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Vietnamese project financing is maturing, backed by a series of renewable energy initiatives, a new (pending) PPP regime and the financial closure of a string of benchmark BOT projects. Mark Anthony Fraser and Stefano Pellegrino of Frasers Law Company take a look

Areej Hamada, founder of Kuwaiti law firm Legal challenges group, looks at the bridges Kuwait has been building with its largest trading partner, China, and how it has modernised its foreign investment rules

Sidley Austin partners review implementation and enforcement actions across Europe and highlight risky areas in data protection to watch in the future

Reports of private equity successes and challenges arguably stand in sharper contrast in Nigeria than in comparable emerging markets. Folake Elias-Adebowale, Ozofu ‘Latunde Ogiemudia and Christine Sijuwade of Udo Udoma Belo-Osagie examine the balancing act investors need to perfect

Beijing-based Norton Rose Fulbright partner Barbara Li explains what China’s new foreign direct investment rules mean for foreign companies entering one of the world’s biggest marketplaces

Yusuke Murakami and Hironobu Noma of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto outline opportunities and strategies for success in Japan’s emerging offshore wind market

Izuru Goto, Yasuyuki Kuribayashi and Takashi Saito of City-Yuwa Partners introduce Japan’s new regulatory regime for virtual currencies, which is due to be in place by about April 2020

On April 19 2019, the Financial Services Agency of Japan published the Cabinet Order to Partially Amend the Order for Enforcement of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (draft). Of these proposed amendments, this article examines the amendment concerning disclosure regulations that relate to share compensation. Please note that, as of May 31 2019, the effective date of the proposed amendments has not been announced, and the content of the proposed amendments may change.

On November 30 2018, partial amendments to the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Notary Act (Amended Ordinance) came into force. The Amended Ordinance aims to identify the beneficial owners of companies and improve transparency in order to prevent money laundering or terrorism financing activities. According to the Amended Ordinance, when making an application to a notary for the authentication of articles of association to incorporate new joint-stock companies (kabushiki-kaisha), general incorporated associations (ippan-shadan-houjin) or general incorporated foundations (ippan-zaidan-houjin), applicants must declare to the notary: (i) the beneficial owner of the company; and, (ii) that the beneficial owner is neither a member of criminal organisations nor an international terrorist, and where there is any reasonable doubt the notary will request the applicant to provide explanations.