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14 July 2021

A General Counsel Guide to ESG

We're delighted to share with you a major new report exploring the key trends and pressure points as general counsel mobilise to help companies tackle the high-stakes environmental, social and...

16 September 2020

Governance: Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020: Impact on Airline Insolvency (UK)

In July 2019, we published a briefing on the recommendations proposed by the Airline Insolvency Review’s final report,1 which was commissioned by the UK Government to assess the existing protections...

27 August 2020

GOVERNANCE: PROPOSED LEGISLATION PROVIDES TEMPORARY RELIEF (MALAYSIA)

On 25 August 2020, the Temporary Measures for Reducing the Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Bill 2020 (Bill) was passed by the House of Representatives (Dewan Rakyat) of Malaysia,...

CORPORATE INSOLVENCY AND GOVERNANCE ACT 2020 - SOUNDBITE SERIES

03 August 2020

Governance: CORPORATE INSOLVENCY AND GOVERNANCE ACT 2020 - SOUNDBITE SERIES (UK)

Welcome to our soundbite series on the new Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 which came into effect on 26 June 2020. The provisions of the Act are complex and...

20 July 2020

Governance: Prime Minister commits to a future independent inquiry into UK Government’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis (UK)

Following demands from the opposition and various campaigning groups, the Prime Minister has now committed to an independent inquiry into the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. In previous weeks, the...

Wasted Breath? Insolvency Reforms in Response to COVID-19

16 July 2020

GOVERNANCE - Wasted Breath? Insolvency Reforms in Response to COVID-19 (UK)

This article first appeared in Volume 17, Issue 4 of International Corporate Rescue and is reprinted with the permission of Chase Cambria Publishing.

10 July 2020

Governance: Consolidated Corporate Covid-19 Update (UK)

Rarely have events accelerated so rapidly or so radically as they have in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic. A number of pieces of legislation and guidance have been published...

07 July 2020

Governance: Key considerations for effectively managing remuneration arrangements during the pandemic (Australia)

One of the many issues companies are facing in light of the Covid-19 pandemic is how best to appropriately remunerate, incentivise and retain employee and executive talent as the pandemic...

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29 June 2020

Governance: An Overview of E-signatures and Electronic Legal Transactions (Germany)

In light of the restrictions on contact necessitated by the Covid-19 pandemic, the possibility of conducting legal transactions electronically has become a central issue. Corresponding questions which investors should consider...