Country Comparative Guides

The Legal 500’s Country Comparative Guides are produced in association with the World’s leading lawyers and give the in-house community a practical overview of the laws and regulations in key jurisdictions, for specific practice areas.

Each country chapter is written by a renowned firm in an easy to use Q&A format. The Hot Topic articles provide analysis of current trends and developments within particular practice areas, giving our readership a deeper understanding of pressing issues within the specified sector.

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Hot Topics

2023: A PIVOTAL MOMENT FOR PAYMENTS

Slaughter and May

In this article produced for The Legal 500, we take stock of trends shaping the UK’s financial and payment systems, and the regulatory response to those trends. 1. Introducing the current landscape 1.1 The UK payments landscape in 2023 represents the confluence of three broad trends. First, we are rapidly changing how we pay in …

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The UPC and Hungary – Facts, Prospects, Strategies

Danubia Legal

1. Hungary outside the UPC The patent litigation landscape in Europe has undergone significant transformations, culminating in the inauguration of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in June 2023. As it stands, 17 EU member states have embraced the system, but Hungary remains an outlier1. While Hungary initially signed the UPC Agreement in 2013 and even …

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Cooperative Compliance and Tax Control Framework

Plusiders Studio Legale e Tributario

1. International background Since the OECD and G20 have launched their BEPS initiative (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting), a broader attention is paid to cooperative tools between Tax Authorities and taxpayers, in order to properly address the risk of tax violations and empower the prevention instruments both for businesses (mostly, multinational enterprises, i.e. MNEs) and …

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Managing Due Diligence for a Franchisor Acquisition in 2023

Akerman LLP

While the U.S. M&A market largely has slowed since the 2021 acquisition boom, the franchise business model – which features an ongoing, predictable revenue stream, paired with low capital expenditure risk – continues to attract private equity investors. Despite the heavy focus on franchise M&A activity, investment banking insiders report a growing disconnect between the …

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Corporate Professionals Under PMLA’s Scanner

AP & Partners

The recent notifications issued by the Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India (“MoF”) in May 2023 have broadened the ambit of ‘reporting entities’1 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (“PMLA”). Reporting entities now include practising chartered accountants (“CA”), company secretaries (“CS”), cost and management accountants (“CMA”). This has sent corporate professionals into a …

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Guides

Acquisition Finance

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Alexandra Grant and Sarbajeet Nag of Milbank.

Advertising & Marketing

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Tom Scourfield and Stuart Helmer of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP.

Alternative Investment Funds

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Christopher D. Christian and Abigail Bell of Dechert LLP.

Artificial Intelligence

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Giangiacomo Olivi and Chiara Bocchi of Dentons.

Aviation Finance & Leasing

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Freyda Mechlowicz of Milbank.

Banking & Finance

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Benedikt Maurenbrecher of Homburger.

Blockchain

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Duncan Blaikie of Slaughter and May.

Bribery & Corruption

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Joanna Ludlam of Baker McKenzie.

Capital Markets

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Gordon Ng of Dentons.

Cartels

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by William Turtle of Slaughter and May.

Class Actions

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Jeremy Sher of DLA Piper UK LLP.

Competition Litigation

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Edward Coulson of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner.

Construction

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Jason N. Smith of Seyfarth Shaw LLP.

Corporate Governance

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Tom Rose of Macfarlanes LLP.

Corporate Immigration

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Jurga McCluskey and Melanie Carr of Deloitte Legal.

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Sulina Gabale, Kelly Hagedorn, Thora Johnson, Heather Egan Sussman and Shannon Yavorsky of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (UK) LLP.

Doing Business In

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Rachel Hossack of Deloitte Legal.

Employee Incentives

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Mahesh Varia of Travers Smith.

Employment and Labour Law

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Nicola Rabson of Linklaters LLP.

Energy – Oil & Gas

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Michael Burns of Ashurst.

Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Donna Newman of Stephenson Harwood.

Environment

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Paul Davies of Latham & Watkins LLP.

Environmental, Social and Governance

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Stephen Shergold of Dentons.

Fintech

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Chris Hill of Deloitte Legal.

Franchise & Licensing

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by David Bond and Vicky Reinhardt of Fieldfisher.

Gambling Law

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Bahar Alaeddini of Harris Hagan.

Insurance & Reinsurance

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Imogen Ainsworth of Clifford Chance LLP.

Intellectual Property

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Gordon Harris and Mathilda Davidson of Gowling WLG.

International Arbitration

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Michael Polkinghorne and Lucas De Ferrari of White & Case.

Lending & Secured Finance

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Dominic Griffiths of Mayer Brown LLP.

Litigation

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Damian Taylor of Slaughter and May.

Merger Control

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Alex Nourry of Clifford Chance.

Mergers & Acquisitions

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Richard Hall of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.

Patent Litigation

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Nicola Dagg of Kirkland & Ellis.

Pharmaceutical Advertising

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Sally Shorthose of Bird & Bird.

Private Client

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Andrew Hine of Taylor Wessing LLP.

Private Equity

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by David Higgins and Carlos Gil Rivas of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP.

Product Liability

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Samantha Silver and Sarah–Jane Dobson of Kennedys.

Project Finance

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Tom Bartlett of Latham & Watkins LLP.

Public Procurement

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Catherine Bingham of Dentons.

Real Estate

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by François Bonteil of Clifford Chance.

Renewable Energy

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Richard Goodfellow of Addleshaw Goddard.

Restructuring & Insolvency

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Saam Golshani of White & Case.

Securitisation

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by of Slaughter and May.

Shipping

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Edward Gray of MFB Solicitors.

Tax

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Graham Samuel-Gibbon of Taylor Wessing.

Tax Disputes

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Gary B. Wilcox of Mayer Brown LLP.

TMT

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Joe Stephenson of Shoosmiths LLP.

White Collar Crime

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Judith Seddon and Richard Hodge of Dechert LLP.

Corporate Conversations Hot Topics