Practice area spotlight: M&A
Takeshi Mukawa, Kana Manabe and Win Naing consider how recent legislative changes will make Myanmar a more attractive M&A market
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in Myanmar and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? The legal market has been developing rapidly since Myanmar opened to foreign investment in 2011. A number of international firms headquartered in both common and civil law jurisdictions, such as Japan, England and Singapore, …
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Practice area spotlight: M&A
King & Spalding’s Sergey Komolov, managing partner, and Ilya Zotkin, of counsel, discuss the latest challenges facing M&A lawyers, including client expectations and the redistribution of market share
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in Russia and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? The legal market in Russia and, more specifically, the M&A practice area generally follow and are influenced by the relevant economic and political drivers. Political turmoil (including continued and worsening budgetary problems), geopolitical tensions, …
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Editors’ views
Providing free legal advice is an important factor in the lawyer-client relationship, as well as the employer-employee relationship, writes John van der Luit-Drummond
An increasingly vibrant culture of pro bono advice may not be the first thing that springs to mind when you think about Singapore’s legal services market. Nevertheless, during my recent trip to the Little Red Dot, many lawyers were keen to highlight their pro bono credentials and the importance such work has to their respective …
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Practice area spotlight: M&A
Clients’ expectations are pushing firms to take a multi-disciplinary, multi-jurisdictional approach, explain Deloitte Legal’s Reneta Petkova, Kaloyan Yordanov, Nikolay Kolev and Hristo Milushev
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in Bulgaria and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? The high level of competition in the Bulgarian market, which includes both well-established local players and international law firms, has brought down the price for legal services and underscored the need for effectiveness as …
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Practice area spotlight: M&A
Appleby’s Jacob MacAdam and Dean Bennett talk legislative reform, M&A restructurings, Brexit and why young lawyers need to trust their judgement
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in the Cayman Islands and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? 2018 has seen the continuation of an unprecedented period of deal making across all sectors. The global conditions that drove M&A activity in 2017 remain at the time of writing – buyers …
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Recruitment
Mark Wagner, director at SSQ London, explains the key to a successful new office launch
The world is smaller than ever and many law firms continue to believe that in order to compete effectively they need to be global. Over the years many have gone down the merger route and while this strategy suits some, it can present difficulties in the long run – firm culture and identity being two …
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Practice area spotlight: M&A
Similarities between the Cypriot and English legal systems may lead to an increase in inbound cross-border mergers post-Brexit, predict EY Law Cyprus’ Charalambos G. Prountzos, Iacovos Kouppas and George Hadjikyprianou
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in Cyprus and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? The main legal framework for M&A transactions (both for private and public companies) in Cyprus is provided by English common law principles and statutory provisions, primarily, the Cyprus Companies Law, Cap 113 as subsequently …
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Interview with...
Ferrere’s managing partner in Ecuador talks about the firm’s switch to a lock-step model, the importance of culture and treating you partners as your bosses
How would you define your firm’s culture? How important is firm culture to you? Culture is of the utmost important to me. Culture is more important than work climate or work environment – they are also important but less so than culture. Culture is what bring us together, what connect us, what make us grow, …
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Practice area spotlight: M&A
Private equity funds and buy-out firms are driving a significant amount of M&A activity, while schemes of arrangement have become a popular means for effecting deals, write Andrew Harding and Jeremy Berchem
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in Guernsey and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? The local M&A market in Guernsey was relatively active throughout 2017, and this has continued well into 2018. We would characte rise the market as, for the most part, a “seller’s market”, with a …
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Practice area spotlight: M&A
South America’s largest country must emerge from its recession years and come up with sound economic policies to once more gain the trust of the international M&A community, writes Thiago Barbosa Sandim of Demarest Avogados
Please give us an overview of the current legal market in Brazil and how any recent developments have impacted your practice? I would say the legal market is showing surprising levels of resilience and growth for a country in such a turmoil for such a long per iod. The compound annual growth rate of our …
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