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Legal Challenges Part 3 - Corporate Housekeeping Issues for African Startups

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In the final episode in of this three-part series, the hosts discuss good corporate housekeeping for startups in Africa, particularly the concepts of optics and risk. How well a company keeps its books and records sends a...more

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Legal Challenges Part 2 - Capital Structure Issues for African Startups

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In Part Two of their discussion of the legal challenges facing startups in the African VC system, Rossie E. Turman III, Deangeor Chin, Raquel Smith, and Tolulope "Tolu" Adetayo address the topic of possible pitfalls in the...more

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Welcome to “Lowenstein Africa Presents: Venture Voices”

Lowenstein Sandler is proud to launch its latest podcast: “LS Africa Presents: Venture Voices,” hosted by Rossie E. Turman III, Deangeor Chin, Raquel Smith, and Tolulope "Tolu" Adetayo. The podcast will explore the stories...more

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Legal Challenges Part 1 – Setting Up Your Startup for Success

Today on “Lowenstein Africa Presents: Venture Voices,” Rossie E. Turman III, Deangeor Chin, Raquel Smith, and Tolulope "Tolu" Adetayo present the first in a three-episode series on legal challenges in the startup space in...more

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Global Finance: Today’s Risks and Rewards in an Evolving Industry

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The global finance industry has been undergoing a significant shift in recent years, with investment patterns showing a slow but steady pivot towards Low Income, Lower Middle Income, and Upper Middle Income nations, as...more

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France - Loi de finances pour 2024

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La Loi de finances pour 2024 (LF 2024) a été publiée au Journal Officiel le 30 décembre 2023. Le présent bulletin décrit brièvement une sélection de mesures fiscales qu’elle contient....more

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Expanding Global Infrastructure Investments through PGII

On Sept. 21, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen co-hosted the Inaugural U.S. Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII) Investor Forum. President Joe Biden formally...more

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Important Takeaways for Bondholders: Do They Have Rights as Contingent Creditors?

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The Cayman Islands Grand Court recently delivered its judgment in Re Shinsun Holdings (Group) Co., Ltd. FSD 192 of 2022 (DDJ) (21 April 2023) (unreported) (the “Shinsun Judgment”) in which the court determined the ultimate...more

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El Banco de Pagos Internacional anuncia prioridades del 2023 para su Centro de Innovación

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El Banco de Pagos Internacional (Bank for International Settlements o BIS) anunció recientemente las prioridades y principales enfoques de su Centro de Innovación para el año 2023, que pueden impactar a las instituciones...more

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Breaking Down the Membership and Goals of the Select Committee on China

On Jan. 10, 2023, the House of Representatives formed the United States House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. The vote filled a pledge by House Republicans...more

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World Bank investigations spike and highlight integrity risks in private sector development finance

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Ignoring integrity risks in emerging markets when receiving financing from the World Bank Group (WBG) is about to become much riskier, as the WBG Sanctions System Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) indicates. The...more

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The North Korean Crypto Threat

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Executive Summary - The North Korean threat to the crypto ecosystem is the highest form of immediate risk to the crypto-economy driven by a regime that seeks to profit from its misuse to reinforce its regime and fuel all its...more

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My Hair Is Not on Fire…Yet

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I’m back from vacation in the English countryside, away from the hurly burly of life in our capital markets.  While I tried hard not to obsess on the news whilst away, bad news has a way of slithering into your peripheral...more

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What You Need to Know About Virtual Assets Law in the UAE?

Virtual asset is an innovative technology representing value which could be stored, traded, transferred or used as a payment tool in a digital form. Bitcoin, crypto assets, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are all virtual assets. ...more

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Congress Close to Raising the EB-5 Program from the Dead: 8 Recent EB-5 Reforms that Real Estate Developers and Project Sponsors...

In the evening hours of March 9, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a $1.5 trillion spending bill that would fund the U.S. government through the rest of the fiscal year and provide $13.6 billion to respond to Russia’s...more

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IFC Releases Guidelines for Blue Finance

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The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, released its Guidelines for Blue Finance (Guidelines) in January 2022. The Guidelines set forth the framework for structuring, evaluating and...more

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Gender Equality Focused Bonds – Using Global Debt Capital Markets to Bridge the Gender Gap

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In line with its focus on transitioning to a sustainable global economy through scaling up the financing of investments that provide environmental and social benefits, on 16 November 2021 the International Capital Markets...more

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Boosting African Fintech Investment

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New regulations in the British Virgin Islands are transforming the offshore centre into an international fintech hub — and African companies could benefit. Originally Published in African Legal....more

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Illegality as a defence under Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, and Bermuda law: a comparison with English law and Hong Kong...

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The general doctrine of ‘illegality’, in commercial litigation, is based on two related principles: • Firstly, that no person should benefit from his or her own illegal act or wrong; and • Secondly, that the law (and the...more

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Neuregelung der Mitteilungspflichten zum Transparenzregister

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Mit Inkrafttreten des Transparenzregister- und Finanzinformationsgesetzes am 1. August 2021 werden viele Unternehmen in Deutschland erstmals tatsächlich Mitteilungen zum Transparenzregister machen müssen. Die Zahl der...more

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Prepare for change: Technology and sustainability

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Digitalisation and ESG are transforming the face of infrastructure. Here we explore how investors are reacting to the opportunities and challenges these forces present. Technology is playing a transformative role in...more

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Form BE-180 Deadline Is Fast Approaching For Electronic Filers, Including Private Fund Managers

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The Bureau of Economic Analysis’ (BEA) 2019 benchmark survey1 of financial services transactions between U.S. financial services providers and foreign persons is due on October 30, 2020, for respondents who submit their form...more

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Africa Focus: Autumn 2020 - International project finance and currency reforms in West and Central Africa

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Harmonizing business laws, a revised foreign exchange regulation and introducing a new currency. Currency is a hot topic in West and Central Africa, in both the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (EMCCA, or...more

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NAIC Report – 2020 Summer National Meeting

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2020 Summer National Meeting virtually from July 28 to August 14, 2020. The meeting was originally scheduled to be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but was...more

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Gold Is The New Bitcoin

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In 2020, the price of gold has jumped over 30 percent from $1,517 per ounce on January 3, 2020 to over $2,000 per ounce on August 6, 2020. The spike in the price of gold isn’t yet at the level reached in the 2017 Bitcoin boom...more

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