The Greater Bay Area (GBA) initiative is an ambitious scheme to link the nine cities in Guangdong’s Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong and Macau into an integrated economy and world class business hub.
On November 20, 2020, the CCI approved the acquisition of the (i) retail and wholesale undertaking (‘RWU’); and (ii) the logistics and warehousing undertaking (‘LWU’) of the Future Group (collectively, ‘Target Businesses’) carried out through various entities of the Future Group, by Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (‘RRVL’) and Reliance Retail and Fashion Lifestyle Limited (‘RRVL WOS’) (collectively, ‘Acquirers’) respectively.
As published in the Business Post, March 14th.
Corporate partners Eoin Brereton and Bernard McEvoy discuss their experience in advising clients though crises including the ongoing pandemic in yesterday’s Business Post report on corporate restructuring and rebuilding corporate performance.
As of Q1 2021, vaccines have started to reduce hospitalisations in numerous countries, but global variations in vaccine manufacturing, distribution, procurement and adoption ensure that 2021 will be a year of patchwork ‘new normals’ worldwide. New, more infectious and potentially more robust variants may render COVID-19 endemic, further fragmenting governments’ response. Despite the prominence of the pandemic, other issues (such as Brexit and data protection) have also been notable within searches.
Vehicle production is based on a supply chain system. During a pandemic, the risk increases that not all links in the chain will function properly. It is worth considering this risk in the context of restructuring and bankruptcy law.
In a well-organised system, parts arrive on the production line “just in time.” The just-in-time system requires excellent logistics and management of the organisation and close cooperation between its participants.
Hogan Lovells Publications | 06 May 2020
Five things retailers should consider in the COVID-19 era
It is fair to say that my initial reading of the Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017 (BIFA) a little over 12 months ago left me shocked in terms of the sheer scale and magnitude of the reforms and changes proposed to be imposed on the industry.
Samantha Gilbert speaks to compliance leaders from the healthcare, financial services, insurance, IT and commercial sectors on what to expect from the new “business as usual” and enforcement. Conduct reviews, increased regulatory scrutiny and long-term digitisation are some key issues for compliance teams to prepare for.
Hogan Lovells Publications | 29 May 2020
Implications of COVID-19 on the Australian Mining Industry
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