Highlights: On November 22, 2011 the State Duma of theRussian Federationpassed a new package of amendments to the antitrust laws in the third reading. The proposed “Third Antitrust Package”, which still has to be approved by the Council of Federation and then signed by the President, changes antitrust regulation significantly. In expectation of the innovations, … Continued
Highlights: The U.S. Steel settlement allows the Canadian government to avoid protracted litigation while underscoring its intended message, namely that foreign investors must take their Investment Canada Act undertakings seriously. It also comes against the backdrop of recent statements by the Prime Minister and Minister of Industry Paradis that while the Canadian government continues to … Continued
MAIN ARTICLE The Tax on Financial Transactions (“IOF”) is a Brazilian umbrella-type tax comprising different tax modalities, each levied on a different type of financial transaction that is carried out in Brazil. The IOF taxes are regarded as “extrafiscal”, meaning that they have economic and financial purposes other than those strictly related to the collection … Continued
Highlights: Low gearing, strong earnings and good capital availability supported an ideal environment for mergers & acquisitions (M&A) in the first half of 2011. However, jittery markets and dropping confidence caused activity to slow in the third quarter. While deal values in the first nine months of 2011 are up 67% on the same period … Continued
Executive Summary/Highlights: Susan Ning’s last post explained China’s new National Security Review Process. This post makes the case that, despite foreign investors’ fear that the new process is yet another tedious regulatory and “protectionist” hurdle to doing deals in China, the process is in fact quite similar processes in the Western world, including the United … Continued
Highlights: Under Section 27 of the Danish Securities Trading Act, inside information must be disclosed by an issuer at the earlier of (i) the coming into existence of the relevant circumstances or occurrence, albeit not yet formalised, (ii) the disclosure of the inside information to a third party, or (iii) a leakage of the inside … Continued
Highlights: The market for Australian public mergers & acquisitions (M&A) has seen a strong resurgence in the two financial years since the GFC, both in terms of the number of deals being done but also in terms of their value. Success rates are also on the increase, with 70% of announced deals ultimately resulting a … Continued
Executive Summary/Highlights: On November 16, 2011, President Dmitry Medvedev signed into law amendments to the Federal Statute “On the Procedure of Foreign Investment in Businesses with Strategic Importance for the Defense of the Country and the Security of the State” (Strategic Companies Statute). The amendments are expected to ease the stringent restrictions that Russia puts … Continued
Key Issues for Directors 2012 For a number of years, as the new year approached, I have prepared a one-page list of the key issues for boards of directors that are newly emerging or will be especially important in the coming year. Each year, the legal rules and aspirational best practices for corporate governance … Continued
Highlights: The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has abolished the prior consultation procedures and revised the Guidelines to the Application of the Antimonopoly Act Concerning Revision of Business Combination in order to enhance predictability. Under the New Policies, JFTC must implement consultation upon receipt of notification, and the business combination reviews are unified in the … Continued
