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Patrick Bright and William Needham are the newest entries in the firm’s London private capital practice
The US law firm strengthens its Asia-Pacific presence through strategic affiliation, targeting growth in M&A, capital markets and financial services
Sherlyn Lau has brought a team of 12 to the firm’s Hong Kong office after spending nearly two decades at Sidley
Kamyar Abrar returns to the firm’s Frankfurt office to co-lead a ‘new vanguard of corporate dealmaking’
New hires were made across corporate, M&A, regulatory, finance and antitrust practices in the UK, US, Italy, Belgium, Germany and Asia-Pacific
Future Abu Dhabi head Gonçalo Capela Godinho explains why Pérez-Llorca is exporting its Iberian expertise to Abu Dhabi
Danielle Roman, managing partner of the firm’s Hong Kong office, shares her priorities for leading an offshore law firm in today’s financial markets
Corporate lawyer David Brennan joins the firm after 14 years at Gowling WLG, where he led the global technology group
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Sponsored by Kudun & PartnersThailand is advancing its economic development agenda with new regulations aimed at expanding the range of fundraising options available to startups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In May 2019, the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) introduced an updated framework for debt crowdfunding based on public consultations that took place at the beginning of the year. -
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.
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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:
