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Asset managers across geographies and asset classes are increasingly incorporating environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) considerations at all levels of the investment management business. Increased focus on ESG has been driven by investor demand and the introduction of new regulatory requirements in certain key jurisdictions. ESG considerations now have a more important role to play in the development and implementation of investment strategies, analysis of investment opportunities,......

Dechert partnered with Getting the Deal Through and Law Business Research on their annual Market Intelligence Private Equity Guide. The 2020 Guide invites leading practitioners to reflect on evolving legal and regulatory landscapes and global trends. Please see full Publication below for more information....By: Dechert LLP

Dechert partnered with Getting the Deal Through and Law Business Research on their annual Market Intelligence Private Equity Guide. The 2020 Guide invites leading practitioners to reflect on evolving legal and regulatory landscapes and global trends. Please see full Publication below for more information....By: Dechert LLP

Recent notable industry transactions. The Alan Turing Institute, the Royal Statistical Society and the UK Department of Health and Social Care's Joint Biosecurity Centre finalised a partnership agreement in relation to the provision of statistical modelling and machine learning expertise in support of the UK Government’s COVID-19 strategy....By: Dechert LLP

In a late night, 242-page decision, the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled that the buyer in a purchase and sale agreement was relieved of its obligation to close and could terminate the agreement as a result of the changes made to the business by the seller in response to the COVID-19 pandemic....By: Dechert LLP

The UK has announced a bill proposing a new system to screen transactions for national security risk, separate from the system of merger review operated by the Competition and Markets Authority. The National Security and Investment Bill has been in the pipeline since the publication of the National Security Risk Assessment in 2015, but has been delayed due to Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic....By: Dechert LLP

The Central Bank of Ireland (the “Central Bank”) has published two documents which are significant steps towards enhancing the private equity and private credit product offerings currently available in Ireland. These documents have been published in anticipation of the update to the Investment Limited Partnerships Act, which is currently making its way through the Irish parliamentary process....By: Dechert LLP

This briefing supplements our previous Dechert OnPoint briefings “Alert on New UAE FDI Law,” and “UAE FDI Law Positive List Confirmed” which discussed the introduction of the Foreign Direct Investment Law (Federal Decree-Law No. 19 of 2018) (the “FDI Law”) in the UAE in 2018 and the confirmation of the “Positive List” of economic activities in which up to 100 percent foreign investment would be permitted in 2020....By: Dechert LLP

Now that it appears Joseph R. Biden Jr. has won the presidency, it’s time to take a serious look at the Democratic Party platform and how a Biden administration will likely impact business....By: Dechert LLP

The Dechert Antitrust Merger Investigation Timing Tracker (DAMITT) is a quarterly release from Dechert LLP reporting on trends in significant merger control investigations in the United States (U.S.) and European Union (EU). In the U.S., “significant” merger investigations include Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act reportable transactions for which the result of the investigation by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) or the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) is a consent order, a....