By Joshua Fisher and Michael Swinson  King & Wood Mallesons’ Melbourne office.

捕获The “internet of things” or “IoT” may be the defining technology buzzword of our age. Certainly just about every technologist is busy explaining how the IoT will revolutionise the ways in which businesses work and societies function.

Yet, as IoT systems and devices proliferate, so do the security implications. While many benefits of the IoT can only be realised by expanding the ecosystem of interconnected IoT devices, this can also be one of its greatest flaws; networks are only secure as their weakest link.

Many readers will already be familiar with some of the more famous examples of IoT vulnerability, such as the demonstration at the 2015 Black Hat of taking control (remotely) of a Jeep Cherokee travelling at over 110kph or the recent incident when IoT-connected CCTV video cameras and DVR players were used to facilitate one of the largest internet denial of service attacks in history. However, despite the high level of awareness of these security issues, industry is yet to take a coordinated approach to dealing with these matters. Continue Reading Who’s afraid of the IoT? IoTAA Security Guideline

作者:金杜律师事务所 King & Wood Mallesons

天合国际融资租赁有限公司(简称“天合租赁”)在金杜律师事务所的协助下,实现其爱尔兰飞机租赁平台的首次交易。天合租赁是一家快速成长起来的中国租赁企业,部分归属于广东省机场集团。与该交易相关的离岸部分,还涉及对一家印度尼西亚航空公司附带租赁的飞机投资组合的收购交易。

King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) acted for SkyCo International Financial Leasing Co. Ltd. (SkyCo), a rapidly growing Chinese leasing company partly owned by the Guangdong Airport Group, on the inaugural transaction by its Irish aircraft leasing platform. In conjunction with its offshore set-up, the transaction involved the acquisition of a portfolio of aircraft with leases attached to an Indonesian airline.  Continue Reading 金杜助力天合租赁完成爱尔兰飞机租赁平台首次交易

作者:金杜律师事务所

在知名法律调研机构Who’s Who Legal 最新公布的2017年度全球法律专家名录中,金杜律师事务所全球在二十六个业务领域中共有93位合伙人入选。除此之外,金杜还在近年连续获得Who’s Who Legal评选的“年度最佳中国律师事务所”称号。

In a list of global legal experts published by Who’s Who Legal, a well-known legal research institution, 93 partners from King & Wood Mallesons (KWM)’s global offices have been enlisted across the 26 practice areas. In recent years, KWM has also been awarded the PRC Law Firm of the Year by Who’s Who Legal. Continue Reading 金杜全球93位合伙人入选Who’s Who Legal年度法律专家名录

By Dr. Sandra Link, LL.M.   King & Wood Mallesons’ Frankfurt office.

link_sDuring the last years, the number of Chinese outbound transactions to Germany have increased considerably and reached a record high in 2016. M&A transactions are quite complex processes, presenting a wide range of potential pitfalls for both buyers and sellers. Often, Chinese investors are not familiar with the particularities of the European market. Against this backdrop, the need to mitigate transactional risk is increasing in particular for Chinese investors.

The use of Warranty & Indemnity (W&I) insurance, has become commonplace in the US and European M&A markets over the last years. Whilst the product is less well-known in the Chinese market, the gap is starting to close and a leading W&I insurer has already established a Chinese desk in Germany to meet the special needs of Chinese clients. With SASAC having emphasized the importance of risk insurance in the context of outbound investments for SOEs in their regulation of 7 January 2017, we expect the importance of W&I insurance for Chinese outbound M&A to further increase. Continue Reading W&I insurance for Chinese investors in Germany

作者:Dr. Sandra Link, LL.M. 金杜律师事务所法兰克福办公室

link_s近几年,中国对德国的投资大幅度增长,在2016年达到历史新高。并购交易过程复杂,买方和卖方都会面对许多陷阱。通常,中国投资者不熟悉欧洲市场的特点。这种情况下,中国投资者尤其需要降低交易风险。

近年来,美国和欧洲并购市场已普遍开始使用并购保证与赔偿保险。虽然这类保险产品在中国市场的知名度不高,但情况正在发生变化,一家领先的提供并购保证与赔偿保险的保险公司已经在德国设立了中国客户部,以满足中国客户的特殊需求。国资委在2017年1月7日出台了有关国企对外投资的新规,强调保险的重要性,我们预期并购保证与赔偿保险对中国的对外并购将越来越重要。 Continue Reading 并购保证与赔偿保险:中国对德投资的战略工具

By Suman Reddy  King & Wood Mallesons’ Sydney office.

Ahead of the upcoming Digital Health Show to be held in Melbourne on 29 & 30 March, we thought it would be an opportune time to examine the current state of play in Australia with respect to digital health records management.

In this article we discuss the My Health Record system and provide some observations about the challenges and opportunities facing this important healthcare initiative. Continue Reading My Health Record: the resuscitation of e-health, or a data placebo?

