Local Insights

After ratification of the first sustainable investment facilitation agreement, between the EU and Angola, Carla Gonçalves Borges, Mariana França Gouveia, and Assunção Cristas of Vieira de Almeida analyse ESG considerations in African states’ investment treaties

ESG considerations are becoming an increasingly important factor in investment decisions in Ghana. Lady-Ann Essuman, Ewurama Osam Tawiah, and Verissa Odame-Koranteng of VINT & Aletheia, Attorneys and Consultants explain why, and how, the new reality should be embraced

As the financial services ecosystem in Nigeria continues its rapid development, DealHQ Partners provides a guide to the latest regulatory initiative regarding contactless payments

In March 2019, the Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA) proposed a bill that may loosen data sharing rules for fintech and insurtech subsidiaries. Naoki Kanehisa of Atsumi & Sakai investigates

For the first time in Vietnam, a unified governmental regulation on internal audit has been promulgated through Decree 05/2019/ND-CP dated January 22 2019 (Decree 05) which came into effect on April 1 2019. Previously, only a few entities, such as credit institutions and the State Bank of Vietnam, were required to conduct an internal audit under different legal regulations. Decree 05 has added new types of entities which are required to conduct an internal audit by April 1 2021 at the latest.

Izuru Goto, Yasuyuki Kuribayashi and Takashi Saito of City-Yuwa Partners introduce Japan’s new regulatory regime for virtual currencies, which is due to be in place by about April 2020

Marcel Frey and Urs Feller of Prager Dreifuss outline the planned Zurich International Commercial Court, set to launch in 2027, and assess its potential advantages over arbitration for resolving cross-border commercial disputes

Markus Fellner, Florian Henöckl, and Elisabeth Fischer-Schwarz of Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners examine the latest Austrian insolvency trends, the economic and legal factors driving them, and the potential implications for businesses and creditors

Despite political and geopolitical uncertainties, the key components of a business-friendly environment are still in place in France and present an opportunity for further Chinese investment, say Raphaël Chantelot, Ran Hu, and Hubert Bazin of LPA Law

Decreased availability and increased costs of funding have altered the behaviour of borrowers and lenders in the Peruvian leveraged finance market. Thomas Thorndike of Garrigues highlights the main themes and considers the outlook

Rita de la Guardia and Patricia Cordero, Alemán, Cordero, Galindo & Lee

Jaime Trujillo Caicedo, Alexandra Montealegre and María Camila Vargas, Baker McKenzie

Simone Del Nevo and Rahul Sud, ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners

Ezekiel Tuma, John Cunha, and Luis Cunha, ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners

Ragy Soliman, Ahmed Abdelgawad, and Ibrahim ElGengehy, Adsero – Ragy Soliman & Partners

Robert Katz and Charles Ruck, Latham & Watkins

Robert M Katz and Charles Ruck, Latham & Watkins

More US buyers – and more buyer-friendly deal terms – are entering the seller-friendly UK market, although the picture is increasingly nuanced, say Joshua M. Dubofsky, Sam Newhouse, Jennifer N. Cadet, and Catherine Campbell