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Data Center Investment Opportunities

Due to the rapidly increasing amount of data generated and consumed on the internet, an opportunity exists for commercial real estate investors, lenders, developers, green energy providers and others to develop data center...more

Expansion of Global Capability Centers Requires Anticorruption Compliance Planning

Companies looking to set up global capability centers in India should take steps at the outset to assure compliance with applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws and standards. The FCPA prohibits bribing or...more

Contracting Models for Global Capability Centers in India

Global Capability Centers (GCCs) located in India continue to evolve from labor arbitrage and cost savings initiatives to innovation centers for digital transformation, supporting cloud, mobile, data security, data analytics,...more

AI Systems and the Real Estate Industry

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems captured considerable attention with the release of a large language chatbot, ChatGPT, by OpenAI, in November of last year. On March 14, OpenAI unveiled GPT-4, a more powerful “multimodal”...more

The Merge: Ethereum’s Long-Awaited Overhaul May Be Imminent

Ethereum, the second largest blockchain-based platform by market cap, is tentatively scheduled to convert its consensus mechanism from proof-of-work (PoW), which incentivizes miners to solve mathematical puzzles to update the...more

NFT Contracting in a Volatile New Market

The non-fungible token (NFT) market has grown dramatically over the past 24 months. NFTs first garnered widespread attention when the artist Beeple sold digital artwork at Christie’s in March 2021 for $69 million. According...more

Global Capability Centers in India Continue to Flourish

According to The Economic Times, more than 100 multinational companies plan to set up Global Capability Centers (GCCs) in India in FY 2022. This projected growth is on top of the existing 1,300+ GCCs that generate over $33.8...more

Investing in Metaverse Real Estate: Mind the Gap Between Recognized and Realized Potential

The Metaverse is an immersive world combining virtual reality and augmented reality, where users are represented by avatars and roam virtual spaces. It comprises a variety of platforms and environments that can be explored,...more

Blockchain Innovations and Real Estate: NFTs, DeFis and dApps

As innovative applications with integrated smart contract functionality emerge from blockchain technology platforms, there is an expanding list of digital currencies, tokens and peer-to-peer financial products and services....more

When Will DNA Solve the Data Storage Crisis?

Digital data storage devices are approaching their scaling limits and have limited life spans, and cloud-based storage systems in data centers are costly and consume too much energy. Synthetic DNA could store vast amounts of...more

Impact of Remote Working on End User Computing Solutions and Services

The pandemic is expected to lead to a significant and sustained increase in remote working. The shift to remote working will have major implications for end user computing solutions and services. CIOs will need to...more

Selling an Offshore Captive/Global Innovation Center in India

Many companies will consider selling their offshore captives/GICs in the wake of COVID-19, especially those in industries hard hit by the pandemic. Large outsourcing vendors are interested in acquiring offshore...more

Post-Pandemic Contracting with Systems Integrators

Key contractual considerations - IT initiatives undertaken in response to COVID-19 may be large complex projects that require the assistance of a systems integrator. Before engaging a systems integrator, CIOs should...more

COVID-19: Transforming Offshore Captives/Global Innovation Centers

Offshore captives/GICs will be significantly impacted by the pandemic, especially smaller ones and those supporting organizations in distressed industries. Organizations can be classified as “first movers,” “middle of the...more

Indian Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017

Under a newly amended law, many employers in India are required to increase paid maternity leave and offer on-site day care services; some of the new standards await clarification. Providing crèche (day care) facilities is...more

Global Innovation Centers in the Data-Driven Digital Economy

GICs offer advantages for exploiting big data and staying competitive. Data is the fuel of the 21st-century economy. Companies must manage and exploit data and digital technologies in an innovative, agile and cost...more

Data Protection Laws in India

In August 2017, the Supreme Court of India passed a judgment in the case of Justice K S Puttuswamy vs Union of India (Supreme Court of India, WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO 494 OF 2012), in which fundamental rights, as provided in...more

Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs): The Current State of Play

The ICO boom in 2017 brings with it questions of jurisdiction and compliance, and a need for further guidance - The benefits of ICOs in raising capital, as well as in providing a marketing push for a new business model,...more

Global In-House Centers in India, v2.0

GICs in India are evolving from cost-saving platforms into Innovation Centers for emerging digital technologies that can provide a competitive advantage. Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in GICs in India...more

Changes in Retail Landscape Create Opportunities for Real Estate Industry

Search “Death of Retail” on Google.com and, as of July 26, you will get approximately 855,000 hits, many of which stress the negative impact that online sales and Amazon, in particular, have had on traditional retailers....more

Data Center Trends in Construction and Real Estate

Data centers trigger visions of windowless, concrete boxes located at the periphery of suburban office parks. That perception may fade in the coming years. With new technologies, such as cloud computing, blockchain platforms,...more

Blockchains, Smart Contracts and Real Estate

The real estate industry is frequently identified as one of the most likely early adopters of blockchain technology and smart contracts. However, industry participants remain skeptical as to the timing and magnitude of the...more

Recognition of Smart Contracts - Legal developments encourage the use of smart contracts in the United States

This spring, Arizona became one of the first states in the U.S. to enact a law explicitly granting smart contracts the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as their standard contract counterparts. “Smart contracts”...more

Reforms Lead to New Opportunities in Saudi Arabia - Transformative changes in Saudi Arabia are opening up new opportunities in...

Saudi Arabia has recently adopted new policies aimed at transforming its economy, including plans to sell shares in the state oil company, Saudi Aramco, and to expand its Public Investment Fund (PIF) to diversify its...more

When Will Blockchain Really Matter?

Early indicators in 2017 suggest that blockchain technology is further along than anticipated and the potential implications of its development should not be ignored. However, caution should be exercised due to imprecise...more

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