Jun 27, 2024 ESG around the world: The evolving regulatory landscape for financial services firms By Douglas Bryden Janina Heinz Alison Hashmall Matthew O'Callaghan Elisabeth Overland Emily Smith Christopher Bernard Cameron MacDonald +5 more... Show less Financial services regulators around the world recognise the threat of sustainability change to financial stability and the role of...
Apr 08, 2024 Off to new horizons – the CIETAC Arbitration Rules 2024 By Xin Liu Pauline Peng Yiqiu Wang Leane Meyer +1 more... Show less With effect from 1 January 2024, the China International Economic Trade and Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) has adopted a revised set of...
Dec 11, 2023 New regulatory regime for sophisticated professional investors in Hong Kong By Matthew O'Callaghan Kenneth Hui On 28 July 2023, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Securities and Futures Commission issued a joint circular detailing a...
Oct 09, 2023 How Singapore’s international arbitration laws will compare with the position post-reform of the English Arbitration Act By Nicholas Lingard Samantha Tan Victoria Seow Singapore’s international arbitration law historically was aligned to its English equivalent. In 1994, Singapore’s International...
Aug 24, 2023 Demystifying China’s regulation of ‘human genetic resources’ By Richard Bird Ma Ya Introduction The Chinese government has regulated activities involving the use of human genetic resources (HGRs) since 1998. New...
Mar 20, 2023 Antitrust enforcers’ attention on labor markets spreading across the globe: a new legal battlefield? By Ermelinda Spinelli Jan Rybnicek Sarah Jensen Kaori Yamada Ninette Dodoo Cecilia Carli +3 more... Show less Antitrust enforcement in labor markets has gained momentum in recent months as agencies in the US, Europe and Asia signal tougher...
Nov 03, 2022 German approval of Chinese stake in Hamburg container terminal – a veto in disguise? By Frank Röhling Lara Steinbach Uwe Salaschek On 26 October, the German government partially prohibited the acquisition of a 35% interest in one of Hamburg port’s container terminals...
Oct 27, 2022 Enforcing emergency arbitral awards: Time to visit Singapore? By Nicholas Lingard Shannon O’Neill Stefan Pislevik The Singapore High Court recently confirmed that foreign emergency arbitral awards are enforceable under the Singapore International...
Oct 14, 2022 Hong Kong Competition Commission’s revised Cartel Leniency Policy for Individuals: encouraging individuals to come forward By Ziqi Zhou Ninette Dodoo Laurent Bougard Tim Mak +1 more... Show less The Hong Kong Competition Commission (HKCC) recently published a revised Leniency Policy for Individuals Involved in Cartel Conduct (the...
Oct 06, 2022 LNG market disruption: options for suppliers and purchasers By Tobias McKinnon Karen Kong Joaquin Terceño Liquified natural gas, or “LNG”, is a hot topic that has gained prominence as a source of energy in the last decade. LNG has become a...
Oct 03, 2022 India’s trade foray into the Middle East By Lorand Bartels Vasuda Sinha Abhilasha Vij After only 88 days of negotiations, India and the United Arab Emirates (the UAE) signed the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement...
Aug 11, 2022 A gamechanger for antitrust compliance in China – SAMR’s draft implementing rules for anti-competitive agreements, abusive conduct and IP rights By Hazel Yin Ninette Dodoo Wenting Ge Tracy Lu Kailun Ji +2 more... Show less The second of our two-part blog on the draft implementing rules (see part one on merger control here), published by the State...