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Government Investigations in Singapore 2025
We have contributed the Singapore chapter of Getting the Deal Through, Government Investigations 2025.
Global | Publication | January 2019
Disruptive technology has the potential to transform the infrastructure, mining and commodities industries. Whilst some of these sectors have seen less M&A activity driven by disruptive technology, there is appetite amongst key players to invest in, acquire, and partner with businesses that can provide services which include the use of:
Norton Rose Fulbright advised De Beers, the world’s leading diamond company which is 85% owned by Anglo American, in respect of a ground-breaking blockchain platform, Tracr. Tracr is an end-to-end diamond industry blockchain traceability platform. It will provide a first-of-its-kind digital register for diamonds to ensure authenticity, traceability and accountability across the diamond value chain. The platform is intended to be an industry-wide, open source solution delivering value to all ecosystem participants, including producers, manufacturers, traders, retailers, brands, financiers and consumers. It was recently announced that Alrosa, the Russian diamond mining group, has joined the platform’s pilot programme, alongside other industry leaders from the diamond manufacturing and retail sectors.
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We have contributed the Singapore chapter of Getting the Deal Through, Government Investigations 2025.
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The private credit market and direct lending have grown and diversified immensely in the past decade, offering alternative sources and terms of debt compared to those historically provided by the syndicated leveraged loan and public issuance markets. Consequently, they are fast becoming pivotal components in the capital ecosystem, so much so that the Bank of England consider that the private credit market is currently responsible for approximately $1.8 trillion of debt issuance, which is four times its size in 2015. This growth has been particularly pronounced in Europe and the US but there has also been significant activity in Asia.
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The EU’s Artificial Intelligence Regulation, commonly referred to as the AI Act, is expected to come into force during the summer of 2024 (the AI Act). The AI Act will be the first comprehensive legal framework for the use and development of artificial intelligence (AI), and is intended to ensure that AI systems developed and used in the EU are safe, transparent, traceable, non-discriminatory and environmentally friendly.
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