Sponsored briefing: Recent patent highlights in Turkey

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Sponsored briefing: Recent patent highlights in Turkey

Geographically positioned between Europe and Asia, Turkey is a strategically placed country, with a population of 82 million and a larger youth population than any EU member state. Taking its place on the list of G20 countries, Turkey aims to position itself in the global value chain and strengthen its export platform by focusing on high-tech patents, including electronic machinery and equipment, automotive spare parts, railway and maritime transport, energy generation and efficiency projects. In addition, as a natural transport hub, Turkey is a transitional trade platform between Europe and Asia, which significantly increases the relevance of appropriate IP rights protection.

Turkey has substantially harmonised its intellectual property laws with the EU legislation and the international agreements such as the Paris Convention and TRIPs, to provide effective legal means for enhanced patent enforcement capabilities. Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: Recent patent highlights in Turkey”

Sponsored briefing: Methods of money laundering: Circumventing anti-money laundering mechanisms

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Sponsored briefing: Methods of money laundering: Circumventing anti-money laundering mechanisms

Money laundering continues to be an issue for both financial services providers and their clients. In particular, money launderers continue to circumvent compliance measures by relocating to less-regulated, often cash-intense sectors. Because money launderers are not bound by parliamentary decision processes, they are able to react faster and exercise more flexibility than those who are responsible for keeping them in check. This goes to show that it is not only helpful but necessary for compliance officers and other diligent actors to be able to empathise with money launderers and how they operate.

At Teichmann International, we believe that in order to be able to effectively prevent money laundering, one needs to look at compliance from the money launderer’s perspective. Money launderers generally avoid methods and industries that fall within the scope of Anti-Money Laundering Acts. Moreover, they frequently split larger amounts of incriminated money to undercut threshold values for cash payments. Particularly well suited are investments in tangible assets because they facilitate placement of incriminated cash by changing the value carrier. Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: Methods of money laundering: Circumventing anti-money laundering mechanisms”

Sponsored briefing: The award-winning real estate lawyers offering flexible support to legal teams

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Sponsored briefing: The award-winning real estate lawyers offering flexible support to legal teams

Dr Peter Allinson, chief executive of specialist real estate law firm Davitt Jones Bould, explains how the practice is partnering with other firms to help them approach their workflow in a strategic and adaptable new way

Now, more than ever, law firms and their partners are under pressure to maintain quality and consistency in their service delivery in the face of ever-tighter timescales, downward pressure on pricing and volatile market conditions. In response to this, we are already seeing the industry adapting business models and processes to improve cost-efficiency and become more flexible and responsive to the fluctuations in demand – from north-shoring and the outsourcing of legal processes to automation and the exploration of AI. Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: The award-winning real estate lawyers offering flexible support to legal teams”

Sponsored focus on Davitt Jones Bould

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Sponsored focus on Davitt Jones Bould

Davitt Jones Bould, Level 24 The Shard, 32 London Bridge Street, London SE1 9SG
T: 020 7870 7500 | E: peter.allinson@djblaw.co.uk | W: www.djblaw.co.uk
The Legal 500 rankings (London): Commercial property: corporate occupiers; commercial property: investors; commercial property: developers; planning; property litigation; local government

  • National firm specialising in real estate law.
  • Circa 40 lawyers averaging over 20 years Post Qualification Experience (PQE).
  • All lawyers come from senior roles at City, international and national law firms or in-house roles.
  • Advised on some of the UK’s most famous landmarks including Admiralty Arch, 10 Downing Street, St James Park, Hyde Park, Horseguards Parade, the Sandringham Estate, House of Lords and the Old Admiralty Building.
  • Clients include The Royal Parks, UK Health Security Agency, TV celebrity chef Rick Stein’s restaurant group and a number of top 20 law firms.

 

The team

Chief executive: Dr Peter Allinson (pictured)

Legal 500 ranked lawyers

  • Madeleine Davitt, senior partner
  • Tony Fitzmaurice
  • Sean Bulman
  • Teresa Kamppari Baker
  • Louisa Swanton
  • Melanie Greer-Walker
  • John Qualtrough
  • Kevin Fry
  • Maeve Bonner
  • Jonathan Warner-Reed
  • Philippa Hipwell
  • Yohanna Weber
  • Tim Sylvester-Jones
  • Stuart Bould
  • Michael Wear
  • Richard Holmes
  • Abi Kay

At a glance: Davitt Jones Bould

Headcount: Over 40 lawyers, averaging over 20 years’ PQE

Number of offices: Four (London West End, London City, Birmingham, Manchester)

Key clients: The Royal Parks, UK Health Security Agency, TV celebrity chef Rick Stein’s restaurant group and a number of top 20 law firms.

Sponsored briefing: The effect of recent English Supreme Court judgments on GCC-based arbitration

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Sponsored briefing: The effect of recent English Supreme Court judgments on GCC-based arbitration

Robert Sliwinski, of counsel at Alsuwaidi & Company, explains how common law principles are transforming international arbitration proceedings in the GCC region

Over the past six months there have been two important judgments in the Supreme Court of England and Wales which are likely to influence GCC-based arbitrations where they are based on common law procedures and rules. They may also impact arbitrations seated in the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC), the Abu Dhabi Global Markets (ADGM) and the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) which are pockets of common law jurisdiction within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar Civil Law Structures.
Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: The effect of recent English Supreme Court judgments on GCC-based arbitration”

Sponsored briefing: Container securitisation thriving in Bermuda

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Sponsored briefing: Container securitisation thriving in Bermuda

Over the last decade, leased container securitisation transactions have increasingly enabled container lessors to raise capital and leverage growth opportunities based on strong performance and outlook in the container leasing sector. Bermuda has played an integral role for market-leading lessors such as Textainer and Triton, and has a trusted reputation among lessors as the leading offshore jurisdiction offering flexible and innovative structures for container securitisation transactions.

Structuring a Bermuda Container Securitisation Transaction

A typical container securitisation transaction involves the incorporation of a special purpose vehicle (SPV), normally a Bermuda exempted company, although exempted limited liability companies (LLCs) can also be used. The SPV can either be directly owned by the parent or use an orphan structure (held by a Bermuda purpose trust) which removes the asset from the parent’s balance sheet. The SPV will purchase the container leases (or other specified assets) with some form of regular cash flow and issue loan notes or preference shares in the capital markets to finance the purchase. The repayment of principal and interest on such notes is then secured by the purchased assets and the accompanying cash flow. Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: Container securitisation thriving in Bermuda”

Sponsored briefing: Recovery and Resilience Plan and labour market reform; Greece’s pathway to sustainable growth and investment attraction

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Sponsored briefing: Recovery and Resilience Plan and labour market reform; Greece’s pathway to sustainable growth and investment attraction

Karatzas & Partners’ Angeliki Tsatsi and Christos Paraskevopoulos on the recovery measures in Greece in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic

After almost a decade of deep recession and while being at the verge of sustainable recovery Greece faced the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly adverse for an economy where tourism contributes to a very large part of its GDP. Following the global paradigm of using expansionary monetary and fiscal policy as the primary tool to tackle the Covid-19 economic shock the European Union (EU)adopted, among others, the NextGenerationEU recovery plan. Greece was among the first EU member states to seize the opportunity and to submit its national Recovery and Resilience Plan, the so-called Greece 2.0, for the European Commission’s assessment, as part of the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility, the heart of NextGenerationEU. Greece’s plan was approved in June 2021 and consists of €17.8bn in grants and €12.7bn in loans, a total financing of €30.5bn towards a green transition, digitalisation and improvement of the business environment. Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: Recovery and Resilience Plan and labour market reform; Greece’s pathway to sustainable growth and investment attraction”

Sponsored briefing: Alternative dispute resolution in Cyprus

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Sponsored briefing: Alternative dispute resolution in Cyprus

Stavros Pavlou and Athina Patsalidou on how Cyprus has embraced alternative dispute resolution, becoming an increasingly attractive venue for arbitration proceedings

As Cyprus has emerged as an international business centre it requires an efficient and effective dispute resolution mechanism that will allow stakeholders to move on from disputes and concentrate on their core business. Given the long delays experienced within the traditional court system, arbitration as an alternative dispute resolution method, provides such an efficient system for dispute resolution and promotes economic activity in Cyprus. The main areas in which arbitration is used in Cyprus are commercial disputes, shareholder disputes, construction disputes and banking disputes between debtors and financial institutions. Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: Alternative dispute resolution in Cyprus”

Sponsored briefing: Interview: Mr Nikolay Cvetanov – managing partner, Penkov, Markov & Partners

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Sponsored briefing: Interview: Mr Nikolay Cvetanov – managing partner, Penkov, Markov & Partners

Can you give our Legal Business readers an overview of Penkov, Markov & Partners?

Penkov, Markov & Partners ( PM&P) was one of the first law offices established in Bulgaria immediately after the democratic changes in the country in 1990. During all these years we have been pioneers in various legal spheres. Currently, our law firm provides to its clients a full scope legal assistance in practically all areas of civil and administrative law, eg corporate and commercial law, real estate, banking and financial regulations, energy, competition, personal data protection, pharmaceuticals, litigation, etc. Our clients include a variety of domestic and international companies of varying sizes. Our team of experts is engaged on a daily basis with the provision of legal assistance to some of the primary Bulgarian businesses operating in various spheres of economy. PM&P is part of some of the leading international law organisations, including Lex Mundi, LexAdria, etc, as our office, as well as individual experts, are also regularly ranked in the most prestigious European lawyer’s ranking editions (The Legal 500, Chambers and Partners, etc). As a matter of principle, our professionals strive to help our clients and partners to find the best practical solution to any legal challenges lying ahead from a business perspective, as well as to understand and realise their projects in the best way possible. Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: Interview: Mr Nikolay Cvetanov – managing partner, Penkov, Markov & Partners”

Sponsored briefing: Family offices: current challenges and trends

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Sponsored briefing: Family offices: current challenges and trends

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has affected not only public health and the well-being of humanity, but also a number of economies, businesses and industries worldwide. Family offices have not remained unaffected; not only by coronavirus but also by the ever-shifting global economic environment. New trends that have arisen during the Covid era, including remote working and the demand for greater connectivity, as well as novel strategic and operational risks, are forcing family offices to rethink the way they have been traditionally doing business.

New trends and challenges

The majority of family offices were until recently relying on a more traditional model for their operation; having a few loyal employees and depending on the decision-making power of the head of the family. Currently, however, family offices are faced with a number of new matters that need to be addressed. Namely, have priorities shifted? Is the existing structure and location of the family office fit for purpose? Can the IT infrastructure in place support the electronic requirements of this new era? What about the younger generation – is it willing to step up and adapt to the new conditions? Continue reading “Sponsored briefing: Family offices: current challenges and trends”