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.
read moreThe EU has been tightening regulatory scrutiny of Chinese inbound investment over the last three years. The implementation in April 2019 of a new EU-wide framework for reviewing acquisitions intensifies the trend of already-declining Chinese FDI in the EU and high-profile blockages of deals there since 2016.
read moreThis year has already witnessed record-breaking fines in the wake of the significant changes that occurred in 2018 for Hong Kong’s anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing regulatory regime.
read moreIn August 2018, the Chinese Ministry of Justice issued a Circular seeking public comments on the recently updated Promotion of Private Education (Revised Draft) law, which cuts a clear line between government non-profit schools and private education businesses by restricting foreign capital investment in certain education entities in mainland China.
read moreChild labor remains a complex and pernicious issue across much of the developing world. A mix of poverty, economic malaise, corruption, and lax enforcement make it a problem that is unlikely to be eradicated in the foreseeable future.
read moreIf there is anything that Sunday’s electoral results showed us, it is that Brazil’s political landscape in 2018 is as polarizing, unprecedented, and unpredictable as ever.
read moreBlackpeak has investigated IP infringement in various industries with 50 brand protection programs completed since 2012.
read moreThe implementation of the Corporate Governance Code (“CG Code”) in Japan has been a central pillar of the Abe administration’s Japan Revitalization Strategy.
read moreBlackpeak’s report on the new China’s National Supervisory Law featured in Dow Jones
read moreInterview with Nick Bryan-Brown, Blackpeak’s Head of legal and compliance, for Allen & Overy on advising banks on human trafficking risks.
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