作者：金杜律师事务所
随着巴黎上诉法院最近裁定玛纳斯银行是为了协助洗钱而成立的结果，金杜律师事务所（“金杜”）代表吉尔吉斯斯坦共和国政府成功推翻了涉案金额达1650万美元的联合国国际贸易法委员会裁决。
吉尔吉斯斯坦政府就上述对该国不利的仲裁裁决向法国法院提出申诉，并拒绝在安大略省执行该裁决。原裁决有利于持有玛纳斯银行多数股权的前控股方——拉脱维亚商人Valeri Belokon，他对2010年银行国有化要求赔偿。 Continue Reading 金杜代表吉尔吉斯斯坦共和国政府成功推翻联合国国际贸易法委员会仲裁裁决
作者：王小刚 金杜律师事务所金融资本部
Common Reporting Standard (“CRS”)成为中国财富管理市场关注的热点已有段时间。各国各地区落实CRS的本地立法及实践现也已渐趋明朗。无论是想了解如何履行CRS下合规义务的机构，还是评估是否需根据CRS对资产持有架构进行调整的个人，现阶段的重点都应转移到对各司法管辖区CRS本地立法和实践的比较分析上。
各司法管辖区CRS本地立法所体现出的特点，总结来说是四个字：“大同小异”。在遵循CRS基本原则的前提下，在CRS规则允许的范围内，各司法管辖区都会根据本地的市场特点做出相应调整。研究大同，你可以了解CRS这一整套游戏规则背后的逻辑；研究小异，你可以找到CRS运作规则下，优化资产持有架构的路径。
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作者：梁燕玲 吴曦 金杜律师事务所商务合规部
2016年11月10日，国务院办公厅印发了《控制污染物排放许可制实施方案》（以下简称《方案》）。这一方案是中国排污许可制度的“顶层设计”，《方案》不仅确立了一企一证、按证排污、信息公开等制度，也为排污权交易制度的推行作出了安排。
我国从上世纪80年代后期开始，各地陆续试点实施排污许可制，向约24万家企事业单位发放了排污许可证，取得了初步成效。但总体看，排污许可管理在推动企事业单位落实排污主体责任方面的作用发挥不突出，环保部门监管不到位。因此，上述《方案》的颁布是首次在国家层面对排污许可制度作出的顶层设计。
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作者：金杜律师事务所 King & Wood Mallesons
2017年2月24日，在《商法》今天公布的2016年度卓越律所大奖榜单中，金杜律师事务所连续第四年蝉联卓越律所（中国）和卓越综合实力律所（中国所）两项大奖。除了该奖项之外，金杜还凭借在竞争及反垄断、反腐败及合规、银行及金融、争议解决、能源及自然资源、房地产投资及REIT基金、破产及重组、结构性融资及资产证券化、税务领域的卓越表现和积极的客户反馈，将这九个领域“卓越律所”大奖也全部收入囊中。
On 24 February 2017, China Business Law Journal (CBLJ) announced that King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) won the Law Firm of the Year (China) and Best Overall PRC Law Firms awards for the 4th consecutive year. Additionally, KWM has been recognized for its market leading capability and expertise as the winner in nine categories, namely, competition & antitrust, anti-bribery & compliance, banking & finance, dispute resolution, energy & natural resources, real estate & REIT, restructuring & insolvency, structured finance & securitization, and taxation. Continue Reading 金杜四连冠《商法》“年度卓越律所”及“年度卓越综合实力律所”大奖
By King & Wood Mallesons
On 22 February 2017, Jack Wang, Head of Finance & Capital Markets at King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) won the title of Finance Lawyer of the Year at the fourth annual Asia Legal Awards Ceremony, hosted by The Asian Lawyer in association with China Law & Practice, The American Lawyer and Legal Week. Advised the joint lead managers by KWM, Geely’s $400M green bond, the Chinese auto industry’s first ever offshore green bonds issuance, was also named the Securities Deal of the Year: Debt, at the ceremony. As one of Asia’s most renowned ceremony for the legal elite, the Asia Legal Awards honor the best work in the region. Across its coverage of practice areas and disciplines, the Awards intend to identify the biggest and most important commercial legal matters that involved lawyers and law firms in Asia. Continue Reading King & Wood Mallesons’ Partner Jack Wang wins Finance Lawyer of the Year by at Asia Legal Awards
作者：金杜律师事务所
