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The US Supreme Court’s Ohio v American Express decision of June 2018 analysed the economics of the two-sided market for credit card transactions

Xiaomi's initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock exchange (HKEx) in July kickstarted a wave of listings of companies with the so-called weighted voting right (WVR) structure. This allows significant voting rights to be awarded to a shareholder, regardless of their actual stake in the company, and is often used by a company's founders after an initial public offering to limit stock dilution and retain control.

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Kirkland & Ellis has opened its second office in Texas hiring six lawyers in Dallas. The office's initial staff will be eight partners – the firm opened in Houston in 2014.

A recent high-value fraud claim gives an insight into the interrogation of ultra-high volume discovery and has shown how bespoke algorithms can be used for tracing exercises involving complex financial transactions

The landmark scheme has brought much-needed clarification on the determination and payment of statutory interest

The market is gaining momentum with increased sovereign, supranational and corporate issuances, and growing government support

On July 5 2018, the Brazilian Senate passed a new resolution explicitly allowing public consortia to raise money via credit transactions (Resolution 15/2018), amending the previous Senate Resolution 43, of 2001, which regulates and imposes limitations on Brazilian states, municipalities and the federal district when engaging in domestic and international financing arrangements.

Pedro Cortés, Rato Ling Lei & Cortés, and António Lobo Vilela look at what might happen when Macau's casino gaming concessions expire in 2020 and 2022

Cyprus's new law on alternative investment funds, Law 124(I)/2018, has now entered into effect following its publication in the official gazette.