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Naoki Kanehisa of Atsumi & Sakai gives the inside track on the Financial Services Agency of Japan’s policy priorities for 2020 and its hopes for digitalisation

KYC, AML and CFT will take centre stage again in Japan as legal changes strive to strengthen safeguards, writes Takafumi Ochiai of Atsumi & Sakai

The DoJ and FTC have released guidelines that look to replace the 1984 rules, but lawyers say they don't go far enough

New laws in key offshore jurisdictions came into force at the beginning of 2019 which require entities engaging in specific types of business to demonstrate adequate economic substance in that jurisdiction. Failure to comply with substance requirements could lead to grave consequences, such as incurring significant fines or being struck off by local registries.

On November 20 2019, the Vietnam National Assembly adopted a new Labour Code, which will come into effect on January 1 2021.

Quantifying the value of such returns is no easy task for investors

Akin Gump lawyers who worked with the creditors’ committee reveal how the unprecedented corporate restructuring came together

Daniel Hayek and Mark Meili of Prager Dreifuss look at the rules, practicalities and latest developments in what continues to be a friendly environment for cross-border financing

Partners from the New York office of Shearman & Sterling look at the current state of the market and ask if it is really generating systemic risk