In August 2017 the Thai SEC issued a hearing paper on the reduction of minimum paid-up capital requirements for securities and derivatives operators in Thailand.

Changes to the Tax Code will (1) remove from a list of transactions, which are not subject to VAT, consulting services and IT services, (2) introduce export duties on certain cereals till January 1, 2012, and (3) revise applicable Fees for the Use of Natural Resources.

The financial services sector may be holding back its year 1 gender pay gap data for good reason, but collection of year 2 data is only just around the corner.

In the aftermath of the new sanctions imposed to North Korea, potential risks have been identified in the global shipping industry.

The Miscellaneous Tax Rules for Fiscal Year 2016 were published in the Federal Official Gazette, on December 23, 2015. The Tax Rules shall be in full force and effect as of January 1, 2016.

On 8 March, President Trump signed two proclamations – one on steel imports and one on aluminum imports.

One of South Korea's newest private equity funds, Hahn & Company, acquires Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp., a leading global technology company that designs, engineers and manufactures innovative cockpit electronics products and connected car solutions for the world's major vehicle manufacturers.

Following the Senate's historic vote in favour of Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act, the Federal Government announced yesterday that recreational marijuana will become legal on October 17, 2018.

The PRC Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate have recently issued the Interpretation of Various Issues Concerning Application of Law in Handling Crimes of Infringing ...

The Council of State, the highest administrative court in Colombia has reversed a decision taken by the Colombian Patent Office (CPO) by means of which this Office denied patent protection to Colombian application No. 98.071.271 filed by the applicant Athena Neurosciences, Inc.

The Competition Appeal Tribunal upheld the Malaysian Competition Commission's decision that My E.G. Services Berhad have abused their dominant position in the provision and management of online Foreign Workers Permit renewals

"You can't fire me, I resign!" sounds like something one of Harvey Spectre's clients might say. But if your employment relationship is not in Hollywood, but South Africa ...

The ESAs' supervisory expectations may also be of interest to those providers of online or other innovative CDD solutions.

The Joint Committee of the ESAs have published an Opinion on the use of innovative solutions by banks and other financial services businesses when carrying out CDD, in relation to customers and the prevention of money...

Whistleblowing and Foreign Bribery Bills introduced into Senate confirm Australian Government's intention to increase corporate compliance requirements.

Germany and Austria recently introduced new alternative merger control thresholds based on transaction value. At EU level the introduction of a value-based filing threshold is also being discussed.

Esin Attorney Partnership's Mine Guner and Hasmet Ozan Guner contributed to Baker & McKenzie's Gray Market Handbook which covers over 30 jurisdictions across Asia Pacific, Europe, North America and Latin America.

This report provides a basic overview of key concepts under US, UK and Turkish restructuring and insolvency processes and is not intended to be exhaustive or to be relied on as a legal opinion or advice.

Essentially, digital trade, and its benefits for development can be derived in two ways.