作者:金杜律师事务所

随着物联网的相关风险日益显现,如何处理这些风险的法律责任是立法机关不得不面对的问题。这会引发复杂的问题,而立法机关必须在政策上做出艰难的抉择以充分保护用户,并且不能造成可能阻碍目前破坏性物联网技术创新与开发的巨大障碍。

物联网的出现也为一直以来在高效风险管理中扮演重要角色的保险行业带来了新的挑战和机遇。尤其重要的一点是,物联网技术在帮助保险公司更好地评估现有风险方面潜力巨大,还可以促进开发新的保险产品。 Continue Reading 物联网问题:责任的划定

作者:肖瑾 苏畅 金杜律师事务所争议解决部

xiaojin国家主席习近平于2013年提出的“一带一路”倡议为中国企业加快转型升级、提高国际化经营化水平创造了历史性的机遇。然而,有不少中国企业的投资最终流向了非商业风险较高的国家和地区,有的甚至因投资东道国国内的政治博弈而遭受损失。但是,与大多数秉承“息讼”传统的中国投资者不同,北京城建集团在其价值约1.1亿美金的也门萨那国际机场二期国际航站楼工程建设项目遭到也门政府的阻挠围攻后,果断利用中国政府与也门共和国政府签订的《中国和也门关于鼓励和相互保护投资协定》,于2014年将也门政府诉至位于美国华盛顿的国际投资争端解决中心(“ICSID”),要求获得金钱赔偿。近日,仲裁庭针对也门政府提出的管辖权异议发布了裁决,裁定北京城建的“国有企业”身份不影响其在机场航站楼项目中作为商业投资者享受《中也双边投资保护协定》赋予中国普通投资者的保护,且北京城建与也门政府签订的工程合同属于被协定保护的一种“投资”,仲裁庭对本案拥有管辖权。至此,北京城建的海外维权之役首战告捷,案件将进入实体审理阶段。作为中国第一家因海外建筑工程合同纠纷而利用投资保护协定、通过国际投资仲裁向外国政府提出金钱索赔的企业,北京城建先进的法律维权意识值得广大中国企业借鉴和学习。 Continue Reading 中国企业海外维权新武器:条约保护与投资仲裁

By Mark Schaub, Atticus Zhao and David Hong King & Wood Mallesons’ Corporate & Securities group

schaub_mChina is the promised land for many international Network Marketing companies.

China has what Network Marketing companies thrive on: consumers – 1.4 billion of them; a fast-growing middle class of over 300 million – interested in upmarket goods but also open to opportunities; and finally, an exploding market appetite for Network Marketing-friendly products – dietary supplements, cosmetics and homeware are all experiencing double digit growth rates. Continue Reading A Castle Built on Sand: Challenges and Opportunities for Network Marketing in China

By Dorothy Murray and Edmund Northcott  King & Wood Mallesons’ London office.

murray_dAs more jurisdictions permit third party funding of international arbitration, the question of whether details of the funding must be disclosed arises ever more frequently.

Concerns to date focus on conflicts (ensuring that the identity of the funder poses no challenge to the independence and impartiality of the tribunal) and the ability of a respondent to apply for security for costs. The Tribunal in the case of Muhammet Cap v. Turkmenistan[1], was motivated by these concerns when requiring the Claimant to disclose whether it was being funded by a third party funder, and if so, the funder’s identity and nature of the funding arrangements, including to what extent the funder would share in a favourable award to the Claimant. Continue Reading Thoughts on Disclosure of Third Party Funding

作者:Dorothy Murray和Edmund Northcott  金杜律师事物所伦敦办公室

murray_d随着越来越多的司法管辖区允许第三方资助国际仲裁,人们越来越多地提出是否必须披露资助细节这个问题。

迄今为止,关注的焦点在于冲突(确保资助人的身份不会对仲裁庭的独立性和公正性构成挑战)和被申请人申请仲裁费用担保的能力。在Muhammet Çap诉土库曼斯坦[1]案中,仲裁庭就是因为这些关切而要求申请人披露是否受到第三方资助人资助,如是,则须披露资助人身份和资助安排的性质,包括获得有利裁决时资助人获益如何。

