Thomas Kendra

Nov 15, 2024 | hoganlovells.com | Kate Gardner |Thomas Kendra

As has been written about at length, over the past decade there has been a gradual rise in legislation, regulation and policy surrounding businesses’ responsibility for environmental, social and governance issues, which fall under the umbrella term of ESG (“ESG”).

Feb 19, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Thomas Kendra

Au cours de ces dernières années, plusieurs États africains ont mis en œuvre des réformes d’ampleur de leurs régulations minières, aboutissant notamment à l'imposition d'exigences réglementaires accrues sur les acteurs de ce secteur et entraînant parfois des changements drastiques dans les conditions d’octroi et de maintien de licences d’exploitation minières.

Sep 19, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Emerson Holmes |Thomas Kendra

The recent ruling in R v G (anonymised) by the English Commercial Court marks a decisive move towards finding common ground between the English and French courts, rather than in the words of the presiding judge Mr Justice Robin Knowles (Knowles J): "difference or tension or other difficulty or clash".

Sep 18, 2023 | lexology.com | Thomas Kendra |Emerson Holmes |Emma Ball

In two recent decisions related to anti-suit injunctions in the presence of an arbitration clause, the English courts grapple with the differences between the French and English legal systems. The recent ruling in R v G (anonymised) by the English Commercial Court marks a decisive move towards finding common ground between the English and French courts, rather than in the words of the presiding judge Mr Justice Robin Knowles (Knowles J): "difference or tension or other difficulty or clash".

Jun 21, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Thomas Kendra

[co-authors: Lédéa Sawadogo-Lewis and Georgia Crawford]Following the entry into force of the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (“AfCFTA”) in May 2019, intra-African cooperation recently took a further step forward with the adoption of its Investment Protocol (the “Protocol”).