The fund industry has absorbed many regulatory reforms in a decade, most notably with the AIFMD first and the increased level of risk management, monitoring and reporting required from both legislators and professional investors. From a very liberal world of real estate private equity investment in the 2000s to the…
In this series of short conversations, our Global Compliance & Investigations team connects with senior ethics and compliance…
When a company is faced with an internal investigation, how many boards ask, How diverse is the investigation…
The North America Antitrust & Competition Group has launched a podcast series called “Beating the Competition”. This is also available on Apple, Spotify and Google Podcasts.
The Baker McKenzie EMEA Tax Practice Group is presenting a series of short webinars to keep members of the community abreast of recent developments in these uncertain times. On 10 November 2020, the session focused on specific cases and provided the perspectives and recent experience of specialists based in a number of typical investment jurisdictions.
Our latest report, The Future of UK Trade: Merged Realities of Brexit and COVID-19, explores how the pandemic, coupled…
Countries around the globe are facing unprecedented and rapid change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Government Intervention Schemes Guide provides a summary of key government intervention measures across jurisdictions around the globe in relation to: Foreign Investment Restrictions Debt Equity Taxation EU State Aid Approvals (where relevant) READ REPORT We will…
A tech-entwined world necessarily puts focus on technology companies and the opportunities that arise with them. TMT Talk, the Global TMT industry podcast, will help you navigate and prioritize via insights from top legal advisers in strategic technology markets. We’ll go into the issues, how they affect businesses, society, and the way players deal with them.
The European Commission has launched a public consultation seeking views on sustainable corporate governance. Responses to the consultation will help shape the European Commission’s legislative proposals next year regarding mandatory human rights and environmental supply chain due diligence requirements and enhanced directors’ duties and sustainable corporate governance.
On October 2, 2020, the Small Business Administration (SBA) published a long-awaited procedural notice that provides further clarity on procedures for changes of ownership of an entity that has received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds. The procedural notice (i) identifies when a change of ownership will be deemed to have occurred, (ii) specifies the reporting obligations of PPP borrowers in connection with such change of ownership, and (iii) provides guidance as to whether the SBA’s prior approval is required. Notably, the procedural notice does not provide any relief to PPP borrowers with change of ownership transactions that were closed prior to October 2, 2020.