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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.

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

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

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

Linklaters lawyers discuss shifting goal posts for acquisitions of nascent competitors and disruptive technologies

Yusuke Murakami and Kei Shirakawa of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto outline opportunities and challenges for investment and financing in the nascent market for gaming and integrated resorts in Japan

Baker McKenzie partners consider the role of geopolitical tensions in growing competition between stock exchanges around the world­­