During the pandemic, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has scaled up to keep refugees and internally displaced people safe across the globe. The Head of the Legal Affairs Service at UNHCR, Lance Bartholomeusz, explains how...more
The World Bank is providing more than $4 billion to purchase and deploy COVID-19 vaccines in 51 developing countries.?In our latest Leaders Moving Business Forward video, the World Bank's Shirmila Ramasamy discusses...more
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, is a public/private global health partnership to increase access to vaccines in poor countries. In our latest Leaders Moving Business Forward video, McDermott’s Ranajoy Basu interviews Gavi General...more
Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment in the Global Healthcare Industry -
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF) seek out investments that are resilient, conducive to their aims and objectives, and reasonably free from market...more
5/5/2021
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Bonds ,
Collaboration ,
Copyright Ownership ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Privacy ,
Drug Pricing ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
Germany ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Data Transfers ,
Investment Funds ,
Investors ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Sovereign Wealth Funds ,
Vaccinations
While the basic investment infrastructure needs to be developed, impact investment is becoming a stable and sustainable alternative for institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals. Private Equity funding is well...more
3/12/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Global Health Issues ,
Healthcare ,
Infrastructure ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Loan Guaranties ,
Pooling Agreement ,
Private Equity ,
Social Entrepreneurship ,
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to disrupt communities and businesses around the world. This unprecedented crisis has also focused major scrutiny on force majeure (FM) clauses in contracts, as parties struggle...more
McDermott Will & Emery, in collaboration with BlackRock and Carbon Cap, is pleased to invite you to an interactive, in-depth webinar, focusing on climate change and environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment...more