By King & Wood Mallesons

20 February 2016, King & Wood Mallesons partner Mr. Lingyun Liu has been named as one of the 2016 China TOP 15 Litigators by Asian Legal Business (ALB) with his solid expertise and extensive professional experience in dispute resolution. ALB China research team selected the top 15 litigators based on their high-profile cases, clients’ recommendations, and feedback from the market. Continue Reading King & Wood Mallesons Partner Lingyun Liu named ