DIFC Issues New Laws and Regulations (November 2018): Key Action Points and Changes
The new DIFC Companies Law came into effect on 12 November and brings with it a number of important changes. In the below article, our Senior Associate, Priyasha Corrie talks about the key action points, changes and what it means for your business.
Deferred Prosecution Agreements: The Best Option? Or A Flawed Idea?
Tescoadmitted wrongdoing over its accounting scandal in order to obtain a deferredprosecution agreement and avoid a conviction. But with everyone charged overthe scandal having been cleared, Aziz Rahman examines whether the deferredprosecution agreement process needs revising.
M&A opportunities in Cyprus post Brexit
Cyprus has reclaimed its status as a country with a developed and well-trusted economy, having overcome the challenges of recent years with a gross domestic product growth of 3.9% in 2018. There has been a noticeable rise in foreign investments in the local market, with an upswing in mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures.
Deferred Prosecution Agreements: Obtaining One And Seeing It Through To Completion
With Standard Bank having become the first organisation to conclude a DPA, Aziz Rahman explains why gaining one is only the start of the challenge.
Cancellation of the “green” tariff: international practice of protecting the rights of foreign inves
Perhaps the hottest topic in the energy sector at the end of 2018 and early this year is the discussion of changes to the approaches of providing state support for electric power producers from renewable sources. The main idea of the change is that, starting from 2020, new players of the RES market will be …
The General Data Protection Regulation
the right to be forgotten in connection with the Financial Services Sector by Gauci-Maistre Xynou Europe’s landmark data privacy law, GDPR, came into effect last May. What counts as personal data under the GDPR? The General Data Protection Regulation, better known as ‘GDPR’ has at its heart, the notion of ‘Personal Data’, defined in article …
CTRL +C, CTRL +V can spell trouble by
Forget generation gap issues in our ‘Copy & Paste’ habits. Unless you don’t use a computer, copying and pasting is part of our keyboarding lives – especially when it comes to downloading images/video clips to finish off a presentation, blog/vlog post or website update. Precious time is spent scrolling down myriad visuals until ‘the one’ …
Blockchain – the backbone of tomorrow’s digital ports by
Picture the scene. An autonomous truck fully loaded with goods leaving the warehouse and arriving without a hitch at its destination almost 200 km away. The stuff of a millennial James Bond movie? The latest commercial going viral? No, this is October 2016 when a self-driving semi-trailer heaped with Budweiser wheeled its way across the …
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IDPC fines Lands Authority for Data Breach
On the 18th of February, the Information and Data Protection Commissioner (“IDPC”) imposed a €5,000 fine on the Lands Authority after having investigated a major data breach in November 2018.
Good Bye to Entangling Investigations, Minor Crimes to be Disposed within One Day in the UAE.
Criminal Order is a new procedural system established by the amendment to the UAE Criminal Procedure Law, which envisages efficient and seamless transition of workflow with the goal to lessen the judicial workload.