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New hires were made across the corporate, PE, regulatory and finance practices in Abu Dhabi, Brussels, Sydney, Rome, London and the Cayman Islands
Rafique Bachour, who spent nearly 30 years at Freshfields, joins Skadden’s Belgian office amid heightened global regulatory scrutiny
VdA partner Assunção Cristas, a winner of last year’s Women in Business Law Awards, discusses shaping sustainability through law and innovation
Daniela Cohen, partner in the firm’s debt finance team, explores the defining trends in structured finance for 2026, the ongoing value AI is set to deliver, and the sports sector’s role as a driver of PE activity
New hires were made across PE, M&A, capital markets and finance practices in key hubs including Milan, New York and London
Tom Dell’ Avvocato discusses practical strategies, market trends, and collaborative approaches that help clients navigate complex asset-based and speciality finance deals
Sustainability-linked and transition loans provide practical pathways for decarbonisation in emerging markets’ hard-to-abate sectors
Partners at JunHe, Morrison Foerster and White & Case discuss the forces that shaped dealmaking across China, Japan and Hong Kong this year
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Sponsored by Bär & KarrerInitial coin offerings (ICOs) are now the focus of both the public's and the regulator's attention. ICOs are a digitalised method of raising capital in which an organisation issues tradable digital units (tokens) to finance a specific project or to develop it further. They are exclusively used to fund early stage projects of startups, often without a clear track record and with unclear success probability. In the course of the offering, the investor receives a token from the issuing organisation in exchange for cryptocurrencies (for example, bitcoin) or standard currencies (also referred to as fiat money). Tokens are created on a blockchain and exist as tradable digital units on distributed ledgers as a part of a protocol. For example, the Ethereum blockchain provides not only the cryptocurrency Ether, but also a platform to write smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain, which makes it possible for market participants to easily generate and issue their own tokens, mostly on the basis of the ERC-20 token standard. -
Sponsored by HomburgerThe country is again amending regulations applicable to offerings of foreign funds to qualified investors. The changes should be positive - with some notable exceptions
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Sponsored by King & Wood MallesonsPRC regulators have recently outlawed all token financing activity. But the rationale and legal basis behind the decision remain unclear
