4 May 2026
Less paperwork, more digital filings, and practical changes for businesses The new Commercial Register Act, effective from 17 August 2026, brings an important reform of company registration procedures in Slovakia. It replaces the current Commercial Register Act and aims to simplify incorporations, corporate changes and access to registered data. The reform is not a complete redesign…
23 April 2026
Created by the Dakar Treaty of 10 January 1994 and built upon the pre-existing West African Monetary Union, WAEMU was conceived not merely as a monetary arrangement, but as a broader project of economic and legal integration (WAEMU Treaty, Arts. 2 and 4). It brings together eight Member States — Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire,…
21 April 2026
Created by the Treaty signed in Port Louis on 17 October 1993 and revised in Quebec on 17 October 2008, OHADA was designed as a legal integration project intended to promote legal certainty and strengthen investor confidence across a significant part of Africa. Its seventeen Member States — Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African…
26 January 2026
Switzerland is strengthening its position as a hub for international business disputes. With the revision of the Swiss Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO), which came into effect on 1 January 2025, cantons now have the option to confer jurisdiction on their commercial courts for international commercial disputes. In Switzerland, international disputes have been mostly resolved…