2017年2月22日，金杜律师事务所金融资本部负责合伙人王军律师在由《The Asian Lawyer》主办，《中国法律商务》、《The American Lawyer》及《Legal Week》协办的第四届年度“亚洲法律大奖”颁奖典礼上荣获“年度杰出金融律师”大奖。当晚，金杜还以代表承销商参与吉利集团发行4亿美元中国汽车行业首单海外绿色金融债券项目获得了“年度杰出证券交易（债务类）”大奖。作为亚洲最负盛名的法律精英盛典之一，“亚洲法律大奖”每年年初评选出上一年在亚洲地区的各业务领域中，参与到最为重大的商业法律项目中的律师个人及律师事务所，并进行表彰。 Continue Reading 金杜王军律师摘得亚洲法律大奖“年度杰出金融律师”奖项
By Dang Zhe He Shijia King & Wood Mallesons’ IP group
On 30 December 2016, the KWM IP litigation team helped US Deere & Company and its Chinese subsidiary John Deere (China) Investment Co., Ltd. (“Deere China”) win at first instance a lawsuit involving trademark infringement and unfair competition. The Beijing IP Court confirmed that Deere & Company’s trademarks, “JOHN DEERE” in Classes 7 and 12, and “约翰.迪尔” in Class 7 were well-known marks It ordered the three defendants to cease infringement,, make a public statement to eliminate adverse effects, found unfair competition and awarded the plaintiff RMB 5 million in punitive damages and RMB 360,000 in reasonable expenses. On 10 January 2017, at a press release for the second anniversary of the Beijing IP Court, the case was selected as a paradigm of “strengthening judicial protection of IPRs”.
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By Yonah Baker and Daniella Phair. King & Wood Mallesons’ Melbourne office.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a non-profit policy research organisation in the United States, estimates that the theft of data and other IP results in a global cost between $450-600 billion each year.
To help counter this threat, the CSIS recently published a set of cybersecurity recommendations for the incoming Trump administration (CSIS Recommendations). In fact, cybersecurity issues were a recurring concern throughout the recent US presidential election campaign, and despite the CSIS recommending against a wholesale review, it was widely thought that on coming into power President Trump would sign an executive order mandating an immediate review of all US cyber defences and vulnerabilities. While no such order has yet been made, there is every likelihood that the Trump administration will give weight to the CSIS Recommendations, with Karen Evans, the co-chair of the recommendation taskforce, being a member of Trump’s transition team.
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作者：Yonah Baker 和 Daniella Phair 金杜律师事务所墨尔本办公室
据美国非营利政策研究组织战略与国际研究中心（CSIS）估算，每年因数据和其他知识产权失窃造成全球损失约4500亿至6000亿美元。
为抵御这一威胁，CSIS最近向特朗普政府提出了一系列网络安全建议（CSIS建议）。事实上，网络安全是最近美国总统大选中反复讨论的一个问题，尽管CSIS不建议进行一次全面审查，但普遍认为特朗普总统上台后将签署一项行政命令，要求立即审查所有美国的网络防御措施和薄弱点。虽然该命令尚未发出，但特朗普政府会非常重视CSIS建议，因为该建议的工作组联席主席凯伦•伊文思（Karen Evans）是特朗普总统过渡团队的一员。
总体上看，CSIS建议旨在改进美国政府的网络安全措施，调整国际战略，强调与目标一致的国家合作遏制攻击者。CSIS认为，由于私营部门目前还无法靠一己之力有效消除网络安全威胁，因此需要加强政府干预来提升网络安全措施。CSIS建议与澳大利亚政府于2016年初发布的未来四年网络安全战略高度一致。
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