The Department of Economic Development Dubai has revealed a list of registered commercial and industrial activities that are now open to partial or full foreign ownership in the emirate. The Department’s decision on foreign ownership of commercial activities comes in line with the Federal Decree-Law No. (26) of 2020 amending the provisions of Federal Law […]
On 20 May 2021, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEX) issued their joint statement on IPO-related misconduct1 setting out issues detected in recent new listings and the regulators’ proposed approach to dealing with them. These issues mainly involve arrangements to artificially satisfy the initial listing requirements […]
Everything was different in 2020. Even the Christmas season. And the turn of the year. Also for the Berlin team of lawyers led by audalis partner and lawyer Patrick Geißler LL.M. While most of us spent particularly quiet holidays due to the Corona restrictions, the Berlin team of lawyers in the transaction department instead countered […]
On this week’s episode of OK at Work, Sarah Sawyer and Russell Berger discuss how finding ways to engage, train and manage remote workers is paramount in today’s workplace. It can be easier for employment issues to go unnoticed or remain unresolved in a remote work environment, making remote work policies and thoughtful management of employees more critical than […]
Wong Fleming | June 2, 2021 We are proud to announce that effective June 1, 2021, Joe Marrazo will be promoted to Supervising Attorney in the Firm’s Princeton, New Jersey office. Joe joined the firm as an Associate in August, 2018 and quickly distinguished himself as a thorough, creative and tenacious litigator who cares greatly […]
Are you sick and tired of spending hours upon hours, scrolling through your accounts, wondering where all your hard-earned money has disappeared to? Perhaps it was that dress you bought on the company card, or that pesky subscription you never meant to sign up for? Or was it neither? Had you fallen into a fraudulent […]
Some of the most common questions business owners ask us about relate to the value of their business. We wish we had easy answers, but the truth is that every situation is different and there are a number of variables that influence valuation. Even if a one-size-fits-all answer doesn’t exist, there are some general guidelines […]
Introduction Cryptocurrencies have very much come back into the news recently since Bitcoin (the most well-known cryptocurrency) rebounded in its price and subsequently went on another roller coaster ride. Much has been said online and in the press about the “rising” prices of Bitcoin and Ethereum reaching new highs only to fall back dramatically, albeit […]
Keystone Law intellectual property partner Maureen Kelly has advised PrecisionLife, the combinatorial analytics company, on its strategic partnership agreement with Cyclica Inc., the drug-discovery company, to co-market and offer their complementary computational platforms as an integrated drug-discovery factory. The companies will initially collaborate on up to 30 pharma and biotechnology drug-discovery programmes over the next two years. Together, they […]
Krzysztof Jasiński is a coauthor “The Commercial Companies and Partnerships Code. Mergers, De-Mergers and Transformation of Companies. Commentary”, published by Wolters Kluwer in 2018. This book presents a detailed treatment of corporate mergers, demergers and transformations (in various variants – by management, by owners and before the courts) as regulated by the Code. Especial attention is devoted […]
The electronization of proceedings before the Polish register courts keeping the National Court Register (KRS), announced for July 1, 2021, is fast approaching. The changes are far-reaching and concern not only the form of submitted documents. The electronization of registration proceedings has been announced for many years. The relevant provisions were already enacted on 26th […]
