作者：金杜律师事务所银行部
2014年2月13日，国家外汇管理局（简称“外管局”）网站公布了《跨境担保外汇管理规定（征求意见稿）》(简称“《新规》”)，向社会公开征求意见。《新规》一旦实施，将进一步放松中国的外汇资本管制。
对比《境内机构对外担保管理办法实施细则》、《国家外汇管理局关于境内机构对外担保管理问题的通知》(简称“39号文”)等现行法规 (简称“现行规定”)，主要变化为：
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互联网金融与法律服务
2013年年底盘点，其中最热的话题之一无疑是互联网金融。市场甚至出现“互联网金融元年”的说法。从众筹模式的”P2P”到第三季度的众多众筹平台的老板跑路，再到11月底央行为P2P业务开展给出了三点风险提示；从阿里的小贷资产证券化深交所挂牌，到余额宝发行5个月突破1000亿规模大关；三马“众安”、民生银行股东互联网金融、苏宁民营银行、百度百发叫停、微信支付和来往双十一口水战，等等，屌丝高富帅不由得不关注，不由得不作为谈资和微信微博疯狂转发。互联网金融还是金融互联网，讨论得让人头晕恶心。本文想借此概要介绍法律服务如何为互联网金融这一新生事物保驾护航，如何增强互联网金融产品和服务的核心竞争力。
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从立法角度探讨人民币国际化
中国经历着飞速的经济发展，已经成为世界第二大经济体与最大的贸易国。同时，中央政府决意改革本国货币市场，出台了一系列法律法规为外汇管制松绑，而在过去很长的一段时间里，大陆地区的货币市场几乎不向外国投资者开放。实施这些法律法规旨在推动人民币国际化，扩大人民币在往来与资本账户的使用范围，从而建立与经济发展状况相匹配的人民币国际地位。本文将主要从以下几个方面进行探讨：
跨境贸易人民币结算试点
2009年7月，中央政府启动了跨境贸易以人民币结算的试点项目，在试点区，允许部分企业通过获批的境内清算行用人民币结算。
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The PRC Legislative Landscape for RMB Internationalisation
By Jack Wang, Chen Yun King & Wood Mallesons’ Banking Regulation & Compliance Group
In the midst of its rapid economic development, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the second largest economy and the largest trading nation in the world, has finally determined to change its domestic currency market, which used to be pretty much closed to foreign investors over a long period of time and accordingly, promulgated a series of laws and regulations to ease the previously tight foreign exchange (FX) control in the mainland. These laws and regulations were put in place to propel the internationalisation of Chinese Renminbi (RMB) by expanding the use of RMB under both current and capital accounts for the purpose of ultimately achieving an international status for the RMB matching the economic status of the PRC in the global economy. This chapter endeavours to outline a legislative landscape of RMB internationalisation from the following main aspects:
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中国将与美国协商达成实施FATCA的政府间协议
作者：金杜律师事务所法律合规组
美国于2010年3月颁布《海外账户税收合规法案》（简称“FATCA”），旨在加强对美国居民之海外投资（如海外金融资产和离岸账户）的税收征管。随后，美国国税局（简称“IRS”）出台了相应的FATCA《最终规则》和一系列的执行时间安排。
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China is to Negotiate an Intergovernmental Agreement with the US to Implement FATCA
By King & Wood Mallesons’ Compliance Group
The US promulgated the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA“) in March 2010, in order to strengthen the taxation over offshore investment (such as offshore financial assets and offshore accounts) by US persons. Following that, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS“) of the US published the corresponding Final Regulation and a series of implement timing arrangements.
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外管局新规简化外债登记管理
作者：金杜律师事务所银行部
2013年4月28日，国家外汇管理局颁布了《外债登记管理办法》以及作为其附件的《外债登记管理操作指引》(“外债管理新规”)，将债务人分为财政部门、银行和非银行债务人三类主体进行管理，取消了部分外债审批核准要求，明确了之前外债登记管理实务操作中一些不清晰的地方，并将之前针对各类债务人的相关外债登记规定进行了归纳和总结。外债管理新规将于2013年5月13日生效。
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SAFE’s New Rules Simplify Registration of Foreign Debt
By King & Wood Mallesons’ Banking & Finance Group
On 28 April 2013, SAFE promulgated the Administrative Measures for the Registration of Foreign Debt and an appendix thereto, the Operational Guidelines for the Registration of Foreign Debt (“New Rules on Foreign Debt”). Under the New Rules on Foreign Debt, borrowers are administered as three different groups: government finance agencies, banks, and non-bank borrowers. The New Rules on Foreign Debt have abolished some of the foreign debt approval requirements, clarified previous uncertainties in the practice of foreign debt registration and administration, and consolidated previous regulations on foreign debt registration and administration. The New Rules on Foreign Debt will come into effect on 13 March 2013.
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信托实务专题之(五)：公证债权文书的“牢笼”—— 结合安信信托与昆山纯高案浅析公证债权文书的可诉性
近期，安信信托投资股份有限公司（下称“安信信托”）与昆山纯高投资开发有限公司（下称“昆山纯高”）金融借款合同纠纷案（下称“本案”）引起了业内的广泛关注。在本案中，双方当事人就信托合同的效力、收益权的性质等问题进行了深入的探讨，相信本案的审理结果势必会为各信托公司在未来设立信托计划时提供警示和参考。
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The blanket approach – Green light given to “catch-all” insurance notifications
By Denis Brock Stuart Valentine KingandWoodMallesons’ Hong Kong Office
The English High court’s decision in McManus & Ors v European Risk Insurance Co[i] indicates that the blanket notification of claims (or of circumstances which might give rise to a claim) is likely to be sufficient to trigger an insurance policy. It also highlights the need for an insured to promptly notify claims or circumstances when they first discover them.
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