By King & Wood Mallesons 

  • DIFC Courts and Shanghai High People’s Court to work together to achieve shared objectives
  • DIFC Courts separately publish guide to recognition and enforcement of money judgments, produced in partnership with law firm King & Wood Mallesons

Shanghai, China; 27 October 2016: Trade ties between the UAE and China received a significant boost today with the signing of a landmark cooperation agreement between two of the countries’ key commercial courts. Continue Reading UAE-China trade ties deepen with landmark cooperation agreement

作者：金杜律师事务所

  • 迪拜国际金融中心法院（“DIFC法院”）与上海市高级人民法院通力合作，以实现共同目标
  • DIFC法院联合金杜律师事务所发布涉及财产判决的承认和执行指南   

上海，中国，2016年10月27日：中国与阿拉伯联合酋长国贸易关系因双方今日签订的司法合作协议而进一步加强。

上海市高级人民法院今日与DIFC法院签订司法合作协议，双方同意协力实现共同战略目标，为未来进一步的司法协作奠定基础。 Continue Reading 中阿司法合作协议进一步促进两国双边贸易

作者：金杜律师事务所 King & Wood Mallesons

金杜律师事务所（金杜）宣布加入香港基建融资促进办公室（IFFO），成为IFFO的合作伙伴。IFFO创建于2016年7月，是由香港金融管理局牵头成立的平台，旨在促进基础设施投资及其融资，并在中国“一带一路”计划的带动下促进香港发展成为基建融资枢纽。随着中国企业不断谋求“走出去”战略，香港日趋有望成为融资枢纽，为中国企业交易提供资金。

King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) announced today that it has joined the Hong Kong Infrastructure Financing Facilitation Office (IFFO) as a partner. The IFFO is a platform established by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority in July 2016 to facilitate infrastructure investments and their financings. It supports Hong Kong’s development as an infrastructure financing hub under China’s Belt and Road initiative. As Chinese enterprises pursue their “going out” strategies, opportunities for Hong Kong as a fund raising hub for these transactions will increase. Continue Reading 金杜律师事务所加入香港基建融资促进办公室

作者：莫里斯 & 克里斯

2014年至今IPO基本情况概述

IPO意为首次公开募股（Initial Public Offerings），是企业实现上市融资、经历资本运作、从而实现规模性扩张的必要过程。目前，证监会设立主板和创业板两个发行审核委员会对申请IPO的企业进行审核，审核结果分为通过、未通过、暂缓表决和取消审核四种。 Continue Reading 2014年IPO审核重启后企业被否情况数据分析报告

By Kate Jackson-Maynes, Cheng Lim, Michael Swinson, Annabel Griffin, Smriti Arora and Lauren Murphy, King & Wood Mallesons Australia

1. Data is an abundant resource…

In the new information economy, we are creating more data than ever before through our connected behaviour, our sharing of information, video and music on social networks and our spending patterns. And we will create even more data when the 20 billion connected devices that we use or interact with come online through the Internet of Things (IoT). “Big Data” refers to these very large and complex data sets (characterised by the 3 “Vs” — Volume, Variety and Velocity) that are difficult, if not impossible, to analyse or process using traditional data processing techniques.

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作者: 梁燕玲 刘畅 金杜律师事务所商务合规部

梁燕玲历经近十个月的意见征询，《关于深化改革推进出租汽车行业健康发展的指导意见》及《网络预约出租汽车经营服务管理暂行办法》（“《办法》”）于2016年7月26日、7月27日相继出台，其中，《办法》将于2016年11月1日起正式施行。

《办法》从网约车平台公司资质、网约车经营行为、网约车及驾驶员条件等方面进行规范，并在2015年10月发布的征求意见稿的基础上做出了一定程度的调整。举例来说，《办法》征求意见稿提出，网络预约出租汽车经营者需“与接入的驾驶员签订劳动合同”，而《办法》正式稿则将该规定调整为网约车平台公司“根据工作时长、服务频次等特点，与驾驶员签订多种形式的劳动合同或者协议”，以满足网约车平台的灵活用工需求。这一政策松动促使我们重新审视O2O经营模式下的用工形态和性质，在这场“互联网+”与传统用工模式的撞击中探寻答案。

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作者： Nathalie Duguay, Tim Dolan, Ed Hall 及 Christian Schatz 金杜律师事务所法国及伦敦分所

Nathalie DuguayTim Dolan尚存争议的《另类投资基金管理人指令》（AIFMD）对在欧盟境内经营的私募股权基金和对冲基金管理人进行监管，并向经充分授权且符合AIFMD严格规定的管理人授予 “通行权”，使其可以在欧盟28个成员国管理和向专业投资人销售基金。获得“通行权”并不意味着通行无阻，例如，很多国家要求，使用通行权在该国境内销售基金前，管理人须首先注册并支付费用。但是，对于希望获得欧盟各成员国投资人资金的管理人，通行权无疑使募资更容易。

 

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By Nathalie Duguay, Tim Dolan, Ed Hall and Christian Schatz, King & Wood Mallesons

Nathalie DuguayTim DolanThe still-controversial Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) regulates private equity and hedge fund managers that operate within the EU, and offers one significant advantage to anyone who becomes fully authorised and complies with its demanding rulebook: a “passport” to manage and (more importantly) market funds to professional investors across the EU’s 28 member states. This passport is not without its difficulties – for example, many countries require managers to register and pay fees before they can use it to market in their territory – but there is no doubt that it makes fundraising easier for managers targeting investors from dif
ferent countries across the region.

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作者：董刚 武嘉 金杜律师事务所商务合规部

董刚税收违法“黑名单”成为最近网络热议话题，引起社会广泛关注。据报道，截至2016年6月，全国各级税务机关已公布2470件税收违法“黑名单”案件信息，将案件违法事实、处理处罚情况以及违法当事人的基本信息通过税务机关门户网站、公告栏、报纸、广播、电视、近200家主流网站予以曝光，广而告之。同时，国家税务总局与发改委、最高人民法院、公安部、财政部、商务部等20个部委实施18项联合惩戒措施，对税收违法“黑名单”当事人的任职资格、出入境、招投标、行政许可、高消费行为、融资信贷等层层设限，使得税务违法失信者处处受限，步步惊心。

 

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By Adrian Brown and Tamasin Little, King & Wood Mallesons London, United Kingdom

brown_aTamasin LittleThe provisions of MiFID II relating to the holding of client assets (including client money) reflect broadly those of MiFID I. Accordingly, the core requirements relating to the holding of client assets (such as segregation, record keeping, and restrictions on the use of client assets) remain the same. However, the outright prohibition on title transfer collateral arrangements (TTCAs) for retail clients and other areas of change have the effect of making the MiFID II regime more stringent than the current MiFID I regime, and bringing it more closely into alignment with the FCA regime under CASS.

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