On 15 September 2020 the High Court of England and Wales issued a ruling in a test case brought by the UK’s Financial Services Authority (the FCA). The purpose of the test case was to provide clarity on the application of certain business interruption clauses in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The business location scorecard of the investment promotion consultancy Austrian Business Agency (ABA) at the end of the third quarter of 2020 confirms the very positive results achieved by Austria as a business location in spite of the coronavirus crisis.

Timing is everything: UK Citizens in Spain and Spanish Residency The UK is about to leave the EU and, it is not impossible that we will do so without a deal. Everyone will be affected due to the consequences of ” Brexit” by the end of 2020.

Contribution to LexisNexis: “Visiting Schengen countries for business”

The economic devastation of COVID will cause fiscally injured governments to target successful sectors with higher taxes and record unemployment will fuel criminality. At the same time, attractive mineral prices, a push to privatize state infrastructure, soaring e-commerce sales and low interest rates will have investors chomping at the bit to expand in Latin America. Understanding risk when investing in Latin America has never been more vital.

<p> <img src="/uploads/content/images/202011/1605150508_66999.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="215" title="" align="" /> </p> <p> Saudi Arabia’s National Data Management Office (NDMO), the entity responsible for data governance in the Kingdom, has recently issued National Data Governance Interim Regulations (Interim Regulations). The Interim Regulations address...

ISCA will be holding 2 x online forums to provide updates about our business improvement projects and some of the exciting innovations coming in 2021 - with a particular focus on the work we are doing on the IS Rating Scheme.

DFDL’s Employment Practice is dedicated to advising clients on employment and labor issues throughout Southeast and South Asia and preparing human resources documentation that is fully compliant with local laws.

Following the promulgation of the E-Commerce Law on 2 November 2019, two significant implementing regulations were recently issued, which set out and the procedures to apply for permits and licenses to operate electronic commerce businesses and the exemptions therefrom:

DRAFT LAW ON GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, dated 4 September 2020 The Draft Law on Government Securities (“Draft Law”) was approved by the Council of Ministers on 4 September 2020, which it would enable the government to utilize a new form of financial instrument, raise domestic financing, diversify the government’s capital portfolio, and primarily cut down external borrowing.