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Financial Services Act 2013. A significant Development in the Financial Services Industry in Malaysia
In recent years, Malaysia has seen the introduction of several pieces of legislation which have had some impact on its financial industry. The most significant piece of legislation is none...Read more
Nazlan Ghazali
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary, Maybank, Malaysia
Punitha Kandiah
Head, Corporte Advisory / Group Legal Policy Commercial Banking & Corporate Functions - Group Legal Affairs, Maybank, Malaysia
Personal Data Legislation in Russia
Russia’s Personal Data law may be only 6 years and a few months old, but as Tatiana Egorova demonstrates, extracting substantial parts of the relevant legislation, it is already a...Read more
Tatiana Egorova
Unit Head of Legal support of loan transactions, CB "Garanti Bank-Moscow" (ZAO), Russia
EMIR : A Landmark Regulation with far-reaching Impacts on the EU Derivatives Business
Frédéric de Brouwer’s overview of the European Infrastructure Market Regulation (“EMIR”) is both timely and particularly relevant to in-house counsel in financial services. The clearing and reporting requirements applied to...Read more
Frédéric De-Brouwer
Senior Legal Counsel, Société Générale, France
Reviewing Consumer Protection in the Banking Sector in Albania: A Consolidated European Approach or a Piecemeal Solution?
The article is focused on several legal and institutional aspects of consumer protection particularly in the banking and financial sector in Albania, examining particular legal definitions in this field, the...Read more
Myanmar Foreign Direct Investment: A Review of Current Relevant Laws and Procedures
Myanmar’s liberalization, large market and continuing economic development has begun to attract increasing numbers of foreign investors from around the world, especially now as the EU, US and other jurisdictions...Read more
Joseph Lovell
Managing Director, IAO Asia, Cambodia
FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) Requirements. Russian Aspects
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is quite a popular topic in legal society at this time. Although due to the complexity of regulation and volume of information there...Read more
Stella Gukova
Head of Legal and Compliance, JCS Sumitomo Mitsui Rus Bank, Russian Federation
Commercial Communications to Consumers: Concerns and Considerations
Whilst marketing departments are one of the main pillars of commercial activity of those companies dealing with consumer clients, our European Union legislators sometimes show a lack of sectorial knowledge...Read more
Sancho Guibert
Associate General Counsel, Citibank, Spain
Online Banking in Russia: Legal Aspects
Bank business in Russia is increasingly developing. Banks in Russia provide a wide range of services to their customers and constantly launch new banking products and services. Online banking is...Read more
Valeria Steblyuk
Senior Lawyer of Legal Department, Commercial Bank “Garanti Bank - Moscow” (ZAO), Russian Federation
EU Data Protection Directive: A Thorn in the Side of the US Domestic Online Retailer
Companies outside the European Union are sometimes confronted with having to comply with European legislation around data protection. This is especially the case in the event they make use of...Read more
Nadja van der Veer
Deputy General Counsel Global Collect Services B.V., Global Collect Services BV, Netherlands
Increasing a Fixed Fee Cap in Law Firm Engagement Letters
I work as an in-house lawyer for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (“EBRD”). As a public institution, EBRD is subject to strict procurement rules whenever it engages contractors....Read more
James Wilson
Senior Counsel, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, UK