2023 Human Resources Outlook Podcast Series: EMEA
Anonymization and AI: Critical Technologies for Moving eDiscovery Data Across Borders
JONES DAY TALKS®: Navigating Sanctions and Export Controls: A Guide for EMEA Businesses
The majority of all 2023 EMEA restructurings involving an equitisation and/or a maturity extension required the provision of new money. While equitisation can solve for an over-leveraged capital structure, and maturity...more
Strategic carve-outs continue to present a strong business case, as companies shed non-core assets and position themselves for growth - Carve-outs remain a popular route to growth, with many European businesses...more
The past six months have seen difficult economic times in much of Europe, with governments and central banks seeking to respond to both the increases in costs of living and the need to curb inflation. Notwithstanding the...more
In 2020 and 2021, record activity levels for transatlantic M&A were reported, which finally came off the boil in Q2 2022. In 2021 alone, M&A transactions from the Americas into EMEA were worth an estimated US$553 billion (the...more
Resetting expectations - It was clear in the opening months of 2022 that the winds had changed for the global IPO market as compared to the prior year, a rocky path that continued throughout the year and into the first...more
Now in its seventh year of annual publication, White & Case's Foreign Direct Investment Reviews provides a comprehensive look into rapidly evolving foreign direct investment (FDI) laws and regulations in approximately 40...more
Our Human Resources Group looked at hot topic issues in employment law such as quiet-quitting and gender pay equality in 2023 in this three-part podcast series....more
The WLG Human Resources Group is hosting a series of podcasts where they will rapid-fire discuss what's in store for 2023 in employment law across the regions. First up is EMEA on March 14....more
Judicial intervention, legislative developments, and regulatory guidance continue to shift the always taxing question of how data can be transferred between regions—e.g., the removal of the Privacy Shield agreement between...more
Adoption of managed services in the EMEA region is growing. It is crucial for law firms and corporations in these countries to understand the factors contributing to this trend and what to look for in a managed services...more
Methodology - At the beginning of the third quarter of 2022, Mergermarket, on behalf of Dechert LLP, surveyed 100 senior-level executives at private equity (PE) firms based in North America (45%), Europe, the Middle East...more
In this alert, we provide a round-up of the latest developments in ESG for UK corporates. In this month’s ESG Market Alert, we cover: The expanding scope of EU rules on ESG disclosures; FRC Lab launches project on...more
The pandemic forcefully introduced many companies and employees to remote work. Although many have returned to the office, many others are embracing the idea of remote work indefinitely, and employers and employees alike face...more
The protection of children’s online data has come to the forefront as one of the most important data privacy issues both in the United States and EMEA, and California is now expected to join the list of jurisdictions to enact...more
Allen & Overy’s ECM practice has been actively involved in a number of high profile and significant ECM transactions which have come to market in the first half of 2022, despite more challenging equity market conditions...more
On April 11, 2022, the EMEA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee (CDDC) determined that the state-owned Russian Railways is in default on a missed bond payment. Russian Railways tried to make the interest payment due...more
The past two years have seen huge disruption in the aviation industry. But as this survey shows, the strength and diversity of the sector's financing ecosystem has played a decisive role in responding to the COVID-19 crisis. ...more
Looking at the current picture, 60 percent of respondents globally say that the aviation finance sector does not have enough capital and liquidity. Meanwhile, 32 percent believe that the sector has just the right amount of...more
Asset-backed securitization (ABS) is the funding mechanism that most respondents expect will increase in 2022, as players look to tap the value tied up in their aircraft and aero engines. ABS is a popular choice for...more
The hard deadline for stopping new use of USD LIBOR following 31 December 2021 is rapidly approaching. Latest market practice as at end November 2021 suggests that some loan market participants are (at last) now contracting...more
In this article, we provide a high-level overview of the regulatory regime and key trends in green finance in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region. This Part 1 addresses the European Union (EU), the United...more
In this recap of a recent Jones Day client-focused webinar, partners Harriet Territt, Eva Monard, Sean Boyce, and Rick van 't Hullenaar review 2020's critical developments in U.S., EU and UK sanctions and export controls that...more
This guide offers an overview of legal aspects of paid leave in the requisite jurisdictions.... ...This guide describes the law in force in the requisite jurisdictions at the dates of preparation. This may be some time ago...more
Working with a panel of international legal and technology experts, we will explore the following topics: - US – the expanding and extensive level of antitrust focus on the tech sector by regulatory agencies, as well as an...more
Financial institutions operating across countries must make quick sense of the governmental/regulatory response to the COVID-19 pandemic in their home country and the host countries in which operate. Our global FIA team has...more