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

On January 31 2019, the Cabinet Office Order to Partially Amend the Cabinet Office Order on Disclosure of Corporate Affairs was issued by the Financial Services Agency. It was suggested that the original order be revised based on the recommendations made in the Financial System Council's 'disclosure working group report' announced in June 2018. Following is an outline of the revisions to be made:

The Philippines has enacted Republic Act No 11232, or 'An Act Providing for the Revised Corporation Code of the Philippines' (RA No 11232). It repealed the country's almost-four-decade-old Corporation Code (Batas Pambansa Bilang 68). According to proponents of RA No 11232, it is intended to improve the ease of doing business in the Philippines.

Since President Kennedy's proclamation, in 1962, that "consumer, by definition, includes us all", modern legal systems have increasingly dedicated their attention to consumer relations and rights. The impact of such legislation, however, is thought to reach much deeper than the immediate protection of consumers in their relations with business operators: consumer protection laws tend to increase consumers' confidence and, consequently, they serve as an important factor in increasing (or maintaining) consumption levels.

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