Expert Guides - Rising stars

Importing Pharmaceuticals to the Turkish Market

Given the potential risks posed to public health, the pharmaceutical sector is one of the most strictly regulated sectors in many countries, including Turkey

12/10/2016 Gökçe Izgi, Moroglu Arseven, Turkey

Online Sale of OTC Pharmaceutical Products in Turkey

Online sale of over the counter (“OTC”) pharmaceutical products is banned in Turkey because the legislative framework deems not specifically address this market segment

21/07/2016 Gökçe Izgi, Moroglu Arseven, Turkey Merve Altinay, Moroglu Arseven, Turkey

Country-by-country reporting requirements in Japan

The new transfer pricing regime based on the 2016 tax reform became effective on April 1 2016 in Japan.

04/07/2016 Yuri Numata, KPMG, US

Rising Stars: The research and the methodology

Welcome to the 2^nd edition of Legal Media Group’s Rising Stars 2016

When published in 1994, the Expert Guides were the first-ever guides dedicated to leading individuals in the legal industry. Since then we have continued to focus on individuals considered by peers and clients to be the best in...

01/07/2016

Better out than in?

At the time of writing, we are a few weeks away from a referendum about whether the UK should remain a part of the EU

23/06/2016 Paul Davidoff, Bircham Dyson Bell, United Kingdom

Image Matters

Ask any trademark attorney: Recognition strengthens a brand so that customers or clients can be more confident about the quality of goods or services when making their selection

23/06/2016 Matthew D Asbell, Ladas & Parry, US

Finally, a Trademark opposition system for Mexico

On June 1, 2016, the bill implementing the opposition system in Mexico was published in the Official Gazette

23/06/2016 Juan Carlos Hernandez Campos, Basham Ringe y Correa, Mexico

New Intercompany Debt Rules Shock Multinational Companies

On April 4, 2016, the United States Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued proposed regulations under § 385 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”)

23/06/2016 Larissa Neumann, Fenwick & West, US Julia Ushakova-Stein, Fenwick & West, US

Portugal: Two highly competitive tax regimes to attract investment

We are referring to the regime for investment funds and the regime for foreigners to set-up their residence in Portugal

23/06/2016 Bruno Santiago, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva, Portugal

The Human Equation

A mid-sized independent law firm in Warsaw, Laszczuk & Partners has been operating since 1989 — over a quarter of a century

23/06/2016 Aleksandra Faderewska-Waszkiewicz, Laszczuk & Partners, Poland

Product compliance/investigation: the increasing cause of concern of manufacturers in Fance

While manufacturers are already exposed to civil product liability litigation following an incident or accident, a new type of litigation is emerging, giving rise to an unprecedented and threatening sword of Damocles over them in France

23/06/2016 Sylvie Gallage-Alwis, Hogan Lovells, France

Spanish Supreme Court confirms revocation of AstraZeneca’s Seroquel Prolong® patent

In a final judgment issued on May 20, 2016 the Spanish Supreme Court dismissed AstraZeneca’s extraordinary appeals and therefore confirmed the nullity in Spain of a European patent regarding sustained release formulations of quetiapine, which protected the blockbuster anti-psychotic drug...

23/06/2016 Miguel Gil, Grau & Angulo, Spain

The TPP and Patent Rights in Mexico

Karla Islas from Dumont, Bergman Bider, S.C., briefly explore the possible impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement dispositions in the patent industry in Mexico.

23/06/2016 Karla Islas Ortega, Herrero & Asociados, Spain

Recent Changes in Canadian Intellectual Property Law

Canada has seen a number of legislative changes in 2014 and 2015 to its Industrial Design Act, the Plant Breeder’s Right’s Act and the Patent Act

23/06/2016 Carmela DeLuca, Bereskin & Parr, Canada

Efficient trade secrets enforcement demands more than copy-pasting the Directive into national law

On May 27, 2016 the European Council unanimously adopted a Directive that seeks to simplify and harmonize the law on trade secrets throughout the European Union

23/06/2016 Jan-Diederik Lindemans, Crowell & Moring, Belgium

Local bargaining – a way to improve employment and competitiveness?

Local bargaining is considered to be an increasing trend in the Finnish labour market. Lately, there have been heated political discussions on whether local bargaining should be increased as a means to increase the employment rate

23/06/2016 Jani Syrjänen, Borenius, Finland

European Illiquid Credit Fund Strategies

The challenges faced by the banking sector post-2008 have created significant opportunities for alternative asset managers in a field formerly the domain of banks and other financial institutions

23/06/2016 James Oussedik, Sidley Austin, United Kingdom

Investment Funds – an Overview of the Swiss Market

Switzerland, as an important financial center, has always been very attractive for the asset management industry and in particular investment funds. Since Switzerland's decision not to access the European Economic Area (EEA) in 1992, the market for investment funds in Switzerland has been separated...

23/06/2016 Caroline Clemetson, Schellenberg Wittmer, Switzerland

Trade Remedies: Recent Proliferation of Judicial Reviews in Canada

Over the past few years, Canada has seen an increasing amount of judicial reviews (which are a type of appeal in Canada) of Canada Border Services Agency (“CBSA”) and Canadian International Trade Tribunal (“CITT”) decisions to the Federal Court of Appeal (“FCA”)

23/06/2016 Andrew Lanouette, Cassidy Levy Kent, Canada

Recent Trends and Developments in China’s Energy Sector

The Chinese energy sector is in a period of transition. It seeks simultaneously to consolidate a period of rapid expansion while laying the groundwork for projects which will position the country for a further surge in demand in the medium to long term future; it is endeavoring to transition from a...

23/06/2016 Nicholas Molan, Dechert, Hong Kong

The developing English jurisprudence regarding material adverse change clauses

Acquisitions of private companies in the United States are almost universally conditional upon the absence of a material adverse change (a “MAC”)

23/06/2016 Simon J Little, Davis Polk & Wardwell, United Kingdom

Q&A with Kelvin Teo Clifford Chance Asia/Cavenagh Law

What drew you to the law?

23/06/2016 Kelvin Teo, Clifford Chance, Singapore

Jurisdiction of Antitrust Authorities in Mexico: The case of the Nokia / Alcatel-Lucent merger

In Mexico (as in other jurisdictions), certain transactions require approval on behalf of the antitrust authorities prior to their execution. In this regard, the analysis of a concentration is carried out by either of two different authorities: the Federal Institute of Telecommunications (“IFT”),...

23/06/2016 Luis Gerardo García Santos Coy, Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez, Mexico Jorge Kargl Pavia, Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez, Mexico Mauricio Serralde Rodríguez, Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez, Mexico

Arbitration of corporate disputes under the Russian arbitration law reform

In December 2015, when two bills effecting the arbitration law reform were signed into the federal laws by the President

23/06/2016 Andrey Panov, Norton Rose Fulbright, Russia

Mortgagee duties: PK Airfinance Sarl v Alpstream AG

In December 2015, the Court of Appeal reaffirmed the scope of a mortgagee’s duties and to whom such duties are owed. In this briefing we examine the key messages from the decision and the practical implications for the aviation industry

23/06/2016 Sarah Humpleby, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, United Kingdom

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