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The European Single Market Post-Brexit: Managing The Barriers
RegulationBanking & Finance
The legal framework on which European based investment businesses operate is based predominantly on European Union (EU) legislation. For example: • Property Casualty insurance - the applicable regulatory regime is primarily based...Read more
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Maeve Verdon
Associate General Counsel, AIG Asset Management (Europe) Limited, Ireland
Interpreting Business Rescue Provisions of the South African Companies Act 71 of 2008: Secured Pre-Commencement Finance Versus Post-Commencement Finance
RegulationBanking & Finance
The South African Companies Act provides for a business rescue process. A current interpretational issue relates to the ranking of claims of creditors who provided secured Pre-commencement Finance in relation...Read more
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Stef du Plessis
Specialist In-house Legal Counsel, Corporate and Investment Banking, a division of The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, South Africa
Blockchain: From 'Why' to 'What' and Regulating 'How'
RegulationGeneral
Blockchain has been the technological darling of the financial press in the last year. Once a niche technology familiar only to bitcoin enthusiasts and journalists, blockchain has captured the interest...Read more
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Andreas Gustafsson
Partner, Stockholm University - Swedish Corporate Governance Institute, Sweden
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Jimmy Kvarnström
Head of Nordic/Baltic Legal, Nasdaq, Sweden
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Scott Farrell
Partner, King & Wood Mallesons, Australia
Mobile Payments in the EU: Overview, Legal Framework and Infrastructure and Challenges
RegulationBanking & Finance
The mobile payment revolution has started in our society and is already changing our ordinary lives by merging one of the oldest economic tools –money— with one of the most...Read more
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Sancho Guibert
Associate General Counsel, Citibank, Spain
The Role of Legal Regulation in Banking Supervision. What system works best in a post financial crisis setting?
RegulationBanking & Finance
The issues of regulation of banking supervision are usually the same in many financial systems. In most cases we have similar authorities and matching regulations to ensure that financial institutions...Read more
Airborne Effrontery: Dealing with an unwanted drone over-flight under Australian law
RegulationIndustry
This paper surveys the existing laws in Australia which impact on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (commonly called UAVs or ‘drones’). It considers the regulatory controls on the users...Read more
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Peter Quinlivian
Senior Legal Counsel, Bae Systems Australia Defence Pty, Australia
A Case for Legal Due Diligence in Humanitarian Engagements
RegulationGeneral
Many developing countries have “aspirational” laws, either carry-overs from years of European colonial rule or modeled after European laws (for example, British common law in Anglophone Africa). Rather than having...Read more
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Jeffrey Erickson
Clinical Professor, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Digital Currency - may be a 'bit player' now, but in the longer term a 'game changer' for tax
RegulationBanking & Finance
The Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, has announced that the tax system is one of the key levers the government has to promote economic activity and...Read more
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Dr Steven Stern
Adjunct Professor, College of Law & Justice, Victoria University, Australia
Understanding the Prohibition of Circumvention Under the EU Regulation on Interchange Fees for Credit and Debit Card Payment Transactions
RegulationBanking & Finance
1. The European Regulation on interchange fees’ cap to card based transactions, and its entry into force on 9 December 2015 2. Understanding the prohibition of circumventing the interchange fees’ cap 3. The Durbin...Read more
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Sancho Guibert
Associate General Counsel, Citibank, Spain
PRIIPs Regulation and its Implementation: Consequences and Challenges
RegulationBanking & Finance
From 31 December 2016, manufacturers and distributors of packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) will have to comply with the Regulation on Key Information Documents for Packaged Retail and...Read more
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Emilia Petrocelli
Senior Compliance Officer, Mediobanca SpA, Italy
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