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Turkey’s first-ever Greenfield Infrastructure Project Bond funds Elazig Hospital Project

28th April 2017
International law firms Clifford Chance LLP and Yegin Ciftci have advised HSBC Bank plc in connection with the recent financing of the state-of-the-art Elazig integrated health campus using the first ever greenfield project bond structure in the Turkish PPP market. HSBC Bank plc acted as sole arranger and global coordinator in the bond issuance. This […]
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An Opportunity Rich Horizon – How AI Could Shape the Exponential Future of Law Firms

28th April 2017
Article written by Rohit Talwar, CEO and Alexandra Whittington, Senior Foresight Researcher at Fast Future Publishing. AI and the New Business Agenda As futurists, we focus on helping leaders to drive exponential growth by anticipating and exploiting the forces, ideas and opportunities shaping the future. Exponential growth is now a viable goal - across every […]
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Bilateral Lawyers: The Connection between Ireland and Russia

28th April 2017
Donnery & Co solicitors in an Irish law firm established by Elizaveta Donnery, a Russian speaking solicitor who is qualified and practicing in Ireland; she is also qualified in Russia and admitted on roll of solicitors in England and Wales. Elizaveta Donnery is the only solicitor in Ireland with these types of qualifications and experience; […]
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How the Legal Sector Can Flag Money Laundering

28th April 2017
 Article written by Amy Bell – Chair of Money Laundering Task Force, The Law Society  Criminals rely on the services of legal professionals to assist them – often unknowingly – in laundering the proceeds of serious and organised crime, which is estimated to cost £24 billion to the UK economy each year. Though harnessing professionals’ […]
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Did Tobacco Companies Fund Trump’s Lobbying to Roll Back FDA Oversight of E-Cigarettes?

28th April 2017
The following is a statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: New disclosure documents filed this week show the big tobacco companies are spending huge sums and hiring an army of lobbyists to influence Congress and the Trump Administration, including giving $1.5 million to President Trump's inauguration. It's no secret what the […]
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Is Fraud in the "Credible Fear" Process a Threat to the Asylum System?

27th April 2017
A new report from the Center for Immigration Studies analyzes the fraudulent abuse of the "credible fear" process by aliens seeking to enter or remain in the United States, fraud made possible by weaknesses in the US asylum system, resource constraints, and evidentiary limitations. Already more susceptible to exploitation by terrorists than the refugee process […]
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Energy Storage Guide for Policymakers Released

27th April 2017
A new tool published by the independent Interstate Renewable Energy Council, Charging Ahead: ‘An Energy Storage Guide for State Policymakers’, provides regulators and other decision makers with specific guidance on key issues for policy consideration, including foundational policies for advanced energy storage—a new generation of technologies characterized by flexible operating capabilities and diverse applications. The […]
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