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Philippe Weber, Manuel Werder, Daniel Eisele and Elga Reana Tozzi of Niederer Kraft Frey review the Swiss investment framework and the foreign investment control law that Covid-19 has put on ice

Japan’s One-Stop Financial Service Intermediary and New Regulatory Framework for Payment Services, by Akihito Miyake, Ken Kawai and Shunsuke Aoki of Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune

Clear new regulations on cryptoasset derivative transactions and custody services come into force in Japan. Shunsuke Aoki, Ken Kawai and Akihito Miyake of Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune take a look

Nelson Raposo Bernardo, Joana Andrade Correia and Júlio Martins Júnior of Raposo Bernardo review Cape Verde’s recently revamped and modernised corporate finance framework, which provides a swathe of new financial supports and aims to supercharge MSMEs.

Mozambique was well prepared for the Covid-19 pandemic. The country responded quickly and is now targeting growth for 2020, based largely on natural resource projects, write Tiago Marreiros Moreira of Vieira de Almeida (VdA) and Guilherme Daniel of Guilherme Daniel & Associados

Joana Andrade Correia and Júlio Martins Júnior of Raposo Bernardo review São Tomé and Príncipe’s recent efforts to overhaul and streamline its investment framework, including the establishment of a flagship One-Stop Office.

Tiago Marreiros Moreira of VdA and Vanusa Gomes of ASP, member of VdA Legal Partners Network, review Angola’s battles with the double whammy of depressed oil prices and Covid-19, while steadfastly pursuing its privatisation programme.

Mahmoud Salah Bassiouny and Yassir Ali of Matouk Bassiouny in association with AIH Law Firm review Sudan’s investment framework and the impact that the lifting of US sanctions has had on doing business in the jurisdiction

Ahmed Ibrahim, Malack El Masry and Dania Yassin of Matouk Bassiouny & Ibrahim review some of positive developments in the UAE legal environment despite the challenges of Covid-19