On 6 April 2006, the Court of Final Appeal (CFA) ruled that a party subject to disciplinary proceedings in Hong Kong does not necessarily have a right to have its lawyers examine witnesses at disciplinary hearings.

In the last edition of Antitrust in focus we discussed various antitrust developments in connection with Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Travelex was acquired in January 2015 by a consortium of shareholders with the majority stake held by Centurion Investments, a leading UAE investment firm and Dr. B. R. Shetty, a well-known entrepreneur and philanthropist .

The need for rules regulating Big Tech and the extent of those rules continues to be debated across the globe.

Cross-border coordination between antitrust authorities, both in terms of policy and on specific cases, has been a recurring theme in recent editions of Antitrust in focus. It also featured as a hot...

The Italian Competition Authority (ICA), however, remains undeterred. At the end of March, it fined Caronte & Tourist EUR3.7m for unjustifiably charging excessive rates on a ferry route across...

In a judgment dated 30 March 2016 in the case of Fluor v Petrixo Oil & Gas, the Dubai Court of Appeal refused to enforce a foreign award that was issued in an ICC arbitration with a London seat.

Last week the press reported that several US listed companies will be introducing self-regulating measures on executive pay. Generally, several companies are allowing their shareholders to have a non-binding vote on executive remuneration matters. Is this an all change to the style of US corporate governance?

Under U.S. law generally, questions of law are reviewed anew (de novo, or without deference to the trial court) by an appellate court.

As a result of tax benefits available under German tax law and high returns on investment, German ship funds have enjoyed increasing popularity in recent years, attracting a considerable amount of equity from private investors. Ship funds are vehicles which collect private equity from a limited number of investors to build and operate one or more ships (eg, container ships). The return on investment consists of tax benefits (in particular, losses which can be offset against earnings) on the one

According to recent press reports, after years of discussions and consultation, an agreement on reciprocal enforcement of judgments is close to being reached between the mainland and Hong Kong. The timeframe is expected to be later this year.

A bank is entitled to use the name "DAX®" to communicate that its financial instrument is linked to the rate of the DAX.

On 6 October 2015, the CJEU (case no. C-362/14) has declared the Commission's 2000 decision on Safe Harbor concerning the transfer of personal data from the EU to the USA to be invalid, with immediate effect.

The ICA found that Leadiant abused its dominant position in the market for drugs containing chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA). CDCA is the active ingredient in drugs...

Twitter is both a source and subject of the news whether it be for super-injunctions, the election in Iran or Lady Gaga having 10 million followers.

Cybersecurity continues to be headline-grabbing news, particularly following recent reports of high-profile cyber attacks on a number of major well-known corporations.

In an outcome that has surprised many, Britain has voted to leave the EU. This will lead to a two-year period of negotiating the terms of exit with the EU and its member states.

In the latest episode of We Talk Banking and Finance, host and Walkers partner Zoë Hallam is joined by Nick Charlwood, partner at Allen and Overy in their Global Restructuring...

A discussion on the Government's effort to combat fake self-employed arrangements and so-called 'social fraud', and to increase revenues for the social security system.

At the end of March, the Regional Administrative Court of Lazio (RAC) annulled the decision of the Italian Competition Authority (ICA) finding that CTS Eventim-TicketOne group (TicketOne)...