EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA

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The new Belgian legislative framework for securitisations at work
Laga
Werner Van Lembergen, Stefaan Van Dyck and Laurent Godts

Structuring cross-border securitisations in Bulgaria
Spasov & Bratanov Lawyers Partnership
Vassil Hadjov and Boyko Bratanov

Securitisation in Croatia and Serbia: current status and outlook
Petres & Cvirn Law Firm
Arijana Petres
Moravcˇevic´ Vojnovic´ Zdravkovic´ OAD in cooperation with Schönherr
Matija Voijnovic´
Schönherr Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Martin Ebner

Danish securitisation and structured finance: from traditional mortgage bonds to EU regulated covered bonds
Accura Advokataktieselskab
Andreas Tamasauskas and Kim Toftgaard

Covered bonds technology: an alternative to existing financing and refinancing techniques
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hervé Touraine and Olivier Bernard

Overview of the German securitisation market and recent legal developments
Baker & McKenzie
Sandra Wittinghofer

Ireland as a location for structured finance SPVs
Matheson Ormsby Prentice
Turlough Galvin

Sliding doors in the Italian securitisation market
Simmons & Simmons
Corrado Fiscale

Securitisation in Luxembourg
Bonn Schmitt Steichen
Alex Schmitt and Laurent Lazard

Still going strong: the Netherlands remains the jurisdiction of choice for structured finance transactions
Simmons & Simmons
Daphne Brinkhuis and René van Eldonk

Structured finance: a Portuguese tool to achieve EU renewable energy targets
Abreu Advogados
Sofia Santos Machado

Securitisation in Romania – legal and regulatory framework
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen
Cristina Virtopeanu

Securitisation in Russia: an overview of the legal framework and recent developments
Baker & McKenzie – CIS Limited
Vladimir Dragunov and Max Gutbrod

Securitisation in the Slovak Republic
Marek & Partners
Lubomir Marek

Spanish securitisation transactions: legal regime and recent trends
Linklaters SL
Íñigo Berrícano and Juan María Lamo

Securitisation and covered bonds in Sweden
Mannheimer Swartling
Mattias Lampe and Olof Stenström

Securitisation in Switzerland pauses amid the US sub-prime loan crisis
Walder Wyss & Partners
Johannes A Bürgi, Thomas Meister and Evan M Spangler

Asset-backed securitisation in Turkey
Pekin & Pekin
Ahmed Pekin, Fethi Pekin and Sinan Borovali

Securitisation in Ukraine
Baker & McKenzie – CIS Limited
Serhiy Chorny, Glib Bondar and Anna Makedonska

UK securitisation and structured finance: review of 2007
Simmons & Simmons
Ian Sideris