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PE firms are facing a more challenging merger enforcement climate in the US, EU and UK, particularly in the technology, life sciences and defence/security sectors where antitrust authorities may sense [...]

On 25 April 2023, the UK Government announced the introduction of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (the 'Bill') into Parliament.1 The Bill, which reflects a key government priority [...]

There has been a significant uptick in interest from private credit in Vietnam over the past several months driven both by events in Vietnam and the backdrop of the global [...]

On 16 September 2022, the Vietnamese government released the long-awaited Decree No. 65/2022/ND-CP (the New Decree) amending Decree 1531. The New Decree aims to enhance transparency in the corporate bond [...]

The Standing Committee of the Government on Electricity Development Planning, chaired by Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, recently issued Notice 277/TB-VPCP (Notice 277) providing an update as to the [...]

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) recently released a draft circular (the Draft Circular) which would replace Circular No. 12/2014/TT-NHNN on conditions for borrowing offshore loans by enterprises without government [...]

On 8 March 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority ('CMA') published its final decision concluding its investigation concerning the supply of electric vehicle ('EV') chargepoints that was opened in July [...]

Introduction Mayer Brown has been operating in Asia for over 150 years. We have a strong footprint across Asia with offices in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam and Japan. In [...]

The deadline for the UK government to make a request to extend the Brexit transition period under the Withdrawal Agreement has now passed. While it may technically be possible for [...]

Introduction In an effort to more closely align banking regulations on foreign direct investment with the 2014 Investment Law, and to resolve ambiguities as to when foreign direct investment accounts [...]

Domestic sponsors and foreign lenders alike should be prepared to live with a stricter regime with respect to issuing government guarantees and undertakings (GGU) in Vietnam from 1 March 2017. [...]

On 2nd February the UK Government published a White Paper setting out its objectives for the upcoming negotiations with the European Union and beyond. It was presented to Parliament a [...]

The UK Supreme Court ruled today that Government ministers are not able to activate the Article 50 procedure for withdrawal by the United Kingdom from the European Union without the [...]

In a speech today, Prime Minister Theresa May set out the UK Government's objectives in negotiating the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union. The Prime Minister made clear that [...]

Beyond the National Curriculum schools are seeking to enrich their students lives. Despite shortages of money there are examples of schools trying to provide quality sport, excellence in art, attractive playgrounds,nutritional school meals. Managing finance is an increasing problem. Fundraising is increasingly important. School trips are becoming rarer.

On 31 December 2015, Vietnam's government issued Decree 135/2015/ND-CP regulating offshore investment by Vietnamese natural and legal persons (Decree 135). This is the first time that Vietnam has provided clear [...]

Vietnam's integration process into global trade has evolved on a cycle of seven years. The first step in Vietnam's international trade integration was the conclusion of the bilateral trade agreement [...]

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) is reported to have launched an investigation into possible antitrust violations in the market for supranational, sovereign and agency bonds (SSA bond market) which [...]

Keywords: Vietnam, foreign ownership, public companies, On 19 August 2015, the Ministry of Finance ('MOF') issued Circular No. 123/2015/TT-BTC ('Circular 123') guiding the implementation of new provisions of Vietnam's Securities [...]

On 26 June 2015, Vietnam loosened foreign ownership limits (FOL) in public companies by the adoption of Decree 60/2015 (Decree 60). Decree 60 permits foreign investors to own up to [...]

Keywords: Vietnam, SBV, shareholding limits, credit institutions The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) continues to show that it is serious about restructuring Vietnam's beleaguered banking sector. The most recent piece [...]

Keywords: VAMC, Decree 34, NPLs, bonds, In an attempt to enhance the flexibility of the Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) in dealing with non-performing loans (NPLs), on 31 March 2015 [...]

Keywords: outbound investment, new investment law, foreign investment, MPI, Vietnam Vietnam's new investment law, which was passed on 26 November 2014 and takes effect on 1 July 2015 ('New Investment [...]

Keywords: Vietnam, Enterprise Law, corporate, 2014 was a busy year for lawmakers in Vietnam. The XIIIth National Assembly at its 8th session held in November 2014 passed as many as [...]

The National Assembly recently adopted the Law on Investment ('LoI') which will take effect on 1 July 2015. The LoI specifies that investment procedures and conditions that a corporate entity [...]

Keywords: anti-money laundering, SBV, customer procedures On 11 November 2014 the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) issued amendments to its anti-money laundering regulations. Circular No. 31/2014/TT-NHNN ('Circular 31'), which became [...]

One hundred anecdotes, quotes, photographs, cartoons and essays are presented to commemmorate the first one hundred days in office of the UK Labour Government under Prime Minister Tony Blair. The electoral victory was described as the Conservatives' worst defeat ever. Labour Ministers are believed to have a good working relationship with their civil servants, with the civil service reportedly comprising more Labour voters than Conservative.

