On June 14, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that U.S. federal courts should only give “respectful consideration”–rather than conclusive deference—to a foreign government’s ...
On 24 April 2018, the Stock Exchange issued the Conclusions to the Consultation Paper on A Listing Regime for Companies from Emerging and Innovative Sectors, launching with effect from 30...
In December 2017, the market greeted with great interest the Consultation Conclusions to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s New Board Concept Paper containing a blueprint for opening up the...
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...