作者：金杜律师事务所
金杜律师事务所担任兴业银行股份有限公司（简称“兴业银行”）的国际法及中国法法律顾问，协助其成功设立50亿美元中期票据项目以及首次提取借款。兴业银行分两批发行总计10亿美元票据，包括：7亿美元2019年到期票据，票息率为2.00%；3亿美元2021年到期票据，票息率为2.375%。
兴业银行成立于1988年8月，是经中华人民共和国国务院、中国人民银行批准成立的大陆首批股份制商业银行之一，总部在福建省。
本项目由金杜香港合伙人周浩律师领导金杜国际团队完成，顾问殷康廸（Ian Hardee），资深律师鲁鸣、律师谭露及钟嘉伟提供支持。金杜中国法律团队的负责合伙人为上海办公室的刘东亚律师。
作者：金杜律师事务所/ King & Wood Mallesons
9月21日，在《中国法律商务》2016年度大奖颁奖晚会上，金杜律师事务所一举包揽了包括“十年最佳律师事务所”在内的11项大奖，再次成为荣获该媒体年度奖项最多的律所之一。2016年度大奖的调研及评选由ALM集团旗下的《中国法律商务》、《亚洲律师》、《美国律师》及《法律周刊》的编辑团队共同展开。获奖律师、团队凭借他们在法律领域结合创新先进的法律架构以及为改革作出重大贡献的能力脱颖而出。今年首度颁发“十年最佳律师事务所”大奖，花落金杜，成为当晚最引人注目的获奖律所。
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) celebrated its 11 wins, including the Grand Prize: Firm of the Decade, at the annual China law & Practice (CLP) Awards, one of the most prestigious legal awards ceremonies in China, held in Beijing on 21st September. All research and selection were conducted by the editorial teams of ALM’s China Law & Practice, The Asian Lawyer/The American Lawyer and Legal Week. Winners were chosen based on their ability to incorporate novel and progressive legal structures, and their outstanding contributions to the legal reforms. KWM got top billing at the ceremony by winning the Firm of the Decade award granted this year for the first time. Continue Reading 金杜获封《中国法律商务》“十年最佳律师事务所”等 11项年度大奖
By Scott Bouvier, Michael Swinson, John Swinson and Annabel Griffin. King & Wood Mallesons’ Australia office
“Agritech” (or “agtech”) is the application of technology to agriculture. Tractors, irrigation, fertiliser, selective crop breeding and GM are all technological advances that have been used in agriculture for decades and, in some cases, centuries.
The rise of precision farming harnessing satellite technology and the explosion of digital and internet technology, including drone technology, robotics, variable rate application technology, online market places, sensors, software and the “Internet of Things” (all “Digital Agriculture”), is what distinguishes this new agritech era.
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By King & Wood Mallesons
No-one in private equity – wherever they are located – has been able to avoid the impact of financial market regulation over the last decade. Fund managers have been faced with new rules governing their marketing and their remuneration; investors have been forced to re-evaluate the risk of their private equity portfolios and to hold more capital against them. And – although proportionate and well-targeted regulation should be welcomed – the whole industry has had to deal with an overarching scepticism, and at times even hostility, towards the financial services sector which has been reflected in the language used by politicians and campaigning groups and has at times called into question the industry’s very right to be heard.
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By Matthew Austin and Alexander Choy King & Wood Mallesons’Brisbane office
On 13 September 2016, the Queensland Government tabled the Environmental Protection (Underground Water Management) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016 (Qld) (Underground Water Management Bill). The Underground Water Management Bill seeks to overhaul the existing water licence regime to better manage the environmental impacts of groundwater take and to protect the interests of farmers and other landholders. The proposed laws would apply to new environmental authority applications for resource activities that include groundwater. Existing projects undergoing assessment would be captured by transitional environmental impact provisions comparable to the framework proposed for new projects.
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作者：Ian Hargreaves 金杜律师事务所伦敦办公室
2016年2月，Sweett集团公司为获 取并维持在迪拜的合同，通过其阿 联酋子公司行贿，因此被判处罚金225万英镑。不久前，英国成立了 国际反腐败小组。这些最新动态标 志着英国反腐败执法体制日益成熟。 此外，高风险司法管辖区的投资机 遇不断增长，意味着预防与侦测政 策仍然对英国企业至关重要。
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作者：Tamasin Little Karen Butler和Charlotte Collins 金杜律师事务所伦敦办公室
目前，《金融工具市场指令》之下不存在统一的第三国制度。对于是否以及如何允许第三国企业（即非欧盟企业）进入欧盟市场，欧盟各成员国拥有自由裁量权。《金融工具市场指令二》旨在通过为第三国企业提供两种新选择，从而采取更为一致的态度。何种选择对企业而言相关性最大，取决于企业的客户群体。
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By Tamasin Little, Karen Butler and Charlotte Collins King & Wood Mallesons’ London office
At present, there is no harmonised third country regime under MiFID. Member States have discretion as to whether and how they allow third country firms (that is, non-EU firms) to access the EU market. MiFID II aims to create a more harmonised approach, by introducing two new options for third country firms. Which option is most relevant for a firm depends on the firm’s client base.
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识产权的权利用尽，是一个世界范围内存在争议的问题，TRIPS协议对此留下了足够的空间，其第六条规定：“就本协议中的争端解决而言，在遵守第2条和第4条规定的前提下，本协议的任何规定不得用于处理知识产权用尽问题。” 而权利用尽问题在实践中涉及的主要问题，便是商品的平行进口。
就我国而言，专利的平行进口问题已经在专利法第69条中予以合法化，但是商标的平行进口问题却未有明确的规定。而实践中，“LUX”香皂案、“MICHELIN”牌轮胎案、“VICTORIA‘S SECRET”商标案等案件的判决似乎也避免就这个问题直接作出回答。本文主要是从对中国法院案例、国际商标协会的董事会决议以及各国的立法实践的综合分析中，以求在这场商标权利人和其他进口商之间的博弈中，为商标权利人寻找应对之道。
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