Special reporting on high-profile situations
UK FDI lawyers are hopeful that the government’s ongoing review of the country’s foreign investment screening framework would lead to greater transparency and certainty over the outcome of the process, while warning against any major …
The European Commission’s (EC) merger simplification package that came into force on 1 September could create an additional burden for merging parties in less clear-cut cases, according to EU antitrust lawyers. “While on the surface, …
On 31 August, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) published the final version of the new merger guidelines, aimed to increase Japanese corporate activity. Equity Report spoke to sources involved in the process …
With the COP27 UN climate change summit ended in Egypt, Equity Report takes a look at the progress next year’s host, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has made in the ESG field so far. The …
UAE firms need ESG capacity building ahead of COP28 Read More »
Lula’s tight victory against outgoing far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in last month’s presidential elections has been hailed as a positive step towards ESG implementation. However, local lawyers told Equity Report that the highly polarised politic… …
Political divisions may slow down Brazil’s ESG compliance push, local lawyers say Read More »
Valeria is a seasoned business and financial journalist with fifteen years of industry experience.
Before launching Equity Report in October 2022, Valeria was European Editor for US-based financial news service CTFN, where she spent seven years reporting on event-driven situations, breaking news stories on complex financial and regulatory issues across several jurisdictions, from Europe and Africa to China, India, Brazil, and Australia.
Prior to that, she was Senior Reporter at TelecomFinance, Middle East correspondent, and later Southern Europe correspondent at Mergermarket (currently ION), and held a number of editorial positions with Dubai and London-based b2b publications.
She holds a BA (Hons) in Languages and Public Relations from Leeds Beckett University and an MA in International Journalism from University of Central Lancashire.
