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March 18, 2024
In an interview with Hydrogen Economist, Of Counsel Etienne Gelencsér discussed Japanese firms’ interest in Southeast Asia’s hydrogen potential.
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March 18, 2024
On March 15, 2024, following weeks of political wrangling, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D) was endorsed by the EU Council. The make-or-break vote was the last opportunity for the CS3D to be adopted in its current form before the June 2024 European parliamentary elections.
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March 18, 2024
Asia Regional Managing Partner and Head of Greater China Lorna Chen, Partner Anil Motwani, Associates Frank Fu and Evelyn Lin authored the article “ESG Regulatory Trend: Visions of a Unitary Regime” for the tenth issue of the HKVCA Journal. The article discusses the latest themes in the ESG regulatory space and their implications for market players seeking to develop their institutional ESG culture and make decisions on long-term compliance plans.
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March 15, 2024
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March 06, 2024
Partner Edward Taylor (Hong Kong-International Arbitration) contributed to BRG’s M&A Disputes Report 2024, which explores the outlook for dealmakers and deal-related disputes in 2024. Now in its fifth year of research, the Report draws on extensive qualitative interviews with leading dispute and corporate lawyers globally.
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March 06, 2024
On February 28, 2024, President Biden issued an Executive Order (EO) entitled, “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern,” outlining a new regulatory regime for transactions involving the large-scale transfer of Americans’ personal data. The EO aims to establish generally applicable rules for engaging in specific categories of data transactions involving personal data of U.S. citizens and certain U.S. Government-related data.
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March 01, 2024
Shearman & Sterling finance attorneys have authored the USA Law & Practice chapter in the Chambers Global Practice Guide on Securitisation 2024.
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February 29, 2024
近日,著名法律评级机构钱伯斯 (Chambers and Partners) 出版了系列法律实务丛书《钱伯斯全球法律实务指南》的2024版。本所亚洲区主管合伙人兼大中华区主管合伙人陈新 (Lorna Chen) 与合伙人李晟灏 (Anil Motwani) 、律师张骥 (Ji Zhang) 和高楠楠(Nannan Gao)受邀撰写了其中的 “中国香港投资基金法律与实务” 章节。该章节向读者提供了有关香港投资基金领域各方面法律问题的专家评述,其中包括行业监管框架、主要运营要求、基金营销方式以及税务考量因素等。
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February 28, 2024
Of the many aims of the EU’s latest revisions to the European Market Infrastructure Regulation[1] (EMIR), the most controversial and intensely debated is mandating clearing at EU CCPs. Since Brexit, the EU has been concerned about the continued use by EU counterparties of U.K. and U.S. CCPs, even though the financial markets are global and nobody “owns” their location or success. The European Commission (the “Commission”) has put forward a political thesis based on the alleged risks of reliance on foreign regulators and a wish for capacity building of clearing in the EU.
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February 26, 2024
On February 23, 2024, the United States imposed its largest number of new sanctions and export control designations against Russia to date—targeting over 600 individuals and entities across a wide swath of the Russian economy and third-country persons, with a particular focus on Russia’s financial, energy and military-industrial sectors. The U.S. also announced new charges, arrests and forfeiture proceedings against alleged sanctions-evaders and published a multi-agency advisory warning companies of the legal, financial and reputational risks of continued business with Russia.