The International Dispatch | First Edition

With this first edition of The International Dispatch, we are delighted to bring clients and friends of the firm a selection of updates and insights from our colleagues around the globe that focus on the key business and regulatory developments that have shaped the global fund management industry over the last six months.

Akin Gump is one of the few law firms to make their investment funds and private equity practice a core part of an international strategy, and represents clients not only in the established financial centers, but also those focused on emerging global economies. Akin Gump’s investment funds and private equity practice is diversified across offices located in global financial and political centers, including New York, London, Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Washington, D.C. and Dallas.

Including:

• We Can Work It Out: The New European Regulatory Structure
• Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive: The Impact on “Third-Country” Offerings
• Hello, Goodbye: The Abolition of the FSA
• Shariah-Compliant Funds and Middle East Money: Top Five Pointers for Fund Managers
• RMB Funds in a Nutshell