Can blockchain technology help mitigate the black box phenomenon of AI applications?
In the rapidly evolving landscape of cutting-edge technologies, AI-driven business cases and blockchain solutions are like two relatives who don´t know each other. The reason is that the AI-inherent black...Read more
Matthias Artzt
Senior Legal Counsel, Deutsche Bank AG, Germany
John deVadoss
Board Member, Global Blockchain Business Council, USA
Obtaining Redress for Victims of Crypto Fraud
The English Courts are world leaders in supporting victims of fraud and financial crime involving digital assets. Innovative approaches to such things as gateways for service out of jurisdiction, service...Read more
Andrew Maguire
Chancery and Commercial Barrister, Littleton Chambers, UK
Carmel King
Director, Insolvency and Asset Recovery , Grant Thornton UK, UK
The Legal Framework on Foreign Exchange Transactions in Brazil: An Analysis of the Use of Cryptocurrencies to Exchange National Currencies
That cryptocurrencies have been defying central banks’ authority globally is no news. Central banks around the world have been lagging behind in a Sisyphus task of regulating situations that evolve...Read more
Juliana Bastianello Baldin Martins
Managing Director - Legal Affairs, GTIS Partners, Brazil
Bruno Quartieri Gaudêncio
Vice President - Legal Affairs , GTIS Partners, Brazil
Bankruptcy Code & Once the Vilified Promoter-Averse Approach
The report of the Bankruptcy Law Reforms Committee Volume I: Rationale and Design dated November 2015 stated that the IBC was construed to resolve the twin problems in Indian business...Read more
Partha Banerjee
Director and Head - Legal, Compliance and Regulatory Affairs, Max Bupa Health Insurance Company Limited, India
IPO from the GC perspective – “a marathon and a sprint”
On Friday 21 June 2019, City A.M. reported that “Trainline’s shares soared on their first day of trading today after the tech giant made its £1.7bn stock market debut. The...Read more
Neil Murrin
General Counsel and Director, Regulatory Affairs, Trainline, UK
New Real Estate Transfer Tax (RETT) Rules for Share Deals in Germany
In Germany, real estate transfer tax (“RETT”) has to be paid in different percentages, depending on the respective federal state. This applies not only to asset deals but also to...Read more
Michael Schindlbauer
Legal Counsel, Eyemaxx International Holding & Consulting GmbH, Austria
GREECE: The claw-back Mechanism
In view of the financial crisis of the recent years, Greece was found forced to settle an agreement with its international creditors, which was sealed by a political memorandum of...Read more
Dimitra Lempesi
Legal Counsel, Sfee, Greece
The Impacts of the Global Financial Crisis ('GFC') Continue to Present an Interesting Challenge for Company Secretaries to Navigate.
The impacts of the Global Financial Crisis (“GFC”) continue to present an interesting challenge for company secretaries to navigate.
In the wake of the GFC, an ever-changing and uncertain corporate governance...Read more
Tim Hartin
Group Company Secretary, Westpac Banking Corporation, Australia
Rachel Saffron
Company Secretary, Westpac Banking Corporation, Australia
Suzanna Dabski
Company Secretary, Westpac Banking Corporation, Australia
Set-off in the Context of Receivable Financing
The English law on set-off bears particular importance to modern commercial and financial transactions. Unlike the lender-borrower structure in conventional loans, the implications of set-off are more complicated in the...Read more
Pamelyn Lee
Vice President, Global Corporate & Sales Financing, Huawei Technologies, China
Mifid Review: Principal Issues and Possible Impact on Financial Intermediaries' Business Lines
On 8 December 2010, the European Commission (EC) published a far-reaching consultation on the revision of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (“MiFID”), that came into force on 1 November...Read more