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Rodrigo Resende Scarton

This Quick Overview addresses the legal adversities and the impacts faced by the supermarket industry under Brazilian legislation that should be carefully analyzed not only by foreign investors, but also by domestic investors on a daily basis.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: Brazil
Audience: New to In-House, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
Douglas Cohen, Gerald S. Sachs and Caroline Tsai

What every financial services industry in house counsel needs to know about effective handling of regulatory matters and regulatory expectations. Provide an overview of trends in consumer finance regulation, including the CFPB, and other major federal and state banking regulators. Discuss recent rules, enforcement actions, and regulatory priorities of consumer finance regulators and their applicability to the financial services industry. Compare the consumer finance regulatory regime with other financial industry regulation.

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Interest Area: Financial Services, Government
Source: Meetings
Region: United States
Warren de Wied, Kristyn Hyland, Susan Permut, Sarah Teslik

Activist investor campaigns have reached record numbers in recent years and have become increasingly organized and costly to the targeted companies. Through case study analysis of several recent campaigns, this program will go in-depth on best practices for companies to follow before and when an activist comes knocking, including: What went right in recent campaigns? What went wrong? What were the end results and what could have been done differently? What has changed from an investor relations perspective since the activist campaign? What are some investor relations takeaways from what the companies did/didn’t do? What are some general best practices and strategies in these situations that can be implemented proactively, during a campaign and post-mortem?What defenses does a company have against a campaign and/or a proxy fight? How do these case studies demonstrate any larger trends in activist campaigning? What types of attributes/actions might draw activists’ attention, based on these recent campaigns?

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Source: Meetings
Region: United States
Héloïse Devoret, Virginie Guerineau, Marion Lagrange, and Clara Marco, University of Montpellier, Centre du Droit de l'Entreprise, Program of Master 2 "Droit du Commerce International"

This Quick Overview will, first, present the European Union (EU) regulatory framework for e-invoicing, second, identify the different e-invoices recognized by EU countries and, third, study some legal issues related to cross-border e-invoices.

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Interest Area: Financial Services
Source: Resource Library
Region: European Union
Amjad Ali Khan, Stuart Walker and Abdus Samad

The UAE is considered to be one of the most politically stable and secure countries in the region and consequently is regarded as a safe haven for investment in the region and a destination for tourists. This Quick Overview addresses how to protect that investment.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: United Arab Emirates

A list of ACC legal resources related to each session presented at the Mini MBA Business Education course at Boston University.

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Edward Lam, Jonathan B. Stone, Skadden
3 pages

This article discusses the acquisitions of controlling interest in Hong Kong listed companies through a primary issuance.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: Hong Kong

This is a sample guarantee agreement between Company and banking institution.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: United States

This is a sample guarantee agreement between a guarantor and a guarantee trustee.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
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