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Slovak Republic: Changes on employing foreigners

An amendment to the act on employment services slated to enter into force on May 1 2018 will have a substantial impact on the employment of third country nationals.

March 27 2018

Philippines: Foreign participation in construction/ property

The Philippine government is aggressively advancing the acceleration of infrastructure and development of industries that will yield robust growth across the Philippines. Infrastructure projects are among the top priorities of the government with public spending on infrastructure projects targeted to reach between PHP8 trillion and PHP9 trillion ($154 billion to $173 billion) between 2017 and 2022.

March 27 2018

Portugal: Mifid II implementation status

Although full implementation of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (Mifid II) in Portugal is expected to occur very soon, the truth is that market players already hold sufficient tools and comply with enough EU regulations to assess internal policies and procedures to make them compliant with the Mifid II requirements.

March 27 2018

Brazil: M&A reverse break-up fees

Brazil recently celebrated the fifth anniversary of Law 12.529/2011 (Brazilian Antitrust Law), which established a pre-merger control system and aligned the Brazilian Antitrust Authority (Cade) with more mature jurisdictions.

March 27 2018

Japan: Post-retirement advisory positions

It is common for Japanese companies to maintain a continuing relationship with their presidents and chief executive officers (CEOs) even after they retire, and they usually remain in the company by taking on advisory positions, commonly known as komon or sodanyaku in Japan. Such advisory positions are not prescribed in the Companies Act of Japan and their roles vary from company to company.

March 27 2018

Macau: Preference shares explained

In line with most legal systems, Macau law also allows the issuance of preference shares as equity instruments, making them attractive both to issuers and investors in situations where the financing needs of the company should not disrupt an existing majority or the structure of the corporate power.

March 27 2018

Asia Pacific

Jackie Kahng In India Trilegal has closed its Hyderabad office and will service existing clients from Bangalore. The firm's one partner Pavan Kumar has left the firm.

March 27 2018

Progress so far on Mifid II research

Over two months in, and the new rules are not having the impact they were initially expected to

March 27 2018

Asia's green bonds are making waves

2017 was a record year for green bonds, as total value reached $155 billion, with a growing number of issuances coming from Asia. China contributed $36.4 billion to the total, just after the US and France. India however was only in ninth place in spite of very ambitious renewable energy targets. The majority of issuances came from banks, which were responsible for 74% of total issues.

March 27 2018

POLL: the changing face of Cfius

The US government is blocking inbound M&A at levels never seen before. What is the reason behind this unprecedented change in approach?

John Crabb, March 27 2018

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