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Clifford Chance, in conjunction with the Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA), has conducted a survey of eight key Asian jurisdictions to obtain an overview of the insolvency regimes and resolution powers available in relation...

The supra-national merger control regime of the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) came into force on 14 January 2013. It has long review periods, potentially high filing fees and no jurisdictional thresholds, but does not prohibit closing...

The European Commission on 18 March 2013 issued revised guidance on the conduct of inspections at business premises of companies suspected of anticompetitive conduct. It is important that the principles from the revised guidance and certain recent cases are reflected...

The current unprecedented level of interest in Islamic finance has been generated by a growth in the wealth of a number of Islamic states, together with a change in the socio political climate over the last few years. The global Islamic financial services market...

As part of the amendments to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (FIEA) promulgated on 12 September last year (the Amendment) revisions were made to the provisions of the FIEA regarding insider trading and the related monetary penalty (kachoukin) system...

As part of the amendments to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (FIEA) promulgated on 12 September last year (the Amendment) revisions were made to the provisions of the FIEA regarding insider trading and the related monetary penalty (kachoukin) system...

This is the April 2013 version of the Japan Employment Law Update. The topics covered are: 1. Abe cabinet's ambitious plan to reform employment regulations; 2. Implementation of the amended Labour Contract Law – Employers beware! The "five-year...

The Intellectual Property High Court has ruled that an online shopping mall operator could be held liable to pay damages if it fails to take swift action to delete items that infringe trademark rights from its website.  The decision reversed an earlier ruling...

At the international climate change negotiations in Doha late last year, progress was made on a number of important fronts. A second commitment period to the Kyoto Protocol was confirmed, and progress was made on the development of a new global agreement and...

China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced, on 4 January 2013, that it had fined six international liquid crystal display (LCD) screen producers, Samsung, LG, AU Optronics, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Chimei InnoLux, and HannStar Display,...