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AMLA on track to ‘directly supervise’ 40 ‘most impactful’ financial institutions from 2028, with selection process taking place in 2027
Future Abu Dhabi head Gonçalo Capela Godinho explains why Pérez-Llorca is exporting its Iberian expertise to Abu Dhabi
Scottish manufacturer AG Barr acquires drinks makers Fentimans and Frobishers as it taps in ‘attractive’ adult soft drink market
Partners Marc Hanslin and Daniel Alder discuss the impact of AI on capital markets, M&A work and client billing
Corporate lawyer David Brennan joins the firm after 14 years at Gowling WLG, where he led the global technology group
Winston Taylor is expected to launch in May 2026 with more than 1,400 lawyers across the US, UK, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East
USDU becomes the UAE’s first Central Bank-registered USD stablecoin under the Payment Token Services Regulation
New hires were made across the PE, M&A, banking and finance practices in London, Riyadh and key US hubs
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Sponsored by Prager DreifussThe scope of interpretation of several provisions of Switzerland’s cartel law has evolved following a recent Federal Supreme Court decision -
Sponsored by Maples GroupIn 2014 the Irish parliament passed the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014 (the Act) to update the regime for the registration of Irish ships and the regime for registering mortgages over ships. It is intended that the new regime will provide a more efficient, user friendly and accessible regime for commercial ship owners and those involved in financing the construction and purchase of vessels. Among other things the Act provides for the establishment of an electronic ship ownership and mortgage register. It preserves all of the basic protections under the existing regime for banks which have a mortgage over commercial ships. With the exception of one provision, however, the Act has not yet been commenced. Given the potential for the further development of shipping finance in Ireland, it is hoped that the government will soon implement it.
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Sponsored by Bär & KarrerInitial coin offerings (ICOs) are now the focus of both the public's and the regulator's attention. ICOs are a digitalised method of raising capital in which an organisation issues tradable digital units (tokens) to finance a specific project or to develop it further. They are exclusively used to fund early stage projects of startups, often without a clear track record and with unclear success probability. In the course of the offering, the investor receives a token from the issuing organisation in exchange for cryptocurrencies (for example, bitcoin) or standard currencies (also referred to as fiat money). Tokens are created on a blockchain and exist as tradable digital units on distributed ledgers as a part of a protocol. For example, the Ethereum blockchain provides not only the cryptocurrency Ether, but also a platform to write smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain, which makes it possible for market participants to easily generate and issue their own tokens, mostly on the basis of the ERC-20 token standard.
