The U.S. government is sending a series of signals that it intends to focus on Chinese banks and corporate entities as potential points of additional pressure on North Korea. Close U.S. ...
On February 9, 2018, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”) published an alert to investors in cryptocurrency trading and initial coin offerings (“ICOs”), warning...
On January 12, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide whether and to what extent to defer to a foreign government’s interpretation of its laws in evaluating whether a foreign com...
On December 25, 2017, the Government of Shenzhen, China announced that the previous Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (“SCIA”) and Shenzhen Arbitration Commission will be co...
After six months of debate, the market welcomes the Consultation Conclusions to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s New Board Concept Paper, issued on 15 December under an upbeat press relea...
China’s leading arbitration institution for commercial disputes recently issued new rules that mark China’s first attempt to establish a domestic arbitral institution for internationa...
The debate over the proposed reforms on the structural framework for vetting and approving Hong Kong listings came to fruition last week, when the SFC and the Stock Exchange issued the co...
The Market Misconduct Tribunal (MMT) delivered its decision in CITIC Limited (formerly CITIC Pacific) case on April 10, 2017. The MMT found that none of the executive directors at the re...
After two years of preparation, the Hong Kong professional investors regime under the SFC Code of Conduct (“Code”) will be tightened up this month. We hope this briefing will help you...
2015 proved to be a year of continued focus on anti-corruption enforcement. We have distilled key aspects of the year’s enforcement trends and resolutions to offer you succinct summarie...
