Practice area spotlight: M&A
Deals involving Chinese buyers are also likely to increase as a result of the ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative, say Nicholas Davies, Vincent Chan and Alison Thomson
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in Hong Kong and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? The recent changes to the Hong Kong Listing Rules allow biotech issuers who do not meet the financial eligibility tests to be listed, and permit the listing of companies with “weighted voting right” …
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Practice area spotlight: M&A
Samridh Bhardwaj, managing associate in Remfry & Sagar’s corporate team, breaks down the Supreme Court of India’s latest much-talked-about decision
Why is this latest Supreme Court ruling so important for the legal market? Globalisation has necessitated cross-border transactions with diverse commercial objectives. Multinational commerce requires private parties to deliberate on cross-jurisdictional legal issues which in turn require reliance on legal service providers from across the world. As a result, many foreign as well as Indian …
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Practice area spotlight: M&A
Ireland’s M&A market has remained buoyant, despite Brexit and international politics stateside, explains Arthur Cox’s Geoff Moore, Christopher McLaughlin and Brian Doherty
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in Ireland and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? M&A activity in Ireland has been strong and both domestic and international buyers have been active with a number of inbound and outbound strategic acquisitions being made, including by Allergan, CRH, Eir, and Mallinckrodt. …
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Practice area spotlight: M&A
As its domestic market shrinks, the recent EU-Japanese Economic Partnership Agreement set a positive signal for Japan’s cross-border M&A market, write Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu’s Kei Asatsuma, Shuichi Nishimura and Kuhlmann Axel
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in Japan and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? The Japanese legal market remains very business and investment friendly. One of the most significant changes in the past was the introduction of 2015’s Corporate Governance Code, with the goal of promoting sustainable corporate …
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Practice area spotlight: M&A
But the consolidation of insurance and fiduciary businesses is also significant, along with developments in FinTech and cryptocurrency, explains Wendy Benjamin
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in Jersey and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? 2017 was a relatively busy year for Jersey M&A activity, reflecting the global market. Despite the current global geopolitical and regulatory concerns, the high number of deals seen in the last three years is …
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Practice area spotlight: M&A
Combatting the threat of money laundering, while having the flexibility to take on new work, is the biggest challenge for Mauritian firms, write Appleby’s Malcolm Moller and Sharmilla Bhima
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in Mauritius and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? There are three recent developments that will impact the Mauritian offshore commercial market. First, the introduction of GDPR. Second, the termination of the 2011 joint venture between the London Court of International Arbitration and …
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Practice area spotlight: M&A
Takeshi Mukawa, Kana Manabe and Win Naing consider how recent legislative changes will make Myanmar a more attractive M&A market
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in Myanmar and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? The legal market has been developing rapidly since Myanmar opened to foreign investment in 2011. A number of international firms headquartered in both common and civil law jurisdictions, such as Japan, England and Singapore, …
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Practice area spotlight: M&A
King & Spalding’s Sergey Komolov, managing partner, and Ilya Zotkin, of counsel, discuss the latest challenges facing M&A lawyers, including client expectations and the redistribution of market share
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in Russia and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? The legal market in Russia and, more specifically, the M&A practice area generally follow and are influenced by the relevant economic and political drivers. Political turmoil (including continued and worsening budgetary problems), geopolitical tensions, …
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Editors’ views
Providing free legal advice is an important factor in the lawyer-client relationship, as well as the employer-employee relationship, writes John van der Luit-Drummond
An increasingly vibrant culture of pro bono advice may not be the first thing that springs to mind when you think about Singapore’s legal services market. Nevertheless, during my recent trip to the Little Red Dot, many lawyers were keen to highlight their pro bono credentials and the importance such work has to their respective …
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Practice area spotlight: M&A
Vietnam’s M&A market is on an upward trajectory. Frasers Law Company’s
Justin Gisz, Pham Thanh Mai and Nguyen Thi Minh Ha explain why
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in Vietnam and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? The legal market in Vietnam is stronger and more vibrant than ever before and is growing rapidly. The growth of the legal market is a corollary of the rapid development and expansion of Vietnam’s …
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