On October 11, 2023, the SFC released a consultation paper proposing guidelines for market soundings (the “Proposed Guidelines”). The Proposed Guidelines apply to both sell-side and b...
The Biden administration has requested public comment on a proposed framework restricting outbound investment by U.S. persons in certain Chinese sectors.
In a recent determination, the Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal reviewed the handling of disciplinary proceedings by the Securities and Futures Commission and revisited procedural ...
The Hong Kong Court of Appeal has reversed a lower court decision holding the Hong Kong Police’s no consent regime in respect of anti-money laundering (AML) suspicious transaction repor...
The Hong Kong Court recently revisited the legal principles of costs orders against non-parties in Hydrotech Waterproofing Solutions Limited v Shun Yuen Construction Company [2023] HKCFI ...
On February 16, the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China announced its first ever use of the Unreliable Entity List, designating Lockheed Martin Corporation and Raythe...
On June 3, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14032, which effectively rescinds and replaces the sanctions put into place late in the Trump administration pursuant to E.O. 13959...
In its first public action with respect to the sanctions under the new Biden administration, OFAC issued an amended general license and two new responses to Frequently Asked Questions add...
On December 28, 2020 the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) released Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) relating to Executive Order 13959, “Addre...
On November 12, 2020 President Trump issued a new Executive Order, “Executive Order on Addressing the Threat from the Securities Investments that Finance Communist Chinese Military Comp...
