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UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules 2010

15 August 2010|

On 25 June 2010, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law adopted the revised UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (the “Rules”). The original UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules were adopted in 1976 and have been used for the settlement of a broad range of disputes, including disputes between private commercial parties where no Read More

Italian investment bank

26 July 2010|

– advising an Italian financial intermediary (registered pursuant to Section 113 of the Italian Banking Law) on its proposed acquisition of the 10% stake of an investment bank wholly owned by an Italian Banking Group listed in the Milan Stock Exchange.

New ISVAP Regulation No 35 2010 on transparency and advertising of insurance products

10 June 2010|

On 26 May 2010 ISVAP, the Italian insurance regulator, following a two-stage consultation process which began a couple of years ago, published Regulation No 35 (the “Regulation”) on the disclosure duties of insurance undertakings (with particular reference to pre-contractual information to proposed insured) and the advertisement of insurance products. The Regulation shall Read More

New ISVAP Regulation No 35 2010 on transparency and advertising of insurance products

10 June 2010|

On 26 May 2010 ISVAP, the Italian insurance regulator, following a two-stage consultation process which began a couple of years ago, published Regulation No 35 (the “Regulation”) on the disclosure duties of insurance undertakings (with particular reference to pre-contractual information to proposed insured) and the advertisement of insurance products. The Regulation Read More

European Commission adopts revised competition rules for distribution of goods and services

1 June 2010|

The European Commission has adopted a Regulation (see Commission Regulation (EU) No 330/2010 of 20 April 2010 on the application of Article 101(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to categories of vertical agreements and concerted practices) block exempting agreements between manufacturers and distributors for the Read More