On September 15, 2022, GOL Linha Aereas Inteligentes S.A. ("GOL"), one of Brazil's most prominent airlines, agreed to pay $41.5 million to resolve bribery investigations by DOJ...

Beginning January 4, 2023, foreign private issuers of Rule 144A fixed income securities will be required to make certain financial information publicly available in order to allow for publication...

In determining whether to make an order for security against a non-resident Respondent.

In 2021, banks, including regional banks, engaged in significant levels of merger activity as they sought, in large part, to gain efficiencies of scale in order to enhance offerings and thus compete with larger institutions.

The EU Regulation on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector (the "SFDR") came into effect in March 2021.

On 26 October 2016, the Court of Appeal delivered its judgment in Kazakhstan Kagazy Plc & 6 others v (1) Baglan Abdullayevich Zhunus (2) Maksat Askaruly Arip (3) Shynar Dikhanbayeva [2016] EWCA Civ 1036.

On July 18, 2022, the UK High Court found that the government's Net Zero Strategy does not comply with the legal requirements because it did not specify any data showing how planned emission cuts...

Everyone is talking about sustainability and carbon reduction, from governments through to corporations, so ESG strategies are a good opportunity for LPs to demonstrate to the market...

The English High Court recently handed down judgment in the case of Ministry of Defence & Support for Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran v. International Military Services Ltd

In the months following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, many Western companies withdrew their products from Russian markets. In response, the Russian government...

In Alexander Nix v Emerdata Limited [2022] EWHC 718 (Comm), the High Court held that it did not have jurisdiction to grant permission to serve a third- party disclosure application on a...

In Aiteo Eastern E&P Company Limited v Shell Western Supply and Trading Limited [2022] EWHC 2912 (Comm), Mr Justice Foxton dismissed the challenges brought under s 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 by Aiteo Eastern E&P Company Limited.

On March 15, 2022, the Full Federal Court of Australia overturned a primary judge's decision in Sharma and Others v. Minister for the Environment to impose a duty of care on the Minister for the Environment to ...

The LSE and ESMA have revised their guidance to dual-listed companies, investment firms and other market participants on the potential impact of a "no deal" Brexit.

On November 10, 2022, the European Parliament formally adopted the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ("CSRD"), which establishes a new mandatory framework...

On July 29, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services ("NYDFS") released Draft Amendments to its Part 500 Cybersecurity Rules, which include a mandatory 24-hour...

Regulatory and industry developments have continued apace since our previous Client Update summarising insurance developments in the first part of 2016.

The Arbitration Act 1996 (the 1996 Act) will apply if the arbitration is seated in England and Wales or Northern Ireland. The Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 (the 2010 Act)...

In December 2021, As You Sow, a non-profit foundation promoting environmental and social corporate responsibility, filed shareholder proposals on behalf of Amazon.com and Comcast Corporation shareholders for action ...

Regulatory Considerations Update Many in the industry have been following for some time the progress of a document compiled by the Financial Stability (E) Task Force and the Macroprudential...