作者:黄滔 戴月 刘润泽 金杜律师事务所争议解决部

黄韬Legal High? Outcome High?

当一场耗时费力的诉讼迎来了胜诉的终审判决,可能还来不及过多庆祝,就不得不面临下一个头疼的课题:如何通过执行程序实现真正意义上的债权回收?面对被执行人花样百出的逃债手段,在过往的实践中,往往是将注意力集中在被执行人的财产上,并以此为核心针对具体情况制定整体策略,展开“后诉讼时代”的攻防战。

但是,当被执行人已无财产可供执行,从执行人的角度,在徒呼奈何的同时,也常常会陷入沉思,我们对被执行人还有什么样的法律武器可以使用?当企业法人作为被执行人,其名下几无财产,谈何开展经营,其继续存续的必要性又有几分? Continue Reading 破解执行难题,“执转破”新规提供新思路

作者: 宁宣凤、吴涵、赵泱地 金杜律师事务所商务合规部

ning_susan2017年3月15日,全国人大通过了《中华人民共和国民法总则》(“《民法总则》”)。该总则为计划于2020年颁布的民法典的首章。在第十二届全国人大第五次会议闭幕会上,出席代表2838人,以2782票赞成的高票通过《民法总则》。《民法总则》将于2017年10月1日起施行。

《民法总则》第111条[1]对个人信息保护作出了规定,是《民法总则》的亮点之一。个人信息保护于2016年10月31日公布的《中华人民共和国民法总则(草案二次审议稿)》(“《二次审议稿》”)[2]中首次提出,意在遏制互联网时代猖獗的个人信息非法收集、加工和交易。《二次审议稿》第109条规定:“自然人的个人信息受法律保护。任何组织和个人不得非法收集、利用、加工、传输个人信息,不得非法提供、公开或者出售个人信息。” Continue Reading 中国推进个人信息保护

作者:遇峰 周垠 王文龙 金杜律师事务所金融资本部

yu_feng2国际货物贸易通常离不开长途运输(海运、陆运、空运或多式联运);在运输过程中可能会发生货损。即使购买了货物运输保险,也并不代表货主或者被保险人就能高枕无忧。在处理运输货损事故时,非专业从事货运、外贸行业的客户经常会因缺乏处理经验而遭受不必要的损失。

那在面对运输货损事故时,究竟应当如何应对呢?别急,让我们教你七招,轻松应对运输货损事故。

第一式:及时通知

在承运人交付货物之前或交付时,收货人发现明显货损,应及时将货损情况书面通知承运人;货损情况非显而易见的,也要及时通知。《海商法》规定,在国际海上运输或多式联运情况下,在货物交付的次日起连续七日内,集装箱货物交付的次日起连续十五日内,收货人未提交货损书面通知的,此项交付视为承运人已经按照运输单证的记载交付以及货物状况良好的初步证据。如果未及时通知承运人货损,除非收货人事后可以提供充分证据证明货物交付时确已发生损坏,否则收货人将承担举证不能的后果,无法要求承运人对货损进行赔偿。 Continue Reading 教你七招应对运输货损事故

作者:金杜律师事务所 King & Wood Mallesons

海宁市人民政府在金杜律师事务所的协助下,经授权海宁市交通运输局与浙江杭海城际铁路有限公司在4月6日正式签署《杭州至海宁城际铁路PPP项目合作协议》,这标志着杭州至海宁城际铁路PPP项目正式落地。该项目总投资达136.11亿元人民币,采用政府与社会资本方合作的PPP模式,预计将于2020年底建成通车。作为财政部首批国家级示范项目之一和浙江省都市圈城际铁路近期建设规划中的重要支线,也是中国政企合作投资基金股份有限公司(简称“中国PPP基金”)在浙江省参与投资的首个PPP项目,该项目被列入国家发展和改革委员会PPP项目库,具有重要的示范意义。

6 April, 2017, advised by King & Wood Mallesons (KWM), Haining Municipal People’s Government authorized the signing of Hangzhou-Haining Intercity Railway PPP Project Cooperation Agreement between Haining Transportation Bureau and Zhejiang Hanghai Intercity Railway Co., Ltd., which marked the official launch of the Hangzhou-Haining intercity railway PPP project. With a total investment of 13.611 billion yuan, the project uses a PPP model involving public and private capital. It is expected to be completed and open to traffic by the end of 2020. It is one of the first batch of national demonstration projects sponsored by the Ministry of Finance and an important part of the planned intercity railway in Zhejiang province. It is also the first PPP project invested by China Government-Enterprise Cooperative Investment Fund Co., Ltd. (“China PPP Fund”) in Zhejiang. The project is on the list of the National Development and Reform Commission’s PPP projects and is of important demonstrative significance. Continue Reading 金杜助力杭州至海宁城际铁路PPP项目正式启动