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Hong Kong: A salutary lesson for partners: you are liable for your firm’s anti-competitive practices even if you were not involved in them

13 September 2021 by LC Lawyers

In our earlier publication “A sign of things to come: Hong Kong competition enforcement developments and trends”, we reported on the Competition Tribunal (the “Tribunal”)’s imposition of pecuniary penalties totaling HK$3.97 million on 10 contractors who breached the first conduct rule by participating in a market-sharing and price-fixing arrangement in relation to decoration work in a public housing estate.
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Nigeria: Detail Commercial Solicitors Announces New Managing Partner, Three New Partners, Lead Interface Manager

06 September 2021 by Detail Commercial Solicitors

Detail Commercial Solicitors, Nigeria’s leading non-court room solicitors’ firm, is delighted to make the following announcements
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Electronic communication service providers to note imminent change in Hong Kong’s data protection regime

18 August 2021 by LC Lawyers

On 16 July 2021, the Hong Kong SAR Government introduced the Personal Data (Privacy) (Amendment) Bill 2021 (the “Amendment Bill”) to the Legislative Council for the purposes of criminalizing doxxing.
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Latest developments on Crypto assets regulation in Cyprus

17 August 2021 by Ioannis Sidiropoulos, associate; Elias Neocleous & Co LLC

Crypto assets regulation is still considered “terra incognita”, with many jurisdictions only now making their first steps on this foggy landscape.

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South Africa: Avoid complacency in business rescue retrenchments

26 July 2021 by Rosalind Davey, partner; Chloë Loubser and Nikita Reddy, senior associates; Bowman Gilfillan Inc

Companies in business rescue have plenty of worries to preoccupy them but legal challenges over retrenchments are not usually at the top of the list.
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South Africa: National interest is now a key driver for empowerment regulation across Africa

26 July 2021 by Lerato Thahane, Partner, Bowmans; Bowman Gilfillan Inc

While there are various drivers of local empowerment and ownership requirements in Sub-Saharan Africa, one key driver appears to be gaining ground: national interest empowerment.
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South Africa: Kenya data infrastructure

26 July 2021 by Angela Mukora; Rose Njeru; John Syekei; Bowman Gilfillan Inc

From data centres to new mobile and cable connectivity, data infrastructure is capturing the attention of investors, who can only benefit from greater insight into the regulatory ramifications of entering or operating in this sphere. This is the first of three articles to be published by our telecommunications team, giving a bird’s eye view of the data infrastructure sector across East Africa.
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SA’s maritime enforcement laws are a lifeline for shipping creditors

26 July 2021 by Bowman Gilfillan Inc

South Africa’s maritime enforcement laws can be a lifeline for shipping creditors left high and dry despite having an arbitration award against their debtors.
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European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issues Public Statement encouraging better scrutiny of prospectuses relating to Special-Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)

21 July 2021 by Elias Neocleous & Co LLC; Michael Pelosi, Senior legal Counsel; Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Associate

ESMA has recently issued a Public Statement to promote coordinated action by National Competent Authorities (NCAs) regarding the scrutiny of the disclosure included in prospectuses relating to Special-Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs), which are approved in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/11291 (Prospectus Regulation or PR).
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Hong Kong’s pivotal role as the Greater Bay Area’s dispute resolution center

20 July 2021 by LC Lawyers

Hong Kong has a pivotal role in the Greater Bay Area (“GBA”). Comprising the nine Mainland China cities of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, Zhaoqing and the Special Administrative Regions (“SARs”) of Hong Kong and Macao, the GBA spans an area of 56,000 km2 with a combined population of over 72 million and ranks as the world’s 12th largest economy.
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