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Q&A with Pinheiro Neto Advogados Project Fina

Q&A with Ricardo Coelho and Júlio César Bueno of 2018 Brazilian “Law Firm of the Year” Pinheiro Neto Advogados’ Project Finance and Development Practice

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Can you tell me about the characteristics that make up your law firm and the project finance in development practice that led to being recognized as a “Law Firm of the Year”?

Establishing and Navigating the Moving Parts of an IPO

Gregory Sichenzia

The first step for a company looking to go public is to assess its viability by establishing whether or not it has the critical mass required to be a publically traded entity.

Public-Private Partnerships in Puerto Rico: A Handbook

DLA Piper

Historically, there has been vigorous debate among the residents of Puerto Rico for and against the privatization of public property and public services.

Debt-Finance: The Five Things our Private Equity Client are Thinking about Going into 2017

Simon Reid

So, what should business borrowers – private equity or otherwise - keep front of mind right now when it comes to financing debt?

Hot Topics in Bank Supervision

Alston & Bird

Q&A with Pablo Perezalonso Eguía of Ritch Mueller

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An interview with Pablo Perezalonso Eguía of 2018 Mexican "Law Firm of the Year" Ritch Mueller.

Q&A with Panayotis Bernitsas at Bernitsas Law

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A Q&A with Advisory Board member Panayotis Bernitsas at Bernitsas Law.

Related-Party Transactions in Chile

Roberto Guerrero V. and Tomás Kubick

A significant change in law and practice.

Outcomes Focus: Environmental Impact Bonds are All About Results

Jeremy King

Environmental Impact Bonds offer governments, investors and non-government participants the opportunity to focus on outcomes rather than activities.

If a true lender challenge is successful, the Fintech company may face significant civil and criminal penalties for failing to be licensed as a lender, and the loans may be usurious and void in some jurisdictions.

A Winning Team Formed from Unique Backgrounds

Briol & Benson

While Scott Benson and Mark Briol are different from one another, they’ve used their passions to help form a trial firm full of extraordinary attorneys.

What's Wrong with WhatsApp?

Matthew Critchley

A court in Brazil temporarily blocked access to WhatsApp on the basis that its owner had shown “total disrespect for Brazilian laws." What happens now?

Basel III and New Challenges for Lending to Commercial Developments

Verrill Dana

Lessons from Jury Service

Vincent D. Louwagie

Jury service is one of the most important civic duties a citizen is called upon to perform. Juries help protect our rights and liberties in a fundamental way; through the jury system members of the public decide civil and criminal disputes.

Social Media and Data Privacy Challenges Associated with Financial Technology (FinTech) Innovation

Michael Brown

FinTech companies use finance and technology in efficient ways that will disrupt traditional financial models used in financial services.

What Are Bank Directors so Worried About?

Bone McAllester Norton

Five action areas that should be on the board's agenda now.

New Criteria Determines Spanish Individuals’

New Criteria to Determine Spanish Individuals’ Tax Residence

Mariano Roca López

Despite its apparent triviality, individuals’ tax residence can in practice have significant consequences for their pockets.

Copyright in Cyberspace: Read the Fine Print

Alastair Donaldson

Copyright is an exclusive right to do things like copying, reproduction, performance or communication of subject matter that qualifies for copyright protection.

FinTech at the Crossroads

Rob Scavone, Pat Forgione, Tayleigh Armstrong, and Kelly Kan

Regulating the Revolution

Q&A with Florian Schneider, Managing Partner of Dentons Russia

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A question and answer session with Florian Schneider, the managing partner of "Law Firm of the Year," Dentons Russia.

Q&A with Emmanuel Daoud of Cabinet D'Avocats Vigo

Meredith Hinshaw-Chaney

"Very often, people deem criminal law is tougher than criminal business law. I don’t agree; I believe that practicing criminal business law implies facing specific difficulties, in particular, the high technicity of cases."

A Trial Is all about the Appeal

Campbell D. Barrett and Judge Lynda B. Munro

Every trial has the potential for an appeal. The likelihood of an appeal is enhanced when the judge has picked a clear winner and loser after a family bench trial.