DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Uganda
Kenya
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kinshasa
Tanzania
Law and Practice Contributed by: Salvatrice Bahindwa, Concorde Akonkwa and David Djunga LegalterLaw
Zambia
Angola
Contents 1. Legal System and Regulatory Framework p.196 1.1 Legal System p.196 1.2 Regulatory Framework for FDI p.196 2. Recent Developments and Market Trends p.197 2.1 Current Economic, Political and Business Climate p.197 3. Mergers and Acquisitions p.198 3.1 Transaction Structures p.198 3.2 Regulation of Domestic M&A Transactions p.198 4. Corporate Governance and Disclosure/Reporting p.199 4.1 Corporate Governance Framework p.199 4.2 Relationship Between Companies and Minority Investors p.200 4.3 Disclosure and Reporting Obligations p.200 5. Capital Markets p.200 5.1 Capital Markets Overview p.200 5.2 Securities Regulation p.201 5.3 Investment Funds p.201 6. Antitrust/Competition p.201 6.1 Applicable Regulator and Process Overview p.201 6.2 Criteria for Antitrust/Competition Review p.202 6.3 Remedies and Commitments p.203 6.4 Antitrust/Competition Enforcement p.203
7. Foreign Investment/National Security p.203 7.1 Applicable Regulator and Process Overview p.203 7.2 Criteria for National Security Review p.203 7.3 Remedies and Commitments p.204 7.4 National Security Review Enforcement p.204 8. Other Review/Approvals p.204 8.1 Other Regimes p.204 9. Tax p.205 9.1 Taxation of Business Activities p.205 9.2 Withholding Taxes on Dividends, Interest, Etc p.206 9.3 Tax Mitigation Strategies p.206 9.4 Tax on Sale or Other Dispositions of FDI p.207 9.5 Anti-Evasion Regimes p.207 10. Employment and Labour p.208 10.1 Employment and Labour Framework p.208
10.2 Employee Compensation p.209 10.3 Employment Protection p.209
11. Intellectual Property and Data Protection p.210 11.1 Intellectual Property Considerations for Approval of FDI p.210 11.2 Intellectual Property Protections p.210 11.3 Data Protection and Privacy Considerations p.210
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