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Tuesday, 24 November, 2020

Law on Investment 2020 – Clearer But Stricter Conditions For Foreign Investors

On 17 June 2020, the National Assembly of Vietnam passed the Law on Investment (LOI 2020), five years since the current Law on Investment 2014 (LOI 2014) came into effect.
Tuesday, 24 November, 2020

Credit institution restructuring in Vietnam

The Global Financial Crisis caused the collapse of many financial and banking institutions and, without tracing every step in the economic domino theory, adversely affecting the system of Vietnamese credit institutions.
Monday, 23 November, 2020

BC&C maintains support for legal education

Lisa Wong has hailed Boase Cohen & Collins’ ongoing support for legal education after presenting the firm’s annual student prize at the University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Law.
Friday, 20 November, 2020

Requirements for Conversion of Subsidized Rate Credits for Companies in Subsidies Updated

On 11/20/20, Resolution 640/20 of the Ministry of Productive Development was published in the Official Gazette of the Nation, updating the conditions for the conversion into a subsidy of the subsidized rate credit benefit for companies, within the framework of the Program of Emergency Assistance to Work and Production established by Decree 332/20 and amendments.
Friday, 20 November, 2020

CSA Publishes Proposed Amendments on Offering Memorandum Disclosure Requirements for Real Estate Activities

On September 17, 2020, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) published proposed amendments (“Proposed Amendments”) to National Instrument 45-106 – Prospectus Exemptions (“NI 45-106“), which  investors who wish to rely on the Offering Memorandum (“OM”) exemption set out in section 2.9 of NI-45-106 (“OM Exemption”).
Friday, 20 November, 2020

All New York Employers Must Provide Sick Leave to Their Employees

On September 30, 2020, all private sector employees in New York began to accrue sick leave under the state’s new sick and safe leave law.
Friday, 20 November, 2020

Malta Publishes New Citizenship Regulations

Earlier today, the 20th of November 2020, new Regulations entitled the “Granting of Citizenship for Exceptional Services Regulations” were issued in virtue of Legal Notice 437 of 2020 (L.N.
Thursday, 19 November, 2020
On November 17,  General Resolution 868/2020 (the ” Resolution “) of the National Securities Commission  was published in the Official Gazette, creating a new regime for the constitution of collective investment products of entrepreneurial capital intended for direct investment or indirect in companies that are in an early stage of development or expansion (the ” Products “).