Part I Global Considerations 1
1. Prospects for International FinanceAnthony D. Loehnis 3
2. Six Global Business and Financial Trends:A Lesson about InterconnectednessWilliam B. Sechrest 13
3. Innovations in LDC Debt Conversions Carsten Thomas Ebenroth 32
4. Projecting Trends in International Bank Supervision:After BCCI Joseph J. Norton 64
Part Ⅱ International Financial Arrangements 85
5. Project Financing Concerns Raymond M. Auerback 87
6. “Euromarket” Developments: Legal Aspects of Investing and Raising Finance in Russia, the Czech Republic andSlovakia, Hungary, and PolandRobert L. Drake, Philippe Max, Benedikt Weiffenbach,Wim A. Timmermans, Jan Grozdanovic, Timothy E. D.Gee, Kalman Gyarfas, Anna Halustyik, Tomasz Ujejski,and Christopher Szpojnariwicz 109
7. US Legal Considerations Affecting Global Offerings of Shares in Foreign Companies Daniel A. Braverman 174
Part Ⅲ Trade-Related Financings 237
8. Forfaiting Howard J. Waterman 239
9. Official Export Financing and Arrangements: US, UK, EC, and OECD Grant D. Aldonas 256
10. The Increasing Importance of Countertrade Adrian A. Montague 275
Part Ⅳ Niche Financings 291
11. Asset Securitization Developments: US and UK David Barbour and R. E. Parsons 293
12. Swap Financing Schuyler K. Henderson 344
13. Issues and Trends in Aircraft and Ship Financing from Current Methods Gordon C. C. Hall and Ian R. Siddell 364
Part V Special Legal Concerns 377
14. Confidentiality of Bank Records, Money Laundering, and Transaction Reporting Requirements under US Law Stephen K. Huber 379
15. International Coordination of Insolvency Proceedings: A Transatlantic Perspective Joel P Trachtman 404
Index 434