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Gönenç Gürkaynak and Ayşe Güner of ELIG Attorneysat- Law provide an in-depth update on competition law and a summary of recent major cases

Carina C. Laforteza Lito Paolo T. Martin II The enactment of Republic Act No. 10881 on August 16 2016 is set to make the Philippines a more attractive destination for foreign investors in the financing industry. This new legislation has lifted certain foreign equity requirements.

John Breslin It is a basic rule of common law that a court will not uphold a claim founded on an illegal act. This rule is important for internal and external counsel acting for financial service providers to keep in mind. Financial service providers operate in a highly regulated environment. Even exercising all due diligence, and with highly resourced compliance systems, mistakes and errors of judgement occur. Applying the strict common law approach can result in unjust and disproportionate results, particularly in cases of technical breach.

Edgar Herrera In 2009, after a series of economic developments that focused mainly on the drive to increase international tax cooperation and transparency, Panama enacted a series of treaties destined to avoid double taxation and prevent tax evasion.

Carlos Augusto Junqueira Eduardo Abrantes Recent investigations into a high-profile corruption scandal in Brazil have spurred discussions surrounding the quality of the management of the country's state-owned enterprises (SOEs). These discussions mainly focus on the nomination of public office candidates by political patronage. As a result, federal Law 13.303, published on July 1 2016, creates a new regime for SOEs that play a role in strategic sectors of Brazil's economy.

Radka Sláviková Geržová Martin Ilavský A new law governing real estate expropriation came into force in Slovakia on July 1 2016. The new rules repealed the applicable part of the Building Act of 1976.

Diversity in the environmental asset class is suffering from high minimum issuance sizes and monitoring costs. Green striping could be the solution

Joyce Chan The region has been active on the lateral hires front in Hong Kong as offshore firm WALKERS added corporate partner James Webb from Mourant Ozannes. In other moves, WEIL GOTSHAL & MANGES brought in William Hay from Baring Private Equity Asia to strengthen its private equity practice, while capital markets partner Liang Tao left Davis Polk & Wardwell for ALLEN & OVERY and Simon McKnight exited Linklaters for SIMMONS & SIMMONS. Christopher Knight from DLA Piper joined AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD's investment funds practice and CLYDE & CO hired corporate partner Joyce Chan from DLA Piper.

Yoshitaka Kato On April 28 2016, the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry published a practice guide for the introduction of restricted stock as a new incentive award for directors and executive officers in Japan. The introduction of restricted stock is a common performance-based award in western countries. According to the practice guide, it will enable Japanese companies to globally acquire highly-talented management personnel and manage this personnel in a uniform way. Additionally, the Japanese Corporate Governance Code, which the Tokyo Stock Exchange published in 2015, provides that in order for management remuneration to operate as a healthy incentive for sustainable growth, the proportion linked to mid- to long-term results and the balance of cash and stock should be set appropriately.

Urs Kägi Daniel Küpfer In public M&A deals, bidding and target companies often agree on payments in the event that the deal cannot close. Payments from the target to the bidder are known as (direct) break fees. Reverse break fees are payments from the bidder to the target. Both types of fee serve to protect the deal and to control parties' behaviour.