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

Vietnamese project financing is maturing, backed by a series of renewable energy initiatives, a new (pending) PPP regime and the financial closure of a string of benchmark BOT projects. Mark Anthony Fraser and Stefano Pellegrino of Frasers Law Company take a look

Akimoto Kawamura of Atsumi & Sakai examines Japan’s legal registration requirements for high frequency traders, investment managers and investment advisors that use fintech in Japan

Margaret Huang and Victor Chang, LCS & Partners

Marcus Peter and Kate Yu Rao of GSK Stockmann analyse the latest regulatory, tax, and market developments influencing how Chinese investors structure and deploy capital through Luxembourg

Enhanced foreign investment scrutiny has not diminished France’s appeal to Chinese investors seeking a European base, say Raphaël Chantelot, Ran Hu, and Hubert Bazin of LPA Law

Bernhard Lauterburg of Prager Dreifuss examines how Swiss private competition law litigation will be affected by changes such as expanding standing to sue and suspending limitation periods during Competition Commission investigations

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, ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners

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

Hossam Gramon, Karima Seyam, and Nour El Kholy of ADSERO – Ragy Soliman & Partners report that Egypt’s capital markets are undergoing structural reform and product diversification, reshaping the debt, ESG, and fintech sectors

Robert Katz and Charles Ruck, Latham & Watkins

Robert Katz and Charles Ruck, Latham & Watkins

Robert M Katz and Charles Ruck, Latham & Watkins