In this episode of On Record PR, Jennifer Simpson Carr goes on record with Daniel Clarke, Senior Business Development and Clients & Markets Manager at Kennedys CMK, to discuss navigating the complexities of business...more
Modernising Market Definition - Market definition is a foundational concept and key tool for antitrust analysis. On February 8, the European Commission ("EC") published a final version of its Revised Market Definition...more
In 2024, an extraordinarily high number of national elections will be held across the globe, including in some of the biggest economies: the United States, United Kingdom, India, Mexico, South Africa, Indonesia, Russia – and...more
On the first day of the two-week United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, more commonly referred to as COP28, delegates reached a landmark agreement to formerly create a Loss and Damage Fund, a rescue and...more
Akin is participating at COP28 and providing regular updates from the conference. COP28 - December 5, 2023 Recap - - A draft of the first Global Stocktake (GST), the document that assesses countries’ progress toward...more
Akin is participating at COP28 and providing regular updates from the conference. Friday, December 1, 2023 Updates: - On Thursday, a group of nations led by the UAE and several European countries agreed to establish a loss...more
From the COVID-19 pandemic to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and US-China tensions, exogenous shocks in recent years have put global supply chains under pressure. Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel last month, and the conflict...more
Introduction to ReFi. Regenerative Finance (ReFi) is a growing Web3 field that offers an opportunity to rethink how we approach finance, investing, and sustainable economic development. ReFi takes a holistic approach to...more
In the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, leaders of major investments funds across the world anticipate seismic shifts in the global economy. Blackrock CEO, Larry Fink, recently described a fundamental transformation...more
Organizations take legal risks all the time but often fail to integrate these risks effectively in an environment that is continuously changing and requires agility. Too often legal is seen as a siloed exercise and not...more
Globalization opportunities and expectations continue to arise around every turn. From organizations offering services outside their operational borders to the rise in remote hiring widening the job pool across the world,...more
Last month at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (commonly referred to as the COP26), the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (IFRS Foundation) announced the formation of an International...more
Uber will officially classify its British drivers, all 70,000 of them, as “workers” following a “major legal defeat” for the ride-hailing company in the British Supreme Court last month. The move entitles the drivers to “a...more
International commerce is undergoing a period of rapid and tumultuous change. Globalisation continues to create new markets, new technologies, new competition and, with them, increased demand for effective mechanisms to...more
It’s a business maxim: Where business goes, risks follow. And in recent years, business has found itself in places that might not have been part of the original plan: Digital processes, global business, outsourcing to third...more
Sustainability, opportunity, and meeting the challenges of the future. Each year, Hong Kong Arbitration Week celebrates the triumphs and challenges of international arbitration while actively promoting the development of...more
Long ago, I read a book by a man named Herman Kahn, one of the founders of the Hudson Institute and a well-known public intellectual. The book was entitled On The Year 2000. (He was more famous for that truly uplifting...more
Latest hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century consider the FTC’s historical record and global context. On April 12, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held the 13th installment in its...more
The 2019 Winnik International TMT Forum hosted by Hogan Lovells featured a panel discussion on technology and media convergence....more
Join ACEDS at this year's Tokyo Summit! Dr. Kenzo Fujisue, Member of House of Councillors (Upper House), Japanese Parliament, will be this year's Keynote Address on "Cyber Security in the Age of Big Data - The State of...more
Globalization is no longer sexy. Brexit, the election of nationalist leaders across both Europe and the United States, and Russia’s resurrection have clearly proven that in today’s world, countries are back to focusing on...more
As of a few months ago, there were approximately 127.7 million full-time gig workers in the United States. And with statistics supporting continued growth into the future, upstart businesses, traditional businesses, and every...more
In a time of shifting opinions on the benefits of globalization, China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative (OBOR) offers an unexpected bright spot for multinational companies able and willing to participate in this...more
The rewards from investing in so-called “frontier markets” are enticing: rapid growth with unexploited niches, often marked by youthful consumers excited with their new found discretionary cash. These are the regions that...more
The current economic climate continues to be in flux, with many companies falling back to Plan C, which is hunker down and ride things out until the next Presidential election and hope for some clarity in 2020. This obviously...more