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The move aligns with the firm’s ambition to target Swiss businesses aiming for global expansion and foreign investors seeking Swiss assets
Lindsay Kaplan explains why the best lawyers understand their clients' businesses and analyse their pain points and goals
Policy rollbacks, market strains and rising costs put renewables under pressure in 2025 with the challenge to adapt fast or risk being left behind
When applied to sustainable public-private projects, the debt-for-nature conservation model mobilises capital to drive investable solutions
New hires were made across the finance, energy, and infrastructure finance practices in Milan, New York, Dubai, and London
Finance, M&A, and PE partner Ouns Lemseffer joins the firm as head of Morocco, ahead of plans by the firm to establish its first office in Casablanca
Humayun Khalid rejoins the firm after six years at Goldman to help define its private credit strategy and global ambitions
The firm’s chair and London co-head share how its recent merger elevates its M&A strength and global reach, and outline their bold vision for the firm’s future
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Sponsored by Campos Mello AdvogadosThe Brazilian oil and gas sector does not frequently use project financing and debt capital markets (DCM) to fund its activities unlike in other Brazilian capital-intensive sectors (for example, energy and toll roads) or in other oil markets (for example, onshore US). This results in reduced capital returns and creates difficulties for independent oil companies. Two recent regulations may change this situation. -
Sponsored by Nishimura & AsahiThe Competition Law 23/2018/QH14 (Competition Law 2018) in Vietnam took effect on July 1 2019 and replaced the old Competition Law 27/2004/QH11 (Competition Law 2004). The new law contains substantial changes to the old law, and such changes may have an impact on foreign investors' business practices in Vietnam. In this article, we explain one of those changes using the following hypothetical case:
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Sponsored by Bär & KarrerSwitzerland is well known as an innovation-friendly jurisdiction, in particular in the financial sector. This is partly due to the technology-neutral and principle-based approach of its regulation, which has allowed the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) and other Swiss authorities and self-regulatory organisations to flexibly address the challenges of emerging technology, such as distributed ledger technology (DLT), being used in financial services. Furthermore, Swiss regulation typically aims to create a level playing field between traditional players and innovators, seeking to ensure that the goals of financial regulation are met regardless of the technology used in a business model.
