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Article 27 mai 2020
The British Business Bank’s Future Fund
On 20 May, the British Business Bank launched its Future Fund. This is the latest in a series of initiatives announced by the Chancellor in recent weeks to support businesses through the ongoing pandemic.
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Case review 7 mai 2020
The story continues: Debenhams and the application of furlough schemes to companies in administration
On 15 April 2020, the joint administrators of Debenhams Retail Ltd made an application for directions to Mr Justice Trower on the COVID-19 furlough scheme.
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Article 22 abr 2020
Buying Australian? Please form an orderly queue
The Australian Government has recently announced temporary changes to foreign investment review processes during the COVID-19 pandemic, under which all foreign acquisitions and significant investments in Australian businesses will require government approval.
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News 8 abr 2020
Major partner and litigation head hire boosts Kennedys’ Peru office
We are pleased to announce that we have appointed Fernando Hurtado de Mendoza as a partner and Kodiak Semsch as a senior associate to our office in Lima as we continue to build a heavyweight practice in Peru. Fernando’s practice is split between aviation, corporate and insurance work. He moves from Rodrigo Elias y Medrano, the largest law firm in the country, and is immediately joined by associate Alejandra Vicuna. Kodiak, who will join the team later this month as the head of our Lima office’s litigation practice, is a dispute resolution specialist. He was formerly a litigation partner at Osterling Abogados.
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Article 3 abr 2020
Amendment to the Bermuda Monetary Authority’s powers to adjust insurers’ statutory capital and surplus
The Insurance (No. 2) Amendment Act 2019 became operative on 31 December 2019. It supplements provisions in the Insurance Act 1978 regarding the power of the Bermuda Monetary Authority to make, and insurers’ and designated insurers’ right to apply for, adjustments to the enhanced capital requirement, available statutory capital and surplus and available statutory economic capital and surplus of an insurer or insurance group.
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Article 3 abr 2020
Bermuda amalgamations and mergers
The Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda provides procedures by which Bermuda companies may amalgamate or merge both with other Bermuda companies and with companies incorporated in foreign jurisdictions.
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Article 2 abr 2020
Workplace Issues & COVID-19 in Asia Pacific
The World Organisation (WHO) has now upgraded the status of the Covid-19 outbreak from epidemic to pandemic. It is a global health threat and is causing unprecedented disruption.
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Article 2 abr 2020
Workplace Issues & COVID-19 in Asia Pacific: Australia
COVID-19 is rapidly encroaching on all facets of Australian life and business. Regrettably, known cases of COVID-19 in Australia are presently increasing. Businesses are naturally concerned about the health and safety of their workforce and ensuring ‘BAU’ as far as possible. This bulletin is intended to provide some clarity amongst the confusion for employers asking the question: what are my obligations under Australian employment law?
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Article 2 abr 2020
Workplace Issues & COVID-19 in Asia Pacific: Hong Kong
Hong Kong is fortunate to have a world class health system. Perhaps more importantly it has extensive experience and expertise in the management of epidemics of infectious diseases gained as a result of relatively recent outbreaks of SARS in 2003 and H1N1 (Swine flu) in 2009.
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Article 2 abr 2020
Workplace Issues & COVID-19 in Asia Pacific: Singapore
On 7 February 2020, due to heightened risk caused by the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, the Singapore government raised the country’s outbreak alert level to Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (“DORSCON”) orange.