investment protection

Intra-EU Investment Protections – Where to Look for Protection

In the last sixty years numerous states have entered into investment agreements containing investor state dispute settlement provisions and investor state dispute settlements became...
Financial Regulation

Striking Off and Striding Forward – Amendments to the BVI Business Companies Act 2004

By George Weston and Rachel Graham At the start of 2023, various changes to BVI company law took effect. Taken together, the changes represent the...
entrepreneurs

Beat the Broken System: Leverage Data to Know Your Stock Options Market Value

Most people dream of joining an early-stage startup to get a chance of earning a slice of the company’s ownership. The reality? The stock...

APP Fraud – A Bank’s Burden?

By Gerard Heyes and Victoria Atkins Preventing APP fraud is at the top of the agenda for public and private bodies in the UK, hence...
Money Laundering

Money Laundering: A Gamble Not Worth Taking

By Niall Hearty, Rahman Ravelli Partner  Gambling and risk go hand in hand. Yet the gambling giant 888 has paid a heavy price for its...
Corruption Scandal

American Investors Embroiled in Ukrainian Corruption Scandal

By Duggan Flanakin Corruption keeps flourishing in Ukraine despite the war, as demonstrated by recurring publications in the Ukrainian and foreign media. It engulfs not...
Canada’s new prohibition

Ami Reiss, Montreal executive, on consequences of Canada’s new prohibition

“Laws are like sausages. It is best not to see them being made,” advises a classic political aphorism. One reason to avoid observing the...
Arbitration Disputes

Planning for 2023: The Arbitration Disputes Landscape

By David Hunt The year 2023 presents challenges to arbitration lawyers. Many old sources of work – Russian oligarch claims, Energy Charter Treaty claims –...
Strategic Business Relationships

Formal Relational Contracting: The New Paradigm for Long-Term Strategic Business Relationships

By Kate Vitasek While 2019 will go down in history as the year the global pandemic started, 2022 will likely go down in history as...
Green bonds

Green Bonds: Is Regulation the Solution for Green Bonds?

By Victoria Judd Investor appetite for sustainability linked debt or green bonds remains high as we enter 2023.  While there may be concerns about the...

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CFO's new mandate. CFO explaining the presentation

The Performance and Transformation Orchestrator: The CFO’s New Mandate in the Age of AI

By Terence Tse CFOs are evolving into AI-driven transformation orchestrators, balancing finance, technology, and strategy while upskilling teams, managing risks, and driving measurable business value. A key insight from this year’s AI for CFOs event, organized...

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