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Jun 23, 2025
In May, the UK government published a white paper setting out its plans to redesign the UK’s immigration system to ‘significantly’ reduce net migration
May 24, 2023
This article considers the role of lawyers in assisting their clients in recognising the challenges and opportunities created by the transition to a net-zero, low-carbon economy. In particular, it focuses upon the impact of United Kingdom regulation and environmentally focused litigation on the private sector’s transition to net zero and the sustainability of business practices.
COP28 capacity building: Africa in focus – facilitating the net transition
This article examines the Future Energy Scenarios set out in the National Grid ESO’s recent report, with a particular focus on the role of digitalisation and open data in achieving net zero in the UK by 2050.
This panel will address the complexities associated with incapacity for high net worth individuals in the cross-border context.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
Sep 03, 2023
The past few decades have witnessed a widespread improvement in investor confidence and positive market sentiment, catapulting India’s image as a global investment hub. While the government’s policy initiatives, such as ‘Make in India’ liberalising Foreign Direct Investment in over 25 sectors, aim to catalyse ease of doing business, recent amendments to regulations, such as Indian Penal Code 1860, the Companies Act 2013, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 and the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988, are enablers in preserving the economic reputation of the country by effectively tackling fraud, corruption, bribery and serious white-collar crimes.
Jan 03, 2024
Multiple factors compel high-net-worth individuals to consider relocation, such as entrepreneurial ventures, educational opportunities or tax considerations. The discussion by the panel delved into these complex migration considerations and their subsequent ramifications for affluent individuals.
The net zero challenge and road to COP28: Candid conversations with legal counsel
In Telenor Hungary adopted on 15 September 2020, the European Court of Justice (Grand Chamber) has, for the first time, interpreted Regulation 2015/2120 on the ‘open internet’ (the Net Neutrality Regulation). Through this preliminary ruling, the Court gives some guidance on the validity and limits of so-called ‘zero-rating’ offers
In this article, we focus on the group specifically formed by the US Internal Revenue Service to audit high net worth individuals and how global transparency has impacted its activities.
Legal solutions for a net zero future: launching the International Bar Association's Climate Registry
In this article, the authors discuss the myriad of changes to Mexico‘s entity classification rules and controlled foreign corporate (CFC) regime. Such changes potentially affect Mexican resident individuals that have elected to use offshore limited partnerships to conduct their investments in ‘US situs assets’. Mexican resident individuals investing through these vehicles may face different income tax rates, different income characterisations and disclosure requirements.
The panel will discuss potential implications on EU existing regulation such as net neutrality and competition as well as in IP interconnection.
32nd Annual IBA Communications and Competition Law Conference
Feb 17, 2023
This article will outline the development of China’s restrictions on the cross-border transfer of personal information (PI export), detailing PI export mechanisms provided by the Personal Information Protection Law. It will also explain the practical implications of the restrictions.
Following our session in Paris 2023, this session will consider the legal roadmap to net zero with a particular focus on issues related to the delivery of key infrastructure. As we move along the journey towards the delivery of net zero milestones, this session will review key themes encountered along the way: the role of legal frameworks, national and trans-national; the issue of environmental justice and achieving a just transition for emerging economies; friction in areas such as regulation, permitting and grid capacity; and the impact of conflicts and imposition of sanctions. This session will look forward and consider how to transform the delivery process, drawing on lessons learned to date and considering key milestones achieved, roadblocks encountered and how to create a clear path to achieve the net zero goals.
IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
Jun 02, 2021
While the pandemic disruption has extended for far longer than initially expected, courts (after the first wave), arbitral institutions and stakeholders in commercial dispute resolution have largely continued operations, increasingly supported by innovative digital technology, flexible scheduling and flexible cost structures, among other tools.
Biennial Conference of the Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law (SEERIL): A transformative era of action for the law and lawyers - implementing the energy transition and global sustainability
IBA Global Insight February/March 2018 - Basic practices and fundamental rights have long been taken for granted by internet users worldwide. However, the recent US decision to roll back key ‘net neutrality’ legislation puts them in danger – is it time for a digital constitution?
Hear about legal capacity building across nations; how lawyers, bars and law societies are facilitating the net zero transition; and the rise of climate competent lawyering and what this means in practice for lawyers when advising clients.
IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
IBA Global Insight - February/March 2018
In a context of increasing global mobility and tax competition, several jurisdictions have introduced preferential regimes to attract high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs), digital nomads, and internationally mobile professionals. At the same time, the debate around a global minimum wealth tax, particularly targeting ultra-high net worth individuals (UHNWIs), has gained momentum in international fora.
Jun 02, 2025
In 2025, France’s teleconsultation sector is robust, supported by comprehensive regulations. Initially regulated in 2018, commercial companies involved in the provision of teleconsultation services faced ambiguity until the 2023 Social Security Financing Bill mandated that companies secure accreditation and meet digital compliance obligations. A 2024 decree detailed the relevant accreditation processes and the 2025 European Health Data Space Regulation will impose EU-wide data standards. These measures ensure teleconsultation platforms operate ethically, with secure interoperable systems, enhancing patient care and cross-border data exchange. France’s proactive regulatory approach balances innovation with patient protection, ensuring a secure and reliable framework for teleconsultation services.
