The MFSA publishes Financial Instrument Test
Step aside Howey Test, here comes the Financial Instrument Test!
A fresh look at the recoverability of takeover expenses
The High Court has revisited the recoverability of a target company's expenses for the first time in more than 45 years. The case has important implications for future reimbursement disputes.
New Provisions Concerning Critical Infrastructure in Romania
I. General context One of the major objectives of the EU is reducing the vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure and increasing their resilience. An adequate level of protection must be ensured and the harmful effects of disruptions on the society and citizens must be limited as far as possible. Critical infrastructures extend across many sectors of …
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Amendments Introduced through Law No. 7101 on Arbitration Proceedings
State courts have very important functions concerning arbitration proceedings. These functions may aim to provide assistance to arbitration proceedings, such as collection of evidence through state courts, which would support the functions of the tribunal, or functions aimed at supervision of arbitration proceedings, such as set-aside actions. The legal provisions regulating these functions play an …
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Dubai relaxes rules on filing appeals before the Court of Cassation
On 19 September 2018, H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Ruler of Dubai, issued Decree No. 28 of 2018 concerning the Acceptance of the Civil Petitions before Dubai Courts (the Decree). The Decree was issued by His Highness to address the procedures in filing appeals to the Court of Cassation. The Court of …
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European order for payment
The European Union aims to create, maintain and develop an area of freedom, security and justice in which the free movement of persons is guaranteed. In order to achieve this objective and in order to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market, the Union provides the adoption of measures in various fields, one of …
Project Finance 2018
Mrs Stella Strati, Partner-Corporate Finance, and Mr Stylianos Trillides, Senior Associate, contributed the exclusive Cyprus chapter to the 7th edition of the International Comparative Legal Guide to Project Finance 2018.
A call for specifying the “Pre-Marketing” concept within the AIFMD
On the 12th of March 2018, the EU Commission via an explanatory memorandum (“Explanatory Memorandum”), adopted a package of further measures intended to deepen, unify and further integrate the capital markets sector of the 28 EU Member States.
Amendments to Housing (Decontrol) Ordinance (Chapter 158 of the Laws of Malta)
Amendments to Chapter 158 were introduced by Act No. XXVII of 2018. The amendments affect the leases created by virtue of a previous title of emphyteusis or sub-emphyteusis which commenced before the 1st June 1995 through the application of article 5, 12, or 12A of Chapter 158.
Unconventional Trademarks Post-KitKat:
Nestle’s ongoing campaign to secure trademark protection over the shape of their famous four-fingered KitKat bar suffered a major blow last July after their loss at the EU Court of Justice to American confectionary giant Mondelez International in the ultimate clash of the confectionary titans. But does Nestle’s loss really signal the end of the …