Many believe the massacre of 16 schoolchildren and a teacher in Dunblane, Scotland, could have been prevented if the local police forces and local authority had acted upon the complaints continuously lodged against murderer Thomas Watt Hamilton. Hamilton was widely known to be obsessed with young boys and guns and had been banned by several local councils from using their facilities to run his boys' clubs due to persistent complaints from parents about his perverted interest in the boys. Hamilton was also known to the police but evidence against him was insubstantial and uncollated.

The article discusses the impact of the e-commerce boom on San Joaquin County in California's Central Valley. The opening of Amazon's first warehouse in the area in 2013 led to a surge in transportation and warehousing employment, with the industry now employing roughly 17% of the area's workforce. However, as the pandemic-driven demand for consumer goods subsides, transportation and warehousing employment has started to decline. This has prompted a debate among local leaders about whether to stick with the industry or diversify. The article highlights the challenges of diversification and the potential risks of relying too heavily on one industry. [Extracted from the article]

U.S. manufacturing is experiencing a boom in factory construction due to government subsidies, but the industry is also facing its longest slump in over two decades. The slump is attributed to a pandemic-induced inventory overhang and higher interest rates, which have affected industries outside of the high-tech sector. President Biden's economic plan aims to boost domestic production of high-value goods and reduce dependence on Chinese imports. Economists expect factory output to improve as the Federal Reserve cuts rates and the effects of the inventory buildup fade. However, the subsidies provided by the administration only target a subset of manufacturers, and the broader manufacturing sector continues to struggle. Despite this, the construction boom in factories could provide a long-term boost to the industry. [Extracted from the article]

Byline: DAVID HARRISON and CLAIRE DUFFIN IN THEIR elegant ball gowns, they could be among the guests at any charity reception hosted by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. But [...]

Byline: DAVID HARRISON IT WAS nearly one of the greatest sporting comebacks. A Welsh team reduced to 14 men battled against a 15-man French side for more than an hour [...]

Byline: PHILIP SHERWELL in New York, Additional reporting by David Harrison in London NOBODY KNOWS better than MJ Stephens that rape is no laughing matter. So as the victim of [...]

Byline: DAVID HARRISON in Salzburg IT IS a story that was turned into one of the world's most successful films and performed in theatres in many countries. But The Sound [...]

Byline: DAVID HARRISON FROM HIS farmhouse in Mid Wales, Jonathan Wilkinson looks across a glorious stretch of the Vyrnwy valley, rolling hills and acres of woodland rich in wildlife. But [...]

Byline: DAVID HARRISON A CONSERVATIVE grassroots revolt against the Government's high-speed rail plans will erupt into the open at the party's annual conference next weekend. Tory MPs, council leaders and [...]

Byline: DAVID HARRISON and ADAM LUSHER A RED ARROWS pilot died yesterday when his stricken jet crashed after he steered it away from nearby houses. Flt Lt Jon Egging, 33, [...]

Byline: DAVID HARRISON and ALASTAIR JAMIESON DOORSTEP RUBBISH collections have been scrapped by a council for the first time since they were introduced more than 130 years ago. Rossendale council [...]

Byline: DAVID HARRISON and ADAM LUSHER RED ARROWS HERO DIES IN AIR SHOW A RED ARROWS pilot died yesterday when his stricken jet crashed after he steered it away from [...]

Byline: DAVID HARRISON IT IS a rare piece of good news for Britain's railways. Rural branch lines have enjoyed a huge surge in popularity in the past three years, with [...]

Byline: DAVID HARRISON A FAMILY has told how they were subjected to a terrifying nine-hour ordeal by rioters after police 'abandoned' their road. About 100 youths were allowed to charge [...]

Byline: DAVID HARRISON HIS DIGNIFIED appeal for calm after his son was killed prevented a race riot in Birmingham. Just hours after Tariq Jahan was holding his dying son, Haroon, [...]

Byline: PATRICK HENNESSY, DAVID HARRISON and ANDREW GILLIGAN THE FULL extent of the opposition to the Government's £34 billion High Speed 2 rail link can be revealed for the first [...]

Byline: DAVID HARRISON and ALASTAIR JAMIESON PETE DOHERTY strutted around the stage at the Blues Kitchen club in Camden, north London, and his ecstatic fans lapped it up. It was [...]

Byline: DAVID HARRISON THEY send messages about cats, squidgy cake and Take That. And sometimes about politics. MPs are spending almost 1,000 hours a year on Twitter, the social networking [...]

Byline: DAVID HARRISON YOU MIGHT think that MPs already have too much to say. But the social networking site Twitter has provided parliamentarians with yet another platform -- and they [...]

Byline: Nick Meo, David Harrison HE WAS tall, blond and wearing a police uniform. So when he appeared on an idyllic Norwegian island and beckoned groups of young campers towards [...]

Byline: David Harrison He had been in the United States for five years, sorting out his life after a bitter divorce and bout of severe depression. It was during a [...]

Byline: DAVID HARRISON IT IS clearly one of the most pressing questions facing the European Union: how many new vines should champagne-growers be allowed to plant? So critical is the [...]

Byline: David Harrison It was a last, desperate attempt by Pauline Murrell to discover who killed her daughter Joanna more than 20 years ago: a heart-rending three-page letter to the [...]