While there has been dramatic growth in the number of voluntary corporate commitments and government targets under the Paris Agreement, the legal roadmap to net zero remains vastly underdeveloped. Developing a legal roadmap to net zero has the opportunity to create both carrots and sticks approaches to enable governments to accelerate net zero efforts, to foster environments where companies are incentivised to control and limit emissions, and where the public has opportunities to participate in advancing climate change policies and address adaptation. This panel will focus on how to create the first international law roadmap to net zero - a set of aspirational milestones for countries, companies and the public to achieve in order to facilitate success toward political and corporate net zero goals (including the building blocks of legal frameworks critical to these goals). The panel also will also focus on the role of lawyers in developing and implementing these milestones domestically to help ensure the law is in a position to achieve broader net zero goals.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
Jun 02, 2025
This article explores the evolving landscape of telemedicine and advanced medical practices from an Irish regulatory perspective. It delves into the digital health solutions that are becoming integral to healthcare systems, highlighting the Irish government’s commitment to digitalising healthcare services and examining the European Health Data Space Regulation, which aims to harmonise health data management across the EU, enhancing patient rights and fostering a collaborative environment for research and innovation. Additionally, it discusses the convergence of medical devices, medicinal products and software, emphasising the importance of regulatory compliance pursuant to the EU Medical Devices Regulation and the Health Technology Assessment Regulation.
On 28 April 2021, a set of amendments to the Belarusian law ‘On Commercial Companies’ entered into force and introduced a significant number of changes concerning various aspects of corporate law. Some of the most notable changes are additional net assets maintenance requirements and explicit regulation of debt-equity conversions.
Mar 03, 2023
Kirin Kalsi is General Counsel, Compliance Officer and Data Protection Officer at E.ON UK, part of the E.ON Group, one of the largest operators of energy networks and infrastructure in Europe. She tells In-House Perspective how her team learnt to expect the unexpected through its work in the pandemic and the energy crisis, and about how lawyers can assist in reaching net zero.
Sep 07, 2021
A new initiative for the legal sector, Lawyers for Net Zero, was launched in July and aims to support in-house counsel in delivering climate action in their organisation. In-House Perspective examines what in-house lawyers could and should be doing in this area.
How have law firms in Latin America evolved since 2000? What has changed in terms of structure, operations and client expectations?
Law Firm Management Committee Latin America Conference - Building the law firm of the future
Jul 30, 2024
The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive represents a significant step forward in the promotion of corporate accountability for human rights through regulation and, considering its extraterritorial reach, the legislation will have an impact outside of the EU. This article summarises the main requirements of the CSDDD, with particular focus on the requirements concerning human rights due diligence. It also highlights key areas of alignment between the CSDDD and the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs).
Young lawyers and leadership
By a decision dated 15 September 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union has confirmed that zero-rating practices are banned under Regulation 2015/2120, the Regulation that introduced net neutrality provisions into the EU framework.
Practical applications of AI in law firms – what’s hype and what’s real? Regulatory concerns and ethical implications.
Law Firm Management Committee Latin America Conference - Building the law firm of the future
Nov 29, 2022
Spiralling energy prices due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine should be accelerating the transition to low-carbon fuels. Global Insight assesses whether the world is slipping back on its post-pandemic pledges to build back better.
In many jurisdictions, lawyers sit on boards of directors as non-executive directors, independent directors or as representatives of one or more shareholders.
In this session, experienced lawyers and industry representatives will debate the roles and duties of a lawyer sitting in the boardroom, and will answer:
- Should they be an entrepreneur, a trusted advisor or a related party?
- What duty of care, diligence and specific competence is required of a lawyer in a boardroom?
- Does a dual set of (conflicting) obligations apply to a lawyer?
- What is the role of the lawyer in the ESG debate?
These and other challenging issues will be addressed in this interactive session, featuring different perspectives and experiences.
6th IBA Global Entrepreneurship Conference: The Netherlands – sailing the seas of global innovation
The Capital Markets Forum has undertaken a project to monitor international selling restrictions. In the dropdown panels below, you will see information on selling restrictions in various jurisdictions that apply to offerings of equity securities by companies incorporated outside the jurisdiction. The information is accurate as of the date provided within the relevant link.
Have you ever wondered what factors judges consider when making suspension and debarment decisions? This interactive session brings the multilateral development bank sanctions process to life through an engaging moot court. Officers from the World Bank, IDB, EBRD, and AfDB will form the judicial panel, while IBA Anti-Corruption Committee members will advocate as the investigative office and respondent company representatives. The simulated case will tackle critical issues at the frontier of sanctions practice, including attribution of liability within complex corporate structures, balancing punitive measures with development imperatives, and evaluating the true effectiveness of corporate compliance programs. Audience members will have the opportunity to engage directly with the panel and provide their input into the decision-making process as they navigate the nuanced considerations that shape decisions that end in cross-debarment. This interactive approach provides international legal practitioners with insight into how sanctions systems operate in practice while illuminating the different approaches MDBs take when addressing prohibited practices in development finance.
21st Annual IBA Anti-Corruption Conference
Nov 06, 2024
In Chile, distributed energy resources are divided into two categories: power plants up to 9 MW connected via distribution or transmission lines and smaller net billing facilities up to 300 kW connected solely through distribution lines within the service area of distribution companies. As of 2024, the installed capacity of these resources has rapidly expanded, driven primarily by solar projects. However, challenges have arisen, including transmission congestion, regulatory changes, infrastructure limitations and curtailments. Recent regulatory updates are promoting the use of energy storage as a solution to these issues, enabling better grid management and continued growth in distributed energy generation.
A series of roundtable discussions will look at recent developments in the following areas:
Topic one: International tax risks and insurance solutions: strategies for mitigating global fiscal challenges
Topic two: Artificial intelligence: challenges and opportunities in the age of automation
Topic three: Exchange of information - joint tax audits
Topic four: PE and global mobility - tax certainty
Topic five: Beneficial ownership and treaty eligibility
Jul 07, 2024
To kickstart London Climate Action week, the Net Zero Lawyers Alliance held a symposium highlighting the integral role of lawyers in achieving net zero and encouraging firms to act now. This article summarises the key messages.
In the first part of the workshop, delegates will work in roundtable groups to discuss financing topics including:
1. What are the key options to finance growth in the current market?
2. What are the alternatives to “traditional” EBITDA financings?
3. How can non-bank lenders, such as direct lenders and venture debt or credit funds, support closely held companies?
4. Experiences with non-bank lenders in the recent financial downturn?
5. Convergences in debt and equity financing
6. Pros and cons of margin loans (secured by shares in the closely held company)
7. Differences in financing of early stages vs more mature stages
8. Trends in debt and equity terms during and following COVID-19
9. Change of control clauses in enforcement scenario
10. Trends on opinions and counsel reports
11. How can corporate lawyers add value when a company pursues an alternative to new financing, such as a reduction in force?
12. Is the importance and role of due diligence changing?
13.What are new financing areas of focus for closely held companies following recent bank failures and instability?
Delegates will discuss a first topic of their choice in a roundtable group, and after 30 minutes move to a second table of their choice.
7th Global Entrepreneurship Conference
In the United States, crowdfunding has evolved over the last five years to refer to several different funding approaches, including donation-based funding that is not a securities offering, and securities offered to anyone, including retail investors, pursuant to the criteria provided in the safe harbour rule ‘Regulation Crowdfunding’.
This is a broad topic and this article focuses only on retail crowdfunding pursuant to Regulation Crowdfunding.
The impact of ESG is becoming more important considering today’s socially responsible world. Trends in M&A driven by ESG is a high-priority topic as we have been seeing companies changing their acquisition strategies to try to improve their ESG footprint. Over the past few years there has been a marked and growing dominance of the role of ESG as a key theme for investors. So we expect to see a significant shift in the allocation of investment capital away from so-called dirty industries and companies with poor social and governance policies.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
Nov 06, 2024
Structural deficiencies in the operation of the bulk power system coupled with anticipated growth in electricity demand are resulting in the emergence of new technologies and business structures to address immediate and forecasted needs. The regulatory landscape is adapting quickly in order to address new and emerging realities in the power sector. As policies and regulations vary on a state and local level, practitioners must remain up to date with regulatory and technological developments in order to advise their clients properly.
In this workshop, we will discuss trends and highlight practical issues and considerations in the area of fund finance, including subscription based, net asset value (NAV) facilities and other forms of leverage.
23rd Annual International Conference on Private Investment Funds
Reaching net zero emissions by 2050 and giving the world a chance of limiting a global temperature rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius requires a complete transformation of how we power our daily lives and the global economy.
IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
Aug 02, 2023
A brief contemporary examination of the implementation of the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) in the aviation industry.
Reaching net zero emissions by 2050 and giving the world a chance of limiting a global temperature rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius requires a complete transformation of how we power our daily lives and the global economy.
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
Insolvency and Restructuring International - April 2019.
At the same time, an increasing number of global and local players are committed with net zero targets. The panelists will discuss what lawyers can do to support a fair and balanced transition of the oil and gas sector.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
Jun 13, 2023
While there are no laws in Pakistan specific to franchising, the practice is highly prevalent and derives its validity from the general principles of contracts, intellectual property and foreign exchange. This article will explore the legal franchising landscape in Pakistan and discuss the technicalities of repatriating royalties abroad in compliance with regulatory requirements.
As the global push for net-zero accelerates, in-house counsel must balance ambitious ESG commitments with legal and operational challenges.
ESG: the Brussels Effect at a crossroads
May 10, 2023
On 23 December 2022, the Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission or CVM) issued the long-awaited Resolution No. 175 (the Resolution), which provides for the new Brazilian investment funds regulatory framework. When in effect, the Resolution will implement a new way of organising the regulations applicable to Brazilian-formed investment funds.
For many reasons, high net worth clients are deciding to move to other jurisdictions, and in doing so often seek out low tax regimes.
30th Annual International Private Client Tax Conference: transforming (un)expected challenges into opportunities for the next 30 years
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