Local Insights

After ratification of the first sustainable investment facilitation agreement, between the EU and Angola, Carla Gonçalves Borges, Mariana França Gouveia, and Assunção Cristas of Vieira de Almeida analyse ESG considerations in African states’ investment treaties

ESG considerations are becoming an increasingly important factor in investment decisions in Ghana. Lady-Ann Essuman, Ewurama Osam Tawiah, and Verissa Odame-Koranteng of VINT & Aletheia, Attorneys and Consultants explain why, and how, the new reality should be embraced

As the financial services ecosystem in Nigeria continues its rapid development, DealHQ Partners provides a guide to the latest regulatory initiative regarding contactless payments

Bruno Almeida and Bernice Kwok of Riquito Advogados say a newly enacted law that criminalises illegal exchanges of currencies addresses an increasingly prevalent issue and could help protect the region’s economic and financial stability

Macau’s lack of a legal framework with regard to exercising the right to unionise and go on strike is finally being addressed. Bruno Almeida and Paulo Alves Teixeira of Riquito Advogados consider the enacting legislation

As interest and activity in Hong Kong’s virtual asset environment surges, Rodney Teoh of Stevenson, Wong & Co. explains how the special administrative region is embracing innovation while protecting investors

Urs Feller and Mohamed Hasnaoui of Prager Dreifuss analyse the current legal position and case law regarding the unsealing of bank clients’ documents in Swiss criminal proceedings

Nikolas Katsaros and Maria Karabella of Papapolitis & Papapolitis cast a critical eye over a new law purportedly attempting to modernise the regulatory framework regarding pledges and another introducing a digital transaction levy

Marcel Frey and Urs Feller of Prager Dreifuss analyse a recent Swiss Federal Tribunal ruling that provides helpful guidance for heirs who may want to unlock financial information held by a deceased relative’s bank

Decreased availability and increased costs of funding have altered the behaviour of borrowers and lenders in the Peruvian leveraged finance market. Thomas Thorndike of Garrigues highlights the main themes and considers the outlook

Rita de la Guardia and Patricia Cordero, Alemán, Cordero, Galindo & Lee

Jaime Trujillo Caicedo, Alexandra Montealegre and María Camila Vargas, Baker McKenzie

David Walker and Rahul Sud, ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners

Ezekiel Tuma, John Cunha, and Luis Cunha, ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners

Steven Brown and Rahul Sud, ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners

Robert M Katz and Charles Ruck, Latham & Watkins

More US buyers – and more buyer-friendly deal terms – are entering the seller-friendly UK market, although the picture is increasingly nuanced, say Joshua M. Dubofsky, Sam Newhouse, Jennifer N. Cadet, and Catherine Campbell

Robert Katz and Charles Ruck, Latham & Watkins