As the UK government implements measures to mitigate the impact of COVID-19, the SFO will soon be called on to investigate allegations of fraud involving those new systems. Can it rise to the challenge?
The pandemic's challenges to the economy are numerous and great. Here, we take a brief look at the greatest threats COVID-19 poses to businesses and the likely consequences.
International law firm Ashurst is bolstering its international equity capital markets/US securities and M&A practices with the appointment of Melody He-Chen as a partner in Hong Kong.
Some may remember the days when there were banks and their managers around every other corner: they had considerable discretion in lending to small and medium-size businesses (SMEs). This is in great contrast to the present day when SMEs complain of the inordinate time taken for banks to make a decision about loan applications. This […]
The budget for FY 2020-21 is woven around three prominent themes that are - (a) aspirational India (b) economic development, and (c) a caring society. During her speech, the Finance Minister stated that it is the Government’s intention to make India a five trillion dollar economy by 2024. Towards this end, the Government proposed a […]
In order to prevent conflicts of interests and enhance transparency, recent proposed amendments to the Arbitration Rules of the World Bank’s ICSID include a new rule that obliges parties to disclose the existence and name of any third-party funders and an expansion of the definition of third-party funding.
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