By Georgia Mullins. King & Wood Mallesons’ Melbourne office.
In a decision highlighting employer’s obligations to employees with a mental illness, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found an employer failed to provide due process to an incapacitated employee after misconstruing his extended absence from work on certified sick leave as a refusal to work.
Continue Reading Incapacity to work is not a refusal to work
作者： Patrick Gunning，Kate Jackson-Maynes，Nick Valentine，Charles Davies
支付方式趋于电子化在现代经济中,现金和支票的使用正在减少，电子钱包对传统的支付卡构成了挑战。
为实现“多对多”的支付方式，需要建立供支付服务供应商使用的网络基础设施。服务供应商之间的竞争将使支付系统用户拥有更大的选择余地。
Continue Reading 数字支付：不得不知的10个要点
By Scott Farrell, Urszula McCormack, Stanley Zhou King & Wood Mallesons
A token is an intangible asset stored on a blockchain which entitles a token holder to a bundle of rights (and possibly liabilities) set out in smart contracts and other relevant documentation (such as an offering document or a whitepaper).
ICOs are inspired by IPOs. Like an IPO, tokens which have not been available to the public previously are generally offered to raise a set amount of funds, within a defined period of time. Once purchased, the token may be able to be traded on exchanges accessible by the public.
Continue Reading 10 things you need to know about Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs)
作者：Scott Farrell 邬素岚 周昕 金杜律师事务所
代币是储存在区块链上的无形资产。代币持有人享有智能合同和其他相关文件（如，发售文件或白皮书）中规定的一系列权利（也包括责任）。
ICO是受到了IPO的启发。和IPO一样，在指定期限内将以往不公开发售的代币向公众发售，以募集一定金额的资金。购买后，代币可在面向公众的交易所买卖。
Continue Reading 有关首次代币发售的10个要点
By Malcolm Brennan, Stephen Brightman King & Wood Mallesons’ Canberra office.
An array of changes to Australia’s foreign investment framework took effect from 1 July 2017 under the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Amendment (Exemptions and Other Measures) Regulations 2017 (Cth). The amendments will be of particular interest to private equity sponsors, and industry players in the renewables, aged care, student accommodation and other commercial real estate sectors. They will impact the types of acquisitions requiring FIRB approval, as well as introducing new types of exemption certificates. 作者：熊进 Malcolm Brennan Stephen Brightman 金杜律师事务所
随着澳大利亚《外国收购法》修正案（豁免及其他措施）（“Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Amendment (Exemptions and Other Measures) Regulations 2017 (Cth)”）的出台及生效，澳大利亚外国投资机制已于2017年7月1日起发生一系列变化。这些变化将会引起私募资本，可再生能源行业、养老行业、学生公寓以及其他商业不动产行业的产业投资者的特别关注。尤其是，（这些变化）将对那些需要事先获得FIRB审批的收购交易类型产生影响，并引入了新的豁免证书类型。 DAOs are business vehicles…
DAOs是一种商业载体
By Scott Farrell Urszula McCormack and Stanley Zhou King & Wood Mallesons
A token is an intangible asset stored on a blockchain which entitles a token holder to a bundle of rights (and possibly liabilities) set out in smart contracts and other relevant documentation (such as an offering document or a whitepaper).
Continue Reading 10 things you need to know about Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs)
By Richard Mazzochi, Minny Siu, Jack Wang, Molly Su, Jia Zhihang, Jessie Ng and Xi Suodi. King & Wood Mallesons
After MSCI’s recent announcement on the inclusion of China A-Shares in its Emerging Markets Index and other major global indexes, the inaugurated launch of the long-awaited Bond Connect scheme today marks another significant breakthrough in China’s capital market development, coinciding with the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the formal establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Continue Reading From Stock Connect to Bond Connect – The first northbound trade under Bond Connect launches today
