By King & Wood Mallesons

King & Wood Mallesons represented NextView Capital (‘NextView’), a leading Chinese institutional fund management group focused on new technologies and energy in its acquisition of a 19.89% equity interest (non-diluted) in Bacanora Minerals Ltd. (a company listed on the TSX and on AIM) via the placement of 32,976,635 common shares at a price of 94.53 pence per share raising  £31,172,813 (approximately C$53,498,000).  Continue Reading King & Wood Mallesons represents NextView Capital on its acquisition of a 19.89% equity interest in Bacanora Minerals Ltd.

作者：金杜律师事务所

2017年12月15日，歌石投资正式与加拿大锂矿上市公司Bacanora Minerals Ltd.签约，认购Bacanora公司19.89%的股份。这是中国企业在2017年投资海外矿业的又一具有代表性项目。  Continue Reading 金杜助力歌石投资签约认购加拿大锂矿上市公司19.89%股份

作者：金杜律师事务所

2017年12月6日，中国证券监督管理委员会（简称“证监会”）审核通过广东江粉磁材股份有限公司（简称“江粉磁材”，深交所股票代码：SZ002600）发行股份购买资产交易（简称“本次交易”）。本次交易中，江粉磁材拟向领益科技（深圳）有限公司（简称“领益科技”）全部股东发行股份购买其合计持有的领益科技100%的股权，交易作价207.3亿元。本次交易完成后，江粉磁材将持有领益科技100%的股权，上市公司实际控制人变更为曾芳勤。本次交易构成借壳上市。 Continue Reading 金杜助力领益科技207亿借壳江粉磁材上市

This article was written by Monique Carroll with the assistance of Philippa Robinson.

As foreshadowed in our article Staying Ahead of the Curve on Anti-Bribery and Corruption in Australia, the Australian Government has now introduced the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Corporate Crime) Bill 2017 (Cth) (“Bill”) into parliament which clarifies and increases the scope of conduct caught by foreign bribery offences and introduces a scheme encouraging self-reporting of breaches.  Continue Reading Australia tightens the belt on foreign bribery and corruption

By Chen Yun and Wang Rong King & Wood Mallesons’ Finance & Capital Markets group

On Dec. 13, CBRC issued a press release to lay out the opening up of China’s banking industry, indicating the fast approaching of new opportunities for foreign invested banks. Continue Reading Focus丨A further Step to Open the Banking Industry

作者：陈运 汪镕 金杜律师事务所金融资本部

12月13日，银监会发布新闻稿《银监会积极稳妥推进银行业对外开放》，未来将持续推进银行业对外开放。今年以来一系列的法规政策表明，外资银行新的机遇也许不远了。 Continue Reading 热点聚焦丨银行业对外开放更进一步

By Meg Utterback, Daisy Mallett, Holly Blackwell, James McKenzie, Josephine Lao, and Ma Xiao King & Wood Mallesons

China has been at the forefront of a number of recent developments in the dispute resolution space. One notable development is the announcement by the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) of its new rules governing the arbitration of international investment disputes (Rules) and the CIETAC Investment Dispute Resolution Centre in Beijing (CIETAC IDRC), the default centre to administer those Rules. According to CIETAC’s Secretary-General, the Rules seek to “fill the gap” in the area of Chinese international investment arbitration and develop and promote the international investment arbitration practice in China[1]. Continue Reading CIETAC Investment Arbitration Rules

作者：Meg Utterback, Daisy Mallett, Holly Blackwell, James McKenzie, Josephine Lao, and Ma Xiao. 金杜律师事务所

近年来，中国推出了一系列针对投资争端解决领域的改革方案。中国国际贸易仲裁委员会（“贸仲委”）近期出台的《中国国际贸易仲裁委员会——国际投资争端仲裁规则》（“《投资仲裁规则》”）以及在北京设立的规则默认仲裁中心——贸仲委投资争端解决中心便是最新亮点。贸仲委秘书长王承杰指出，该规则填补了中国商业投资仲裁规则领域的空白，以求发展和推动中国国际投资仲裁的实践[1]。 Continue Reading 中国贸仲委出台《投资仲裁规则》——为中国投资条约争端领域填补空白

By Rudolf Haas and Urszula McCormack King & Wood Mallesons’

The growing number of token sales or “Initial Coin Offerings” (ICOs) has prompted the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) to issue a “consumer warning” on November 9, 2017. BaFin also elaborated on its position in the November edition of its monthly “BaFin-Journal”, published on November 15. In a separate, but almost contemporaneous publication, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) also took a stance.

Overall, these were balanced statements that signalled a strong “buyer beware” message, but also implied a certain level of tolerance for properly issued ICOs. The regulators made clear that their approach is a careful case-by-case analysis. Continue Reading German BaFin and ESMA clarify their stance on ICOs

作者：孙亮 金杜律师事务所公司证券部

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企业并购的尽职调查中，环保核查是容易疏漏的要点。未对拟收购的目标企业及目标项目进行环保尽职调查，可能会在未来引发一系列问题，例如违反环保法律法规而导致的法律责任，会引发并购交易的各方去重新审视相关的责任切分安排，并进一步考虑追责机制是否存在漏洞、如何确保一方或多方利益不会因此受损等因素，从而扩大了交易风险和成本。 Continue Reading 开工建设阶段，企业并购中的环保核查重点有哪些？