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Shoosmiths LLP | October 2024

From 26 October 2024, employers will be required to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. Employers must ensure they understand the parameters of this new duty and have implemented the measures needed to comply with it. What the Act says The Act requires employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their workers in the course of their employment ...

Afridi & Angell | October 2024

The UAE Federal Government has issued Cabinet Decision 98 of 2024 (2024 Cabinet Decision) and has, as a result, substantially revised the application of the UAE economic substance reporting requirements. The present economic substance requirements were first introduced through Cabinet Decision 57 of 2020 (the2020 Cabinet Decision) ...

Carey Olsen | October 2024

Carey Olsen announces two senior promotions within BVI litigation practice Catherine advises on shareholder disputes, fraud and asset tracing, and trust litigation and insolvency proceedings. She has conducted litigation before the BVI Commercial Court, ECSC Court of Appeal and the Privy Council. Catherine joined Carey Olsen in 2021, having previously worked for another offshore law firm in the BVI and a leading corporate law firm in Dublin ...

Carey Olsen | October 2024

Carey Olsen Jersey advises RoundShield on its largest fund in history, RS Fund V Carey Olsen worked alongside lead counsel Sidley Austin LLP in advising RoundShield, a London-based private investment firm with deep expertise in asset-backed private credit. In a testament to RoundShield's solid track record and experience, a significant majority (over 80%) of the investors in Fund V are existing clients of RoundShield and its latest fund also attracted ten new investors ...

Buchalter | October 2024

October 21, 2024 By: Kayla Radnia and Jeffrey H. Kapor On September 22, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 707 into law, known as the Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024 (“the Act”) ...

Shoosmiths LLP | October 2024

On 8 October 2024, the U.K. Investment Association (IA) published its Principles of Remuneration (the Principles) for the 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) season, setting out the IA’s expectations on executive remuneration structures. The Principles are predominantly for companies with a main market listing but are also relevant to companies listed on other markets, such as AIM, or private companies (Companies). The Principles build on the remuneration expectations set out in the U.K ...

Shoosmiths LLP | October 2024

If you find yourself at risk of personal liability as a director in respect of a company's affairs then it is vital that you seek urgent legal advice to mitigate your loss. As a general rule, any claims for wrongdoings committed by the company should be brought against the company as it is recognised as a distinct legal entity and is therefore separate from its shareholders and directors. However, this protection is not absolute ...

Simonsen Vogt Wiig AS | October 2024

1. Introduction The Act imposes an obligation on companies and other legal entities to obtain information about the company’s beneficial owners. The purpose of the Act is to improve access to information about ownership and control in Norwegian companies, and to be a tool in the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing and other financial crime. The parties subject to the Act are referred to in the Act as «obliged entities» ...

Afridi & Angell | October 2024

Federal Decree-Law No. 51/2023 Promulgating the Financial Reorganisation and Bankruptcy Law (the Bankruptcy Law) introduced a new bankruptcy regime in the UAE, but left a number of key issues to be addressed under later implementing regulations. These regulations have now been issued under Cabinet Decision No. 94/2024 On the Implementing Regulation of the Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy Law (the Implementing Regulations) ...

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