Linklaters explore four key ESG themes that will have a significant impact on businesses globally in 2024: transition plans and transition finance; sustainability disclosure regimes; human rights and ...

Sally Mewies, partner and head of the technology and digital group at Walker Morris, explains the risks of AI and what’s needed for an effective AI policy and governance framework. 2023 was the year ...

As a general rule, defamatory allegations cannot be restrained at an interim stage by way of an injunction. A claimant will not be granted an interim injunction where a defendant intends to plead ...

Foreign investors are generally allowed to invest in businesses providing services in Saudi Arabia, subject to certain restrictions for certain services. In recent years, the Ministry of Investment ...

Since China’s accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2001, China has been making significant efforts to comply with its WTO commitments and has been progressively opening the Chinese ...

1. Can you provide guidance on the process for terminating an employment contract in Cyprus, including any legal requirements and potential risks? For a dismissal to be considered lawful without the ...

Today’s dynamic and digitalised business environment obliges companies to protect its workforce, confidential information and trade connections; and a common way is to rely on non-compete clauses in ...

Contentious competition proceedings are on the rise. At Linklaters, our dedicated competition litigation team has been busy dealing with a marked increase in the number of judicial review actions ...

A weak Yen and other factors continue to attract overseas investors to the Japanese real estate market. While this investment can take many forms, two of the most common financing structures are GK-TK ...

As a federation of seven emirates, each with different leadership, economic circumstances and priorities as well as different (at least in part) legal and regulatory systems, the UAE presents ...

The United Nations Convention on the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards (the ‘New York Convention’) provides for ad hoc arbitration and China acceded to this convention in 1987. As ...

In 2019, right before the coronavirus pandemic, the Japanese government introduced the so-called ‘Work Style Reform’ which aimed to (i) reduce the infamous long working hours of Japanese workers, (ii) ...