Spring 2020

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France’s new PACTE Law: Progress at the cost of protection

Why is insider trading illegal?

Sand dollars: a postmodern monetary architecture

Head-to-head: Is SOFR alone enough for the US industry as a Libor replacement?

Opinion: South American nations must work towards a common goal

Opinion: What on earth happens next?

Poll result: Removing barriers for Indian companies

People moves from IFLR1000: Americas

People moves from IFLR1000: Asia-Pacific

People moves from IFLR1000: EMEA

China's new foreign investment law: Stop, start

Building a climate resilient debt portfolio

The revival of dual class shares

Sustainable finance reforms for asset managers: threat or opportunity?

A guide to Switzerland’s new licensing rules for portfolio managers

Demystifying blockchain regulation in Switzerland

China: A market-oriented loan market interest rate

Cyprus: Ratification of multilateral instrument

Japan: Investment in nursing homes

Macau SAR: A step forward on tax

Panama: A country Brexit ready

Slovak Republic: New company liquidation rules

Switzerland: Security principles and excluded assets

Vietnam: New private placement regulations in public companies

PRIMER: Hong Kong SAR’s proposed data privacy ordinance changes

Increased private equity interest in performance fees over return levels

A fresh look at acquisition financing terms

Lawmaking in Argentina on hold in lieu of debt restructuring

Exclusive interview with the EU's blockchain head

Macau SAR: New Arbitration Law

Inside Indonesia's Basel III-compliant tier two bond

Cfius filing fee a hindrance but unlikely to curb deal flow

UK corporates interested in EU taxonomy, regardless of Brexit

Updated IFLR’s coronavirus resource hub

The Italian treatment: the decree to fight coronavirus

Covid-19: M&A market stalls amid uncertainty

PSD2: market struggles with APIs, SCA

Remote working: tips, tricks and anecdotes from the IFLR team

IFLR Americas Awards 2020: shortlist revealed

Why MAC clauses are no Covid-19 silver bullet

PRIMER: US market circuit breakers

PRIMER: Securities Financing Transactions Regulation / SFTR

Vietnam: Administrative penalties for violations of competition law under the new regulations

Panama: Regulating electronic signatures

UK’s Covid-19 business support leads to confusion

Inside NYSE's response to the Covid-19 crisis

Uncertainty hangs over Indian crypto community

Covid-19 illuminates corporate buyback issues

Why capital markets should embrace blockchain

HKEX’s WVR proposal draws corporate governance concerns

Social issues dominate African ESG

Investors eye Chinese Covid-19 NPLs but barriers remain

How coronavirus could revive PIPEs

UK regulators ease coronavirus impact on premium-listed companies

No synchronicity between US banking regulators as Fed pushes leverage rules

Germany’s response to Covid-19: expanding the restructuring and distressed M&A toolbox

Covid-19 highlights need for stricter ESG oversight

Coronavirus rewrites Europe’s AGM rules

Macau SAR: Coronavirus chapter 1: Legal challenges on contracts under Macau law

CARES Act enforcement risks and compliance best practices

PRIMER: Tokyo Stock Exchange revamp

Managing an extreme corporate crisis: lessons from Rolls Royce

IFLR Europe Awards 2020: winners announced

Coronavirus: Private equity investing in a distressed environment

Australia's heightened M&A scrutiny likely to affect foreign investment levels

Industry standards providing stepping stone for ESG regulation

Proposed merger ban will do more harm than good

Covid-19 in Asia: investor rights under pressure

Rescue financing leads to rapid evolution of PIPEs

Libor transition still at a nascent stage in India

UK companies embrace cashboxes in Covid-19 fallout

IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2020: winners announced

PRIMER: Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive

Coronavirus effect weighs on private equity

IFLR Americas Awards 2020: winners announced

Indonesia’s first pandemic bond explained

Dealmakers already looking to 2021 as M&A market disappears

Covid-19 now part of the M&A legal process

Debate rages over SRD2 delay

Opinion: The German Constitutional Court has fallen into its own trap

Payment holidays squeeze securitised products

India takes steps to prevent unwanted Chinese takeovers

Argentina: Covid-19 an extra headache as default deadline looms

Investors concerned by ESG regulatory definitions

Covid-19 in Thailand: Compensation benefits schemes for employers and employees

Covid-19 in Thailand: Tax relief measures in Thailand

Practical advice for company directors facing a liquidity crunch

Europe remains promising market for cannabis companies

Broker-dealers: Give the SEC's Reg BI a chance

PRIMER: China’s new personal information security specification

Japan: Trends in the amendment of collateral legislation

PODCAST: Chris Giancarlo on the record

The interplay between arbitration and insolvency

Main Street Lending: having the Fed as your 'junior' partner

Legal and compliance officers brace for increased AML risks amid Covid-19

Structured finance during the Covid-19 pandemic

Liquidity slowdown causes derivatives market to reassess

Covid-19 boosts European social bond market

Spain’s response to Covid-19: emergency measures; gradual relaxation

PODCAST: the Volcker Alliance on Paul Volcker

US equity market tightens noose on Chinese listings

Survey: In-house will send Covid litigation work to law firms

Synlab’s hybrid reboots European high yield market

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A fresh look at acquisition financing terms

Partners from Davis Polk’s New York office explain certain aggressive terms found in BSL facilities in 2019 and this year

March 12, 2020
Sponsored by Futej & Partners

Slovak Republic: New company liquidation rules

An amendment to the Commercial Code, introducing several important changes concerning the liquidation of companies, will come into force on October 1 2020. The amendment seeks to improve transparency in the business environment by taking aim at tax fraud as well as the deceptive practices associated with company liquidations.

Daniel Futej, March 10, 2020
Sponsored by Prager Dreifuss

Demystifying blockchain regulation in Switzerland

Innovation in distributed ledger technology will be balanced with investor protection under proposed new rules

March 10, 2020

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