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16 July 2021

Countering Risks in the De-SPAC Flood: Due Diligence Best Practices

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Regulators have imposed new disclosure rules for ultimate beneficial ownership on companies in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands (BVI). Now, alternative offshore hubs, such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have emerged to provide sought-after alternatives.

15 January 2021

Shifting Tides in the Offshore World

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18 December 2020

PEI | How to get an Emerging Markets Deal Done During a Downturn

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Blackpeak co-founder Jack Clode recently spoke to Private Equity International about the challenges of conducting due diligence in emerging markets given pandemic restrictions.

24 November 2020

Blackpeak Tête-à-Tête: Forced Labor in Supply Chains: Changing Laws, Penalties and Remedies

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For this episode, Jack Clode welcomes Archana Kotecha from The Remedy Project to talk about the extent and causes of forced labour in global supply chain, how to detect this risk through due diligence and audits and how the approach to remedial action needs to be improved.

23 April 2020

COVID-19 and Due Diligence

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Blackpeak is committed to providing the highest level of service to our clients and meeting your needs for high quality research and investigations. How are we delivering on this promise in these uncertain times?

19 February 2020

S&P Global | Healthcare IPOs in Hong Kong Face Delays As Coronavirus Hits Travel, Roadshows

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Blackpeak founder Chris Leahy shared the impact of the coronavirus outbreak in the Hong Kong stock market.

25 January 2019

There’s Wood Enough Within: Trong’s Corruption Crackdown and Implications for Doing Business in Vietnam

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On 23 October 2018, Vietnam’s National Assembly elected Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong as the country’s President with 99.8% of the vote from the Assembly members.

2 September 2018

Reuters | JD.com CEO Returns to China After Arrest in U.S. Sexual Misconduct Case

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Blackpeak founder Chris Leahy is quoted in a Reuters article about the recent sexual misconduct case involving the CEO of JD.com.

29 August 2018

PERE | Real Estate’s Anti-corruption Crusade

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Chris Leahy, Blackpeak’s founder, shared the challenges of conducting due diligence in China and other emerging markets with PERE.

18 August 2018

The China A-Shares Adventure Begins

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The recent inclusion of hundreds of mainland China-listed companies into the MSCI Global Emerging Markets Index means money managers are now obliged to invest in companies many know little about.