The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee) recently proposed expanding the scope of its jurisdiction to review real estate transactions to add over 200,000 square miles of land associated with national security-related facilities. CFIUS’s proposal would add significantly to the Committee’s broad reach over […]

London – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP recently assisted Flywheel Partners on its investment in Freshcut Foods, the UK’s leading producer of high-added value plant-based ingredients. London partners Daniel Greenaway and James Cross led the team that advised Flywheel on the transaction, assisted by associates Andrew Poole, Laura Price, […]

In a follow-up to an earlier Bloomberg story on India’s rice ban, the Bloomberg newsletter discusses “how extreme weather and food protectionism are combining to make rice — vital to the diets of billions in Asia and Africa — much more expensive.  

Country: Niger Source: Norwegian Refugee Council Suspensions of development aid are expected to have a dramatic impact on living conditions for a population already under heavy strain. About 1.4 million people are exposed to additional risks.

UN secretary general António Guterres issued a sober warning last week when he said, the era of global warming has ended and “the era of global boiling has arrived”. Global boiling is in reference to scientists confirming that the past three weeks have been the hottest since records began. Guterres […]

On 2 August 2023, the Register of Overseas Entities (ROE) update process went live. UK Companies House issued guidance on the requirements overseas entities will have to adhere to in their annual update of the ROE. Our previous client alert reported on the UK Government’s introduction of a public register detailing […]

Photo: Pexels/Edward Jenner Antibiotic resistance is an increasingly significant global health hazard as disease-causing pathogens are becoming more tolerant to the current range of antibiotics. The main causes of this include the overprescribing and misusing antibiotics, which allows microbes to evolve resistance to them. Now scientists are saying that there […]

Areas Where the Free, Prior & Informed Consent of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Have Not Been Obtained Country Global agnes Thu, 08/10/2023 – 12:44 Issues Languages and Cultures Program 5 Main Image   By Friends of the Earth   DOWNLOAD PAPER On International Indigenous Peoples Day, new briefing paper […]