popular defensive measure. By Peter Golden SECURITY 36 Comfort letters under English law Bankers and borrowers find it hard to tell whether assurances of support are enforceable. By James Lingard International Briefings NORTH AMERICA 39 International comity in bankruptcy. RICO claims arbi- trated. US case notes. Ontario securities legislation. Stamp duty in Bermuda ASIA/PACIFIC 42 Singapore regulates banks. Arbitration in India. Australian laws on offshore mergers. New Zealand relaxes bank restrictions. Taiwan liberalises forward exchange. Deposit insurance in Taiwan EUROPE 44 Spanish investment laws. EEC rules against Ford. Commodity broker's UK duties. UK winding-up blocked MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA 46 Enforcing financial rights in Saudi Arabia. Details of South African debt freeze LATIN AMERICA 48 Colombia encourages investment in banks. Argentina upholds central bank. Chile changes investment law International Financial Law Review January 1986

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