In-House Legal: In the driving seat or passenger seat of change?

Plus updates on public private partnerships, radio and TV services, lending in foreign currencies, insurance and IP.

This is the first of the monthly projects and construction briefings which Clyde & Co aims to publish on the legal and regulatory framework,…

Nick Seddon, Partner at Beaton Capital, advises on strategies for growth and market entry. Here, he shines a light on the ways in which the legal market is changing. He advises that it’s a buyer’s market as firms either have to ‘go niche’ and specialise or cut costs to stay competitive. He also looks at how BigLaw has given way to NewLaw….

Middle East & Africa public-private partnership (PPP) guide – Neil Cuthbert and Atif Choudhary of Dentons analyse the emergence of PPP’s in the Middle East and how selected emerging markets in Africa have recently looked to introduce a PPP legal framework.
Investing inIndonesia’s waste-to energy (WTE) sector – Building a WTE power plant requires a huge amount of investment, but, with limited government funding available, other financing sources are badly needed. Veronica Situmorang, Donke Kafi and David Harrison of DK & Situmorang Lawyers explain the options.