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After the European Council signed off its simplification package on sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements, lawyers say a sense of closure has been achieved but uncertainty isn’t over
Aparna Sehgal, chair of the firm's UK and European structured finance and real estate practice, discusses market opportunities and how the soon-to-be-live Winston Taylor merger will help drive greater client work
New hires were made in the finance, corporate and M&A practices in the UK and the US
The firm’s service excellence partner, Rachel Broquard, and corporate partner Jon Gill discuss embedding AI into due diligence, M&A and its impact on value-driven client service
Ester Chow, partner in the firm’s financial markets group in Hong Kong, discusses fragmented APAC markets, private capital inflows and advising across borders
New hires were made across the corporate, M&A, finance and regulatory practices in New York, Dallas, Boston and London
Nezar Al-Abbas has joined the firm’s Riyadh office as Ashurst continues to build its team to ‘deliver large-scale projects’ across the region
Patrick Bright and William Needham are the newest entries in the firm’s London private capital practice
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Sponsored by Nishimura & AsahiA draft law amending some articles of the Law on Investment 2014 and the Law on Enterprises 2014 (the Business Laws) has been in the making since mid-2018. The draft law is scheduled to be presented to the National Assembly in its eighth meeting session for review and feedback. Following that, it will be further updated for promulgation in the National Assembly's ninth meeting session which will be held in mid-2020. -
Sponsored by Futej & PartnersThe special act requiring entities that do business with the government to register in a special register of public sector partners (the register) – and to disclose their beneficial owners – has been in force in Slovakia for almost two and a half years. It is known informally as the anti-shell company act. This act was so innovative that it was only a matter of time before the sponsor of the act – the government of the Slovak Republic – would prepare a substantial amendment. Such an amendment was passed on June 27 2019.
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Sponsored by Consortium LegalEver since the Republic of Nicaragua became a member of the Financial Action Task Force of Latin America (GAFILAT), Nicaragua has experienced a gradual, yet impactful, overhaul in its provisions regarding prevention, detection and criminalisation of activities involving money laundering and financing of terrorism.
