Finance Law and Banking Law

Lenders on certain aircraft and aircraft equipment now have the protection of a specialist international registry after legislation was passed last year to bring the Cape Town Convention and Protocol into effect in New Zealand. The convention, which also provides for remedies if a debtor defaults, is intended to reduce the risk to financiers and therefore to reduce the cost of aircraft funding.

Tighter credit conditions in recent times have prompted shipping companies, which have traditionally relied on bank debt to finance their operations and the acquisition of vessels, to seek other forms of financing. One alternative source of finance that has been found suitable and, importantly, available, has been the international debt capital markets.

On 26 October, a couple of Chinese airlines, including Air China, China Eastern Airlines, Shandong Airlines, Xiamen Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Capital Airlines and Shenzhen Airlines announced, separately, that they were going to raise passenger fuel surcharges for domestic flights

Investoren erwarten die Verabschiedung des PDP8-Umsetzungsplans und neue politische Maßnahmen zum Aufbau nachhaltiger Infrastrukturen und neuer Lieferketten im Hinblick auf Vietnams Netto-Null-Emissionsziel bis 2050.

Typically, a private limited company will be established for the sole purpose of carrying out a specific project, and the ownership structure...

Typical ownership structures for project companies in Vietnam vary based on the industry sector. Particularly, these structures are decided by taking into account the market access barriers...

A frame and legal system among humans, standing particularly as one of the most sophisticated and long-lasting legal frameworks alongside Shari'at law and Muslim common law, is presently assumed to shape lives of more than 1.8 billion Muslims around the world.

The reform of prisons and rehabilitation has been treated from modern perspectives in Islamic law.

In 2024, Kazakhstan's financial regulator and the president of Kazakhstan emphasised repeatedly the necessity of updating the nation's banking laws to align with global economic trends.

Recent decision provides clarity on key legal principles relevant to the financial services licensing regime in Australia.

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The introduction of Section 194T by the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2024 in the Income-tax Act, 1961 (‘Act'), represents a pivotal shift in the tax regime governing payments...