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The combination provides the template for a successful Africa exit by a financial investor as multinationals bet on the region’s growing middle class

In case you missed it, here's how Libor, the Fed and more have impacted corporates in 2016

IFLR's poll this month asks which legislation is set to have the biggest impact on the EU asset management sector

John Breslin The 2015 decision of the UK Supreme Court in Bank of Cyprus UK v Menelaou highlights the utility of subrogation as a remedy where traditional mechanisms (damages, injunction) are inadequate. The case also highlights the developing role of the law of restitution. Subrogation and restitution are well-established doctrines in Irish law.

Yuta Mizuno Amendments to the rules concerning the treatment of employees under certain types of corporate reorganisations came into force in Japan on September 1 2016.

Oene Marseille Emir Nurmansyah In October this year, Indonesia released a policy roadmap intended to support and encourage growth in the national e-commerce market. This market is expected to reach $130 billion by 2020.

Rodrigo Taboada Ana Carolina Álvarez On October 6 2016, the Nicaraguan Congress approved the Ley de Garantías Mobiliarias (the Law of Security on Movable Assets). This has been described as a legal instrument that will, among providing other benefits, enable small producers, and micro- and medium-sized companies to access bank credit and micro finance institutions using their own assets as security. This will be done through the subscription of a written agreement between the grantor and the creditor that may be in a public, private or electronic document.

João Nuno Riquito Rui Filipe Oliveira In line with the recent regulatory tendency to focus on the real estate property market, the Macau government has prepared new legislation to regulate the management of a condominium's common areas.

Franco Aristotle G Larcina Arlene M Maneja On August 31 2016, the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) issued a new merger notification form, which applies to notification submissions from September 1 2016. Below are the noteworthy new requirements.

Ahmed El Amoury A foreign construction company in Qatar recently won a lawsuit in relation to a dispute with a local company. This case is significant because the competent court applied and upheld the principle of personal freedom and the rights of movement set out in the Qatari Constitution. These hold that personal freedom and the rights of movement outside the state should not be restricted except in accordance with the law.