Auctions – how to play the game

Plenty of useful advice for buyers and sellers alike in a key session at the M&A summit

Commercial Litigation Summit – 1 July 2019 | Stewarts

When it comes to high-value complex (and thus expensive) litigation, there is one subject close to the hearts of clients: how do we avoid it? Unsurprisingly even the most well-heeled businesses do not relish the prospect of a protracted and expensive dispute, however much litigation lawyers might salivate at the prospect of a challenging and …

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Tougher competition – the growing impact of antitrust marquee deals

Two guest experts debated external factors shaping competition policy

Japan: outward-looking insights

Atsumi & Sakai is a multi-award-winning, independent Tokyo law firm with a dynamic and innovative approach to legal practice; it has been responsible for a number of ground-breaking financial deal structures and was the first Japanese law firm to create a foreign law joint venture and so admit foreign lawyers as full partners. Expanding from …

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Doing business in Thailand

The Foreign Business Act (FBA) governs the scope of foreign participation in business activities in Thailand. Under the FBA, foreigners, unless otherwise exempted, are restricted from participating in certain specified businesses. Foreigners are required to obtain a foreign business licence or certificate before engaging in such activities.

Psychosocial risks versus healthy companies in Spain | Grant Thornton

In the last decade, the manner in which work is organised and managed has suffered significant changes. This fact has caused either beneficial or harmful consequences, such as emerging psychosocial risks and new challenges. The main questions are: what are the psychosocial risks? What are their consequences for the workers and for the company? What …

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Anatomy of a workplace investigation in Ireland: how to handle some of the practical issues | Maples Group

Complex workplace investigations were the exception and not the norm until a few years ago. In the year 2000 a one-page statutory code of practice was published in Ireland to guide employers through the humdrum of workplace disciplinary and grievance investigations containing only one sentence regarding the issue of employee representation in investigations. Fast forward …

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First precedents in Italy on ‘gig economy’ relationships | Grimaldi Studio Legale

In recent months, the first precedents in Italy concerning the extremely topical matter of platform workers’ status (employees v freelancers) have been issued.

Strategic considerations for foreign enterprises considering applying for leniency in India | AZB & Partners

The Indian Competition Act (CA02) was enacted in 20021. Since its inception, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed approximately £1bn in penalties on enterprises and their key individuals for their participation in cartels under s3, read with s27, of CA02. The Competition Commission of India (Lesser Penalty) Regulations were enacted in 2009. Since …

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Recent competition law developments in Turkey: the administrative court’s stay of execution decision regarding behavioural remedies | ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law

The stay of execution order of the ninth administrative court of Ankara (court) regarding the Turkish competition board’s conditional approval decision dated 8 May 2018 and numbered 18-14/267-129 sheds some light and provides insights for future cases regarding the court’s approach towards behavioral remedies. The court found that the behavioral remedies accepted by the board …

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