Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that partner Agnieszka Braciszewska will lead the corporate and M&A practice of its Warsaw office.

The dramatic and unpredictable events of 2020 have fuelled the growth of digital infrastructure development and investment in the Asia-Pacific region and we expect that opportunities will continue to abound for operators and investors alike.

The implementation of the new Anti-gift regime in France involves major changes in the compliance procedure of healthcare companies relating to the grant of benefits to stakeholders in the health sector.

Since our last update, progress on addressing climate change has slowed as the world grapples with responding to the devastating COVID-19 pandemic. As recently noted by António Guterres, the UN Secretary General “the world is way off track” in taking action consistent with the targets in the Paris Agreement.

Aviation is one of the sectors most vulnerable to the impact of the UK leaving the EU as air transport services (including air traffic rights) are excluded from the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services.

2020 has been a tumultuous year for the aviation industry. With the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic destroying passenger numbers and revenues, it is unlikely that preparations for the cessation of LIBOR have been a priority.

Important changes to the Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW) (Act) came into effect from July 1, 2020 with a six month grace period – which is about to end shortly.

Following almost 18 months of public and industry consultations conducted by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), the Australian Government has given approval to proceed with the implementation of enhanced transparency measures for prescription medicines in response to apparent public and patent holder demand for more information on medicines that are under evaluation for registration on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG).

In November 2020, ASIC released a number of anticipated industry reports, providing an update on the buy now pay later industry as well as licensing and professional registration activities for 2020.

The United Kingdom (UK) and Australia are seeking to establish a new trading relationship underpinned by a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA).

In this update, Partners Nicholas Robinson and Ruth Cowley and Associate Ben Mellett discuss whether we can see a recent trend in arbitration and insolvency. Are parties circumventing an arbitration agreement by filing a winding up petition?

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Norton Rose Fulbright announced that Houston partner Shauna Clark will become its Global and US Chair, effective January 1.

The EU Strategy on Offshore Renewable Energy (ORES), published by the European Commission on 19 November 2020, represents a paradigm shift in EU offshore renewable energy policy in terms of both scale and speed of delivery.

We set out below an overview of the developments we are seeing in InsurTech in Singapore and Hong Kong, and how the regulatory frameworks are developing to support this innovation.

At the start of the year, the appetite for clean energy was already evident in the Middle East. In January 2020, Bloomberg New Energy Finance predicted solar and wind would “push the region’s electricity mix to 39pc zero-carbon by 2050”.

The English High Court recently handed down two cases, one regarding the appropriate forum to hear a claim between a UK based company and an international airline and the other intellectual property infringement claims in the aviation industry.

Steven Choi, Maija Kerry, Nicki Milionis, Tamlyn Mills, Rajaee Rouhani and Alexandra Shields will be promoted to partner on January 1, 2021.

Joint ventures (JVs) take many different forms and are entered into for many different strategic reasons, for example to combine financial resources or to pool know how.

Recent Federal Court of Australia proceedings on continuous disclosure obligations reflect the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s (ASIC) ongoing commitment to monitor disclosures by listed businesses and to help ensure the market is accurately informed.