Geopolitical risks and inflationary pressures may have overtaken ESG as the top concerns for the mining & metals sector, but there is little expectation that ESG factors will diminish for investors and firms in 2023.

What importers need to know to comply with the US' growing arsenal of customs laws in the fight against forced labor

For African economies living on the edge, can the Middle East provide the much-needed boost to the under-serviced Muslim population in Africa?

Prudent African investors—and investors within Africa—can ensure that their foreign investments are protected from wrongful conduct that the state and its organs can inflict.

The possibility of climate markets has finally materialized into the draft stage at COP27, but many crucial decisions that would allow for carbon trading to begin in earnest were deferred to COP28.

Understanding the recent ban of certain chips to China and the new semiconductor-related export controls

While most FDI regimes encourage foreign investment, the growing number and greater sophistication of regimes can add to transaction uncertainty

As lawmakers look to reform aspects of wholesale markets regulation, the UK may be poised to drift closer to the US.

With a new operational resilience framework in force in the UK and similar reforms proposed in the EU and the US, we examine how the regimes compare and their practical impact on financial services firms.

The Act's supporters say it would shift voting power from large investment advisers to individual investors, but the reality could be far more complex 

From the Washington Consensus of the 1990s to the Biden administration’s recently proposed Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity, policymakers seem to have lost some of their ambition.