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K&L Gates LLP

Doing Business in Australia

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Australia welcomes new business and foreign investment by providing a strong economy, a stable political environment and a skilled and talented workforce. Our comprehensive guide to Doing Business in Australia has been...more

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Doing Business in the Cayman Islands

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In World Law Group's Doing Business In Guide, member firms around the globe share how to successfully do business in their countries, key investment sectors, and what business opportunities are hot in the market right now. In...more

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Tech takeovers drive M&A in Indonesia

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Buoyed by healthy GDP growth and rising consumer confidence, Indonesian M&A has been on a roll in recent years. Southeast Asia’s largest economy has largely evaded macroeconomic headwinds such as high inflation and weakening...more

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The Evolving Face of Finance: Private Credit's Role in the GCC - insights from the $400m Tamara financing and beyond

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INTRODUCTION - The successful closing of the up to $400 million debt financing secured by Tamara, led by Goldman Sachs and King & Spalding client Shorooq Partners, was a landmark deal in the evolution of private credit in...more

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Proposed Global Policy Recommendations for Decentralized Finance

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On September 7, 2023, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions launched a consultation on proposed policy recommendations on market integrity and investor protection issues in decentralized finance (DeFi)....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Considerations for M&A Transactions Involving Fintech Companies

M&A transactions involving financial services providers—including tech-based providers or “fintechs”—raise a host of unique questions based on the types of services they provide, which are often highly regulated and may...more

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Indonesia is riding strong tailwinds

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Deal making has been running at a solid pace in Indonesia so far this year. In Q1 2023, 26 deals were recorded—a gain of 18% on the previous quarter by volume—for a total of US$2.2 billion. Value was down by 57% over the same...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Saturday, May 27, 2023

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U.S. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) sent a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen regarding Treasury's rumored Executive Order on outbound investment to China....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Deal Flow 2.0: European Venture Capital Deal Term Review 2021

Investors poured more than $100B into European tech last year, a staggering sum more than triple the size of investments made the previous year. Orrick helped close nearly 500 transactions, which raised more than $20B in...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

2020 and Q1 2021 Developments And Annual Compliance Checklists

Summaries of recent legislative and regulatory developments with respect to: •The SEC’s Examination Priorities for 2021- •The SEC’s Focus on Digital Asset Securities- •The SEC’s New Marketing Rule... ...more

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Indonesia in Focus Newsletter - March 2021

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New “priority list” for foreign investment The Indonesian government has issued Presidential Regulation No. 10 of 2021 (the “Regulation”) at the end of February, following the passage of its job creation law last year...more

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Kalifa Review – Proposed Fintech Investment Reforms

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On 26 February 2021, the Kalifa Review of UK Fintech published its much anticipated report on the state of the UK fintech industry. The report recognizes fintech's current importance to the UK economy and potential material...more

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Financial institutions M&A: Sector trends - July 2020: Brokers/Corporate Finance

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Financial Institutions M&A sector trends: Brokers/corporate finance — H1 2020 and outlook for H2 2020. Thinning of the herd continues as "traditional" brokers struggle to remain profitable amidst encroachment by Bulge...more

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Technology M&A remains resilient in the face of COVID-19 crisis

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Technology dealmaking has continued apace in 2020 as M&A investors take advantage of the sector’s resilience to transact - The technology sector has been one of the least impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and deal...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2020 Insights

Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more

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Defying gravity: US M&A H1 2019: Technology dealmaking stays buoyant

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H1 2019 has seen deal value continue to climb in technology M&A, as digital disruption overtakes segments of the market such as fintech and Big Data....more

Hogan Lovells

Merger & Acquisition in Africa and South Africa

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Africa is still the next big market for multinationals, even in the face of global economic uncertainty and political and regulatory issues. Economic growth continues due to the growing investment in private equity and the...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Though expected after its earlier move to cut its revenue forecast, Apple’s official quarterly profits reporting yesterday still disappointed, as the company posted its “first holiday-quarter drop in both revenue and profit...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Cape Town Calling

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From Tuesday 4th to Thursday 6th September 2018, ITFA, the International Trade and Forfaiting Association, a worldwide trade association for companies, financial institutions insurers and intermediaries engaged in trade and...more

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Israeli Cyber Security Deals Double from Q4/2017 in $1.52 Billion First Quarter for High-Tech Companies

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Key facts: - $1.52 billion was raised in 181 deals—an increase in the number of deals and the total sum - A rounds captured a third of the total amount raised - Capital raising by companies in R&D stage leapt 60%,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Payments and Lending: Trends to convergence in FinTech

An under-developed logistics infrastructure, a reliance on cash-on-delivery and foreign ownership and other regulatory restrictions have historically limited international expansion into the Indonesian eCommerce and FinTech...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

E-Money and Electronic Payments: Foreign Investment in the Philippine Financial Technology Sector

DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PHILIPPINE FINTECH SECTOR - The combination of low levels of financial inclusion, a steadily growing GDP and high smart phone usage has resulted in the Philippines becoming a key market in Asia for...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

As President Xi’s Power Grows, So Does China’s Presence on World Stage

In October 2017 at the Chinese Communist Party National Congress, President Xi Jinping consolidated his hold on power and cemented himself as what many commentators are calling the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao...more

Dechert LLP

New European Commission proposals aimed at promoting growth and investment in Europe

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The European Commission has proposed a series of reforms to strengthen and further centralise supervision of the European capital and financial markets at the EU level with the aim of creating stronger and more integrated...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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The Times’ tech guru—Farhad Manjoo—gets all indignant regarding the Equifax breach. Namely, if Equifax can’t handle its one job of safeguarding personal info, should it really be allowed to keep going at all now?...more

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