Sponsored briefing: Interview with Doug Bryden (partner and head of risk and operational regulatory) and Heather Gagen (partner, dispute resolution)

Sponsored briefing: Interview with Doug Bryden (partner and head of risk and operational regulatory) and Heather Gagen (partner, dispute resolution)

What are your backgrounds in terms of advising and acting for clients on ESG-related risks? Doug Bryden (DB): I have advised clients in relation to a broad spectrum of risks for many years, from environmental to business ethics (including modern slavery and human rights) and on related governance and boardroom responses. The prevailing trend now …

Sponsored briefing: The effect of recent English Supreme Court judgments on GCC-based arbitration

Sponsored briefing: The effect of recent English Supreme Court judgments on GCC-based arbitration

Robert Sliwinski, of counsel at Alsuwaidi & Company, explains how common law principles are transforming international arbitration proceedings in the GCC region Over the past six months there have been two important judgments in the Supreme Court of England and Wales which are likely to influence GCC-based arbitrations where they are based on common law …

Sponsored briefing: Container securitisation thriving in Bermuda

Sponsored briefing: Container securitisation thriving in Bermuda

Over the last decade, leased container securitisation transactions have increasingly enabled container lessors to raise capital and leverage growth opportunities based on strong performance and outlook in the container leasing sector. Bermuda has played an integral role for market-leading lessors such as Textainer and Triton, and has a trusted reputation among lessors as the leading …

Sponsored briefing: Q&A with Matouk Bassiouny Algeria

Sponsored briefing: Q&A with Matouk Bassiouny Algeria

Can you give our Legal Business readers an overview of Matouk Bassiouny’s practice in Algeria? Matouk Bassiouny in association with SH-Avocats is a full-service Algerian law firm headquartered in Algiers. We offer an integrated and efficient service combining a true on-the-ground knowledge with international standards. Our teams in Algiers work seamlessly with our other offices …

Sponsored briefing: Romanian criminal judicial bodies must comply with fiscal courts’ final judgments

Sponsored briefing: Romanian criminal judicial bodies must comply with fiscal courts’ final judgments

The Decision of the Romanian Constitutional Court no. 102/17.02.2021 is set to completely change the approach towards tax evasion cases, stating that criminal prosecution bodies must from now on give appropriate consideration to final decisions rendered by fiscal courts that establish the existence or non-existence of a prejudice brought to the consolidated State budget. In …

Sponsored firm focus: Focus on Matouk Bassiouny in association with SH-Avocats

Sponsored firm focus: Focus on Matouk Bassiouny in association with SH-Avocats

1 bis, Chemin des Glycines, Algiers, Algeria T: +(213) 21 239 723 | E: info@matoukbassiouny.com | W: www.matoukbassiouny.com Practice areas: Corporate and M&A, capital markets, dispute resolution, and finance and projects Firm profile Matouk Bassiouny is a leading, full-service MENA law firm with offices in Algiers, Algeria (Matouk Bassiouny in association with SH-Avocats), Cairo, Egypt …

Sponsored firm focus: Focus on Musat & Asociatii

Sponsored firm focus: Focus on Musat & Asociatii

Chairman and managing partner: Gheorghe Muşat | Deputy managing partners: Răzvan Stoicescu, Paul Buta Number of partners: 13 | Number of lawyers and other fee-earners: 100 + | Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Romanian Romania, Bucharest office: 43 Aviatorilor Bd., 1st District 011853 | T: +40 21 202 5900 | F: +40 21 223 …

Sponsored briefing: Q&A with Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy

Sponsored briefing: Q&A with Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy

Can you give our Legal Business readers an overview of Matouk Bassiouny’s practice in Egypt? Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy is a premier full-service business law firm in Egypt. We started in Egypt, and since then have expanded across the MENA region with offices in the UAE, Sudan and Algeria. Our firm is organised within four …

Sponsored briefing: Recovery and Resilience Plan and labour market reform; Greece’s pathway to sustainable growth and investment attraction

Sponsored briefing: Recovery and Resilience Plan and labour market reform; Greece’s pathway to sustainable growth and investment attraction

Karatzas & Partners’ Angeliki Tsatsi and Christos Paraskevopoulos on the recovery measures in Greece in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic After almost a decade of deep recession and while being at the verge of sustainable recovery Greece faced the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly adverse for an economy where tourism contributes to a …

Sponsored firm focus: Focus on Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy

Sponsored firm focus: Focus on Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy

12 Mohamed Ali Genah, Garden City, Cairo, Egypt T: +(202) 2796 2042 | E: Info@matoukbassiouny.com | W: www.matoukbassiouny.com Practice areas: Corporate and M&A, capital markets, dispute resolution, and finance and projects Firm profile Matouk Bassiouny is a leading, full-service MENA law firm with offices in Algiers, Algeria (Matouk Bassiouny in association with SH-Avocats), Cairo, Egypt …