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Shook, Hardy & Bacon currently authors the Insurance section of The
In-House Lawyer magazine. For more information and articles from this
author click here .
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Shook, Hardy & Bacon currently authors the Insurance section of The
In-House Lawyer magazine. For more information and articles from this
author click here .
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WilmerHale currently authors the Fraud and Corporate Crime section of
The In-House Lawyer magazine. For more information and articles from
this author click here .
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Burges Salmon LLP currently authors the Environment and Energy section
of The In-House Lawyer magazine. For more information and articles from
this author click here
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Cyprus is the third most populated island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is strategically located at the crossroads of Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Traditionally Cyprus has always been at the heart of the seafaring trade and therefore always functioned as an important centre for trade and commerce. Today as a member of the European Union it remains an optimal business base. It is one of the most attractive locations for foreign investments worldwide. Foreign companies have been given the opportunity to invest and establish business in Cyprus on equal terms with local investors as no distinction is made between foreign and Cypriot companies.
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On
January 4, 2013, NDRC declared that Samsung, LG and four Taiwanese
firms were fined RMB 350 million for fixing the prices of LCD screens
during the period from 2001 to 2006 (" LCD Case "). On January 16,
2013, Maotai, one of most famous wine brands in China, declared that
they were investigated by NDRC for its monopolistic behaviors and they
therefore would modify all their sales policies that had violated the
2008 Anti-monopoly Law of PRC (" AML "), in particular the resale
price maintenance policy. This was closely followed by the declaration
of WuLiangYe, another wine magnet in China, which announced on January
17, 2013 that they would also abolish all the sales policies in
violation of AML, after an investigation of NDRC.
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In the Matter of the Representation of C, D, E and F and In the Matter of the A and B Trusts [2012] JRC 169A, in a judgment released at the end of April, the Royal Court of Jersey has provided welcome guidance as to the scope of the duties of a trust protector and the circumstances under which they may be removed by the court.
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With the transposition of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (" AIFMD ")
in the offing, analysis on the transformation and legal implications of
such on the role of the Depositary as a key and core service provider
to Alternative Investment Funds (" AIFs ") is significant, given the central function and responsibility this position was conferred within this industry.
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Macfarlanes LLP currently authors the Litigation & Dispute
Resolution section of The In-House Lawyer magazine. For more information
and articles from this author click here .
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Druces currently authors the Insolvency and corporate restructuring
section of The In-House Lawyer magazine. For more information and
articles from this author click here .
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