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...
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...
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: 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...
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...
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...
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 –...
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: 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...