新加坡于2017年1月取消了对此类资助的长期禁令。香港紧随其后,《2016年仲裁及调解法例(第三者资助)(修订)》(“法例”)现已于香港立法会刊宪。 Continue Reading 摊牌?小议第三方资助披露

作者:金杜律师事务所 King & Wood Mallesons

金杜律师事务所担任广州农商银行(股票代码:1551)中国法、香港法以及美国法法律顾问,协助其完成首次公开发行并在香港联交所主板上市,融资规模达10.7亿美元(超额配售选择权行使前)。这是今年香港规模最大的上市项目之一。

King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has advised Guangzhou Rural Commercial Bank (Stock Code: 1551) as its PRC, Hong Kong and US counsel on its US$1.07 billion (before the exercise of the over-allotment option) initial public offering and listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. This is one of the biggest listings in Hong Kong in this year. Continue Reading 金杜助力广州农商银行香港上市融资10.7亿美元

By Mark Schaub and Atticus Zhao King & Wood Mallesons’ Corporate & Securities group

The PRC government continues to set the stage to develop self-driving cars.schaub_mThe latest salvo took place on 13 June 2017 when the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and the Standardization Administration of China (SAC) jointly issued draft Guidelines for the Establishment of National Standards System of Telematics Industry (Intelligent & Connected Vehicles) (“Draft Guidelines”) for public comment.   Continue Reading China: Put Self-driving Cars into Gear

作者:马绍基萧乃莹、牟牧、吴颖敏、Marina Lauer 金杜律师事务所香港办公室

mazzochi_rsiu_m明天,明晟公司(MSCI Inc.)(“MSCI”)将公布其《2017年度市场分类评估》的最终结果,而中国A股在连续三年尝试后能否突围成功,被纳入到明晟新兴市场指数(MSCI Emerging Market Index)中,一直备受市场关注。明晟公司将根据其《全球可投资市场基金方法论》得出最终的评估结果,这套方法论融合了其市场准入标准的18种具体评估办法。如果明天的评估能够支持纳入中国A股,将成为中国股权市场的又一突破性发展,从而获得投资基金及金融产品的青睐,促使他们在重新进行资产配置的过程中逐步考虑中国A股。 Continue Reading 明晟公司(MSCI)将于明日发布《2017年度市场分类评估》:万事俱备,只欠东风?

By Minny SiuRichard Mazzochi, David Mu, Jessie Ng and Marina Lauer King & Wood Mallesons’ Hong Kong office.

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Tomorrow, MSCI Inc. (“MSCI”) will release the results of its 2017 Annual Market Classification Review. There has been intense market focus on whether China A-shares will be, after the previous 3 attempts, included in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.MSCI’s decision will ultimately be based on its Global Investable Markets Indexes Methodology, which includes 18 measures across its market accessibility criteria. If tomorrow’s review supports the inclusion of China A-shares, this would be another significant breakthrough for China’s equity market and attract new mandates from investment funds and financial products rebalancing their asset allocation to include China A-shares. Continue Reading MSCI’s 2017 Annual Market Classification Review due tomorrow: a recap of what’s at stake for inclusion of China A-shares
2017年6月15日,在优兴咨询最新公布的“2017中国最具吸引力雇主”榜单中,金杜律师事务所再次荣登法律学生心目中“最具吸引力雇主”榜首,这是继2015年来,金杜连续第三年获此殊荣。一直以来,金杜崇尚专业至上、作风严谨、多元而包容,并将 “团队力量”与“人和”作为事务所发展的最重要因素和基础,将“以人为本”、“惜才”与“敬业”作为事务所重要的文化核心,这些使金杜成为一个充满和谐与精诚凝聚的专业集体。能够赢得众多法学院学子们的选票并保持榜首排名,体现了越来越多法律人才对金杜的认可。

Continue Reading 金杜三连冠优兴咨询“中国最具吸引力雇主榜单”