作者:张保生 周伟 刘思远 朱媛媛  金杜律师事务所争议解决部

海南某上市公司(下称“公司”)因为信息披露问题被监管机构行政处罚,引发部分股民提起虚假陈述民事赔偿诉讼,金杜受托代理公司应诉。近日,海南市中级人民法院(“海口中院”)作出一审判决,驳回股民全部诉讼请求。该案例说明,上市公司因虚假陈述被提起民事赔偿诉讼,只要应对得当、抗辩有力,并不必然败诉;同时,该案作为金杜代理上市公司成功应对虚假陈述诉讼的又一经典案例,体现出金杜在证券诉讼领域成熟的应对策略和丰富的实战经验。

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作者:吴青 金杜律师事务所商务合规部

wu_qing、立法的必要性

1、是贯彻三中、四中、五中全会精神的要求

中共十八届三中全会决定提出了实行资源有偿使用制度和生态补偿制度。中共十八届四中全会提出用严格的法律制度保护生态环境,建立健全自然资源产权法律制度,完善国土空间开发保护方面的法律制度,制定完善生态补偿和土壤、水、大气污染防治及海洋生态环境保护等法律法规,促进生态文明建设。

2015年召开的中国十八届五中全会,通过了关于制定国民经济和社会发展第十三个五年规划的建议,明确提出要加大对农产品主产区和重点生态功能区的转移支付力度,强化激励性补偿,建立横向和流域生态补偿机制。

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By Stanley Zhou Minny Siu Janet Gu King & Wood Mallesons

CZhou_Xinhminnyina’s bond market is the world’s third largest bond market in the world in terms of trading volume. China has two main bond markets: the inter-bank bond market (“Inter-bank Bond Market”), which is primarily regulated by the People’s Bank of China (“PBOC”) and an exchange-based bond market (“Exchange Bond Market”), which is primarily regulated by the China Securities Regulatory Commission. The Inter-bank Bond Market accounts for almost 95% of the total trading volume in China’s bond market. This regulatory update will review at how efforts have been made in the past to gradually open up the Inter-bank Bond Market to foreign investors, as well as some of the latest development in this market.

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作者: 周昕 萧乃莹 顾婕妤 金杜律师事务所

Zhou_Xinminny国的债券市场是世界上交易量第三大的债券市场。中国主要有二大债券交易市场,其一是银行间债券市场,主要由人民银行监管,其二是交易所债券市场,主要是中国证券监督管理委员会监管,其中银行间债券市场约占据中国债券总交易量的95%左右。本文中我们将回顾银行间债券市场是如何逐步向外国投资者开放的,以及目前这方面的最新状态。

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23 February 2016, King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) won the award of Finance Team of the Year by American Lawyer Magazine (ALM), the publisher of The Asian Lawyer and The American Lawyer, at its Asia Legal Awards Ceremony today. 2016 is the 3rd year of this Award Ceremony and these awards acknowledge those firms who worked on the year’s largest and most significant commerical legal affairs. As a top tier law firm with innovative perception and leading multi-jurisdictions platform, KWM’s finance & capital markets team’s strong capabilities has been proven by yet another world famous legal media.

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2016年2月23日,金杜律师事务所在由《The American Lawyer》与《The Asian Lawyer》联合举办的《亚洲法律大奖》颁奖典礼上摘得 “年度杰出金融律师团队”大奖。2016年是该颁奖活动在亚洲举行的第三年,通过一系列严格广泛的评选,以表彰过去一年中参与最大宗、最重要的商业法律事务的律所。金杜金融与资本市场团队以创新精神和领先的跨境团队又一次收获了来自国际知名法律媒体的赞誉。

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By WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ and KING & WOOD MALLESONS

Global M&A volume in 2015 exceeded $5 trillion, an all-time high. Booms inevitably raise questions about their sustainability, and it remains to be seen how long this one will last, but as of this writing M&A shows no signs of slowing.

Last year’s volume exceeded 2014’s by $1.4 trillion, as well as the prior 2007 record. One-third of the 2015 volume represented cross-border deals, approximately 40% of which ($637 billion) involved U.S. companies. Incoming deals to the United States were valued at $433 billion, also an all-time high.

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作者:Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz和金杜律师事务所

全球并购交易总额在2015年史无前例地突破了5万亿美元,这种激增不可避免地引来了对其能否持续的质疑,并且这种势头可以持续多久也有待进一步观察。但是截至本文撰写之日,并购交易并没有减缓的迹象。

去年的并购交易总额超过2014年1.4万亿美元,并打破了2007年的纪录。跨境交易额占2015年交易总额的三分之一,其中,40%的跨境交易(6,370亿美元)涉及美国公司。向美国进行投资的交易额亦史无前例地达到了4,330亿美元。来自德国、法国、加拿大、日本和英国的投资方进行的并购约占对美投资交易额的二分之一,来自中国、印度和其他新兴经济体的投资方进行的并购约占对美投资交易额的5%。涉及美国公司的跨境交易中有不少打破记录的交易,包括:辉瑞宣布将出资1,600亿美元合并艾尔建(Allergan)、安达(ACE)以285亿美元收购丘博(Chubb)、Visa以240亿美元收购Visa欧洲、Air Liquide以134亿美元收购Airgas。

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作者:Cheng Lim  James Walsh  金杜律师事务所

lim_cwalsh_j彭博社称,2015年并购交易量创历史新高,有望较2014年增长11%。事实上,并购交易中最炙手可热的一个领域正是网络安全公司,2015年的相关并购交易包括AVG Technologies对Privax的收购以及Blue Coat Systems对Perspecsys的收购。

网络安全已被各大企业列为五大业务风险之一,尤其是在零售、健康和技术行业。人们每天都能从新闻中获知世界上不同地区的数据泄露事件。

在这种大环境下,人们会认为收购方理应开展详尽的网络尽职调查。但事实并非如此。富而德在2014年针对网络安全开展的一项调查显示,78%的受访者认为,在他们参与的并购交易中并未对网络安全进行详尽分析,尽管这一批受访者本已意识到网络安全缺陷会扰乱并购交易或对标的额产生负面影响。

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By Cheng Lim and James Walsh, King & Wood Mallesons

Tlim_cwalsh_jhe number of M&A transactions in 2015 has hit record highs, with volumes expected to increase by 11% from 2014, according to Bloomberg. Indeed, one of the hottest areas for M&A activity has been cybersecurity companies, with deals including AVG Technologies’ acquisition of Privax and Blue Coat systems’ acquisition of Perspecsys.

Cybersecurity is one of the top five business risks identified by major corpo­rates, particularly those in retail, health, and technology. Every day, we read of a new data breach somewhere in the world. Continue Reading The importance of cyber due diligence in M&A transactions