On 17 February 2020, the Competition Commission (Commission) released a media statement announcing that it has published Draft Guidelines for the Automotive Aftermarket Industry (Guidelines). The Automotive Aftermarket Industry is the market for motor vehicle spare parts, tools and components after the vehicles are sold to consumers. This market also…
Background The Minister of Health (“MOH”) has issued a new regulation on the classification and licensing of hospitals.…
“Ex Africa Semper aliquid novi,” winning requires hard work, focus, time, patience and resilience. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni…
With the Indonesian government set to pass new regulations affecting the energy sector, and, we hope, open up more opportunities for foreign investors, Japanese investors should take careful note of recent regulatory changes to the business license application procedures and tax compliance obligations. The Indonesian government has been ramping up…
Schrems II case – the data importer perspective Following our previous analysis of the consequences of the opinion…
Will the lure of the past jeopardize the future of Industrials? Industrials are braced for yet another revolution.…
The Treasury Department (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued the highly anticipated final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) implementing the base erosion and anti-avoidance tax (the “BEAT”) on December 2, 2019. Treasury and the IRS simultaneously issued proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations” and with the Final Regulations, the “Regulations”).…
On 10 February 2020 HMRC disclosed that it has 30 potential cases underway under the UK’s corporate criminal…
Private sector investments in the education industry in Egypt are of paramount importance. Over the past decade, we…
The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) Authority has recently issued new rules and regulations (the New Regulations) to aid the process of incorporation of companies and doing business in the DMCC more generally. The New Regulations have come to effect as of 2 January 2020. With the New Regulations, the…