无论是针对上市公司还是非上市公司,当收购交易势在必行、势在必得,迎面遭遇的却是标的股权/股份被全部或部分司法保全(以下称“被保全标的”),对于收购方而言确实是一件头疼的事:资金安全怎么保障?收购成本是不是会增加?交易安排是否不得不进行重大调整?收购标的会不会旁落于第三方?能否顺利完成标的过户?能否赶上预期的交易完成期限?过户后是否会有遗留问题?收购交易的过程会不会有合法性问题或者其他额外的潜在风险?…
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BIS seeks public comments on how to define foundational technologies for purposes of export controls
Written by : Tom Shoesmith, Michael Amberg, Anna An

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) within the US Department of Commerce has announced in an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that it is seeking public comments on how it should define and identify “foundational technologies” as it examines whether to impose stricter export controls on items that receive that label in order to protect US national security interests.
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美国《信息指引》更新
《反海外腐败法》是美国于1977年颁布的一项联邦法律,以反贿赂条款为主要内容,同时涉及相关会计实务。其中包含的反贿赂条款适用于所有美国人和某些外国证券发行人,并且大范围禁止为诱使外国官员协助任何人获得、保留或为其介绍业务,而向外国官员进行任何腐败性支付或作出支付承诺。1998年,美国修订了《反海外腐败法》的某些反贿赂规定,将其适用范围扩大到直接或通过代理人间接造成在美国境内发生腐败性支付行为的外国企业和个人。…
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FCPA Resource Guide Update
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) is a U.S. federal law enacted in 1977 that focuses on anti-bribery provisions and also addresses associated accounting practices. The FCPA anti-bribery provisions apply to all U.S. persons and certain foreign issuers of securities and broadly prohibit any corrupt payment or promise of payment to a foreign official to influence that official to assist in obtaining, retaining, or directing business to any person. Since the enactment of certain amendments in 1998, the FCPA anti-bribery provisions also apply to foreign firms and persons who directly or through their agents act in furtherance of any such corrupt payment that is to take place within the United States.
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新西兰云办公室主题周:新冠疫情下澳新外商投资监管环境的变化与应对
2020年以来,新冠病毒疫情在全球持续蔓延,中美关系不断恶化,全球经济受到重大打击。多种因素的叠加影响,导致中国企业海外投资大幅放缓[1]。同时,很多国家在疫情期间都不同程度地进一步收紧了针对外国投资的监管,其中包括对外资相对开放的澳大利亚和新西兰。…
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交通银行伦敦分行等四家中资银行向交银租赁管理香港提供3亿美元绿色银团贷款成功交割
2020年8月28日,交通银行伦敦分行、农业银行伦敦分行、中信银行伦敦分行、浦发银行及其香港与伦敦分行分别作为委托牵头安排人及初期贷款行成功完成为交银租赁管理香港有限公司(简称“交银租赁管理香港”)提供3亿美元绿色银团贷款的交割工作。浦发银行(通过其香港分行)在此次绿色银团贷款中亦承担了绿色金融结构顾问的角色。…
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新民间借贷解释施行前已付的超额利息应该返还吗?
2020年8月20日,最高法院发布了新修订的《关于审理民间借贷案件适用法律若干问题的规定》(下称“《民间借贷解释》”),大幅降低了民间借贷的利息上限标准,并将全面适用于自然人、非银行金融机构法人和非法人组织之间进行资金融通的行为,对资金市场影响重大。…
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Can individuals claim damages for loss of control over their personal data
A break from the usual corporate and commercial case review for the Full English team as we tuck into a data protection case which has the potential to send tremors through all organisations who handle personal data.
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失去个人数据控制权, 个人能否主张损害赔偿?
不同于英国法面面观中介绍的常见的公司与商事案例,我们正在全力投入一个数据保护案件,这个案件有可能引起所有涉及处理个人数据的公司的震动。…
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An Introduction to US Appeals
Written by Robert(Bob) Whitman Eric Berger KWM New York Office
Introduction
Appeals of judicial decisions are commonplace in both federal and state court litigation in the US. This note provides a brief overview of common types of appeals, an overview of US appellate courts, and the common appellate standards of review, which are the frameworks…


