Determination of Injury in Anti-Dumping Investigations: Turkey’s Side of the Story
I – Introduction In a world ruled by the global economy, protection of international trade from unfair competition holds great importance. Unfair competition can develop out of various trade forms such as dumping or subsidy. Between global players, such protection against these forms is maintained through customs taxes and other similar foreign trade policies like …
Turkish Health PPP Projects
The Turkish health sector has undergone major reforms over the past ten years as part of the health transformation program. The most important pillar of such program has been the development of public-private partnership (“PPP”) model health campus projects. More than twenty health campus projects with an investment amount of more than € 10 billion …
Infrastructure REIC: An Alternative Source of Funding for Infrastructure Projects
With the start of operation in certain BOT and other PPP model infrastructure projects in Turkey, refinancing alternatives have become more attractive and diversified. Capital market instruments and institutions are likely to have a greater share in the refinancings of projects which have become operational and the construction risks have been removed. Over the last …
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Lis Alibi Pendens Under The Council Regulation (ec) No 44/2001 On Jurisdictionand The Recognition An
Lis Alibi pendens is Latin for “suit pending elsewhere”. Both Articles 27 and 28 of the EU Regulation 44/2001 regulate the existence of lis alibi pendens and related judicial actions. In particular it is a doctrine that regulates the jurisdictional relationship of courts hearing concurrent proceedings involving the same or related causes of action between …
The new features under the Recast Regulation 1215/2012
The significance of the EU Regulation 44/2001 is well known as its rules determine both the jurisdiction of courts in the EU in civil and commercial disputes and the conditions for the recognition and the enforcement of their judgments in other EU member States.
Philippine Court of Appeals Denies Issuance of Environmental Protection Order Against Mining Company
In a decision issued on March 8, 2017, the Philippine Court of Appeals (CA) denied the petition by NGO Ang Aroroy ay Alagaan, Inc. and certain individuals, for the issuance of a writ of kalikasan against Filminera Resources Corporation, and its directors and officers. The petitioners have claimed that Filminera, which operates in the Philippine …
Ankara-Niğde Highway Project
Tender process for 330 km Ankara-Niğde Highway Project has been launched by the General Directorate of Highways upon publication of the tender announcement in the Official Gazette on December 30, 2016.
Establishment of the Natural Gas Spot Market in Turkey
In line with the government’s objectives to make Turkey a regional hub for natural gas trading, a natural gas spot market has been established by the Natural Gas Organized Wholesale Market Regulation published in the Official Gazette on 31 March 2017.
Amendments to the renewables incentives scheme aimed to save the renewable energy from collapse
Background The green certificates support scheme in a nutshell Romania implemented a support system for renewable energy based on green certificates (GCs) granted free of charge to producers of electricity from certain renewable energy sources (hydropower <10 MW, wind, solar, biomass, landfill gas and sewage treatment plants), and an obligation imposed on electricity suppliers to …
Corporate Governance Problems in Kazakhstan
In the course of our (Synergy Partners Law Firm) corporate law practice, we conducted legal due diligence in relation to more than 15 different Kazakhstani companies of different sectors, both large and medium-sized. Our experience helped us to identify some common problems in corporate governance. These problems can be observed by financiers, accountants and managers, …
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