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The more the government restricts the flow of capital, the stronger the demand for foreign money

Elias Neocleous On December 15 2016, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) issued for consultation a draft law dealing with the submission of complaints about regulatory infringements and the protection of persons raising such complaints, together with a draft explanatory circular regarding the implementation of the proposed law.

The financing for Bahrain's first ever liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal project has reached financial close, with further expansion planned. This stage of the project, which is also the Middle East's first LNG receiving and regasification terminal to be financed on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis, was done without a designated PPP law.

Many rumours and news reports have circulated in recent days about the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (Safe) putting a gag order on financial institutions by prohibiting them from attributing new capital control restrictions to the foreign exchange (forex) regulator, and publishing negative forecasts on the yuan's performance.

Luis Antonio Semeghini de Souza Fabiola Cammarota de Abreu In the prevailing Brazilian economic environment, the potential acquisition of assets without the risks resulting from successor's liability is of great value. The recovery of the enterprise and the productive unit, rather than the recovery of the entrepreneur, is one of the principles adopted by the Brazilian Judicial Recovery and Bankruptcy Act (JRB Act, law no. 11.101/2005).

Following a few steady months leading up to the end of 2016, the past few weeks have in contrast seen an explosion in lateral moves.

Daniel Futej Daniel Grigel Changes to rules governing enforcement proceedings in Slovakia will come into force on April 1 2017. The new rules will only apply to enforcement proceedings commenced on or after that date.

Vu Le Bang Nguyen Thi Thanh Tram On January 1 2017 law no 91/2014/QH13 dated November 24 2015 (Civil Code) took effect, and deemed that the lending interest rate applicable to a loan is the one agreed upon by the parties involved. The agreed lending interest rate, however, must not exceed the cap of 20% per annum. If interest is agreed to be paid without a specific lending rate and the lending rate is disputed by the parties, the rate will be deemed to be equal to 50% of the cap on the lending rate (20%) at the time of repayment (article 468.2 of the Civil Code).

José Ramón Paz Morales On December 29 2016, the Financial System Law (FSL), which is the law that regulates banks and financial institutions that perform financial intermediation in the Republic of Honduras, was substantially reformed. This is the first time since the FSL's enactment in 2004 that such important reforms have been made to legislation in this area of the law.

John Breslin Callaghan Kennedy The impact of the UK's exit from the EU is one of the major headwinds for the Irish economy in 2017. Ireland has traditionally had a close trading relationship with the UK across all major sectors of the economy. Accordingly, in many respects Irish economic fortunes have been closely allied with those of the UK.