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James Hall, William Golightly: The risks of attempting to rectify mistakes in security documents, without seeking a court order (594)
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Tim Lees, Sarah Jane O’Leary, Kasia Lorenc: In sync across borders: embracing parallel processes for successful restructurings (620)
Thomas Wong: English law-governed Keepwell Deeds enforced by Hong Kong courts against PRC insolvent companies (623)
Chris Wallace: The Digital Securities Sandbox (627)
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Andrew Henderson: Prudential consolidation under the IFPR: Making sense of the ancillary services undertakings concept (184)
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