Investors in Africa face an increasingly complex business environment, with numerous geopolitical and economic risks to consider, as well as having to comply with varying legal requirements across the continent. There is no denying that doing business in Africa in the current economic and political climate is difficult, and this…
We rarely think about emergencies before they arrive on our doorstep. Yet, the recent civil unrest in Baltimore…
On January 21, 2015, the Capital Markets, Insurance and Savings Department at the Israeli Ministry of Finance issued…
From 28 March 2015 the powers of the Supreme Court will be enhanced and new rules will apply to the selection and disciplining of judges, in what is the first step in an expected major overhaul of the judicial system in Ukraine. The changes were introduced when on 24 February…
Regulation of the activities of Credit Rating Agencies (“CRAs”) in Israel is fairly new with the first piece…
Baker & McKenzie has released its first global client survey on Social Media. Based on the responses from international…
The Israeli Securities Authority (the “ISA”) has followed in the SEC’s footsteps, and recently published guidelines with regard to the measures to be taken by issuers in order to ensure that investors in private placements are indeed “Sophisticated Investors” within the meaning of the Securities Law, 1968 (the “Securities Law”).…
Trading platforms are web-based platforms that enable investors to trade in financial assets, such as foreign currency derivatives.…
Until recently, an offer of foreign mutual fund units to the public in Israel was possible only under…
18 July 2014 – On 25 June, 2014, the French Cour de cassation strengthened external legal counsel’s rights during dawn raids in the course of competition investigations. The court annulled numerous dawn raids that had taken place at a bank’s premises in early 2008. It substantiated the aforementioned decision in…