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Major changes to Taiwan financial services – sandbox experiments, token offerings and internet banks

The Taiwan government has been actively promoting fintech development and there have been several major developments recently. The primary regulator of the financial services industry, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), introduced the ‘regulatory sandbox’ in 2018 and several fintech experiments have been launched since. In June 2019, the FSC announced that it will regulate security …

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Class actions in Israel – a cautionary tale for international corporations

Class actions are a widely-used litigation practice in Israel and have been so for years. Illustratively, in each of the last three years, over 1,200 new motions to certify class actions were filed. Many of these claims were filed against multinational and foreign corporations concerning their operations in Israel. In fact, one might struggle to …

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Hungary – discouraging litigation?

Since 2018, Hungary has a new act on civil court procedures (Act CXXX of 2017 – the Act) which has brought about significant reforms after 50 years. The reforms were aimed at healing previous shortcomings, such as lengthy and tedious procedures, and making court cases concise, yet professional in quite a tight structure. As almost …

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Merge well – merge wisely: a German perspective | Haver & Mailänder Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB

In order to merge well, one must merge wisely. This requires the application of a two-step approach: First, a methodically conducted preparation of the filing by close interaction with all parties involved (both on factual and legal grounds), and secondly, a notification procedure which is handled in a responsible, transparent and trustworthy manner vis-à-vis the respective authority.

Corporations with benefits

We take a look at the growing US phenomenon of enshrining public benefit goals into for-profit corporate charters

No alarms and no surprises

A small but influential group of clients and law firms are leading a charge to restore healthy working practices in law, but will everyone play along with the Mindful Business Charter?

Three perspectives on change

As technology reshapes the legal industry, we interview three senior lawyers about their attempts to grapple with change at their companies

Broader horizons – GCs taking outside roles

For many GCs, joining the non-executive director club is the holy grail. But how do lawyers position themselves for outside roles?

Heal thyself

In a set-piece debate at this year’s Enterprise GC, we united senior GCs and law firm leaders to debate the future of the profession

Postcards from the most regulated

Banking GCs give their perspectives on the financial services regulation landscape