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Thailand: Launching Your IPO During the COVID19 Pandemic – To Delay or Not to Delay, that is the Question…

15 June 2021 by Kudun & Partners, Kudun Sukhumananda, Thitawan Thanasombatpaisa, Tanutchaya Piyapichanpongrn, Nutthar Hongchutchaval

More than a year has passed since our lives were turned upside by the outbreak of COVID-19. Across the globe, millions of people have succumbed to the virus and countless businesses have collapsed. In Thailand, although the loss of life has been relatively low, the pandemic has devastated the country’s economy.
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Benelux firm AKD appoints partners: Passing the baton to the next generation

10 June 2021 by AKD

AKD Benelux lawyers has appointed five new partners, four of them "home-grown”, managing partner Erwin Rademakers clarifies. “It gives immense pleasure to see colleagues developing and, as next-generation partners, contributing to building the future of our firm.”
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Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla grows M&A, PE and capital markets capabilities in the UAE with three lateral Partner hires

09 June 2021 by Helmy Hamza & Partners

Leading international law firm Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla has recently hired Osama Audi and Adnan Doha from King & Spalding, and Abeer Jarrar from Linklaters, as corporate Partners to join the firm’s UAE offices in August 2021.
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Portugal: Morais Leitão advises national investors and Arrow Global in the acquisition of “Vilamoura”

09 June 2021 by Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados

Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados (ML) advised a group of Portuguese investors led by João Brion Sanches and a British investment fund managed by Arrow Global in the acquisition from Lone Star of the group of ten joint stock companies corresponding to the “Vilamoura World Group”, holding several properties located in Vilamoura (Algarve), including the Vilamoura Marina.
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Romania: RTPR wins CEE Legal Matters 2020 Deal of the Year Award for Romania

09 June 2021 by Radu Tărăcilă Pădurari Retevoescu - Allen & Overy

Central and Eastern Europe’s premiere legal publication, CEE Legal Matters, has recently announced the winners of 2020 CEE Deals of the Year. RTPR wins the 2020 Deal of the Year for Romania for its work on Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets' acquisition of CEZ Group in Romania. This is the largest M&A deal in Romania in the last 12 years and it is considered to be the 4th largest deal ever concluded in Romania.
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Duane Morris Names Dr. Nguyen Thi Lang as Chair of Duane Morris Vietnam LLC

07 June 2021 by Duane Morris & Selvam

PHILADELPHIA, June 7, 2021—Duane Morris LLP has appointed Dr. Nguyen Thi Lang as chair of Duane Morris Vietnam LLC. Duane Morris opened offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in 2007.
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South Africa: Always-on culture is no excuse to bend annual leave rules

03 June 2021 by Melissa Cogger, senior associate; Leila de Saude, associate; Bowman Gilfillan Inc

Flexibility reigns in the COVID-19-era of remote working, driving trends such as semigration where professionals can escape the big city for the coast or countryside without taking a pay cut. However, with this inherent flexibility comes the assumption that, since an employee’s workplace is conveniently situated wherever they are, they are easily able to work outside of what would in the past have been considered as office or working hours. Welcome to the always-on culture.
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South Africa: How the move to online shopping could shake up retail employment

03 June 2021 by Bowman Gilfillan Inc

Motorcycle drivers delivering goods ranging from groceries to clothing have become ubiquitous on South Africa’s roads, especially since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The question that arises is: are these drivers part of the wholesale and retail sector, or are they part of the road freight and logistics industry?
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South Africa: Kenyan regulators set their sights on free-and-easy fintech

03 June 2021 by Ariana Issaias, Of Counsel; Dominic Indokhomi, Partner, Bowmans, Kenya; Bowman Gilfillan Inc

The regulatory net is closing on Kenya’s fintech industry.
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South Africa: The ups and downs of private equity in post-pandemic 2021

03 June 2021 by Bowman Gilfillan Inc

While the COVID-19 pandemic slowed private equity (PE) deal-making and fundraising in Southern Africa in 2020, certain sectors within the industry still stand to benefit from the ongoing wave of portfolio and balance sheet restructurings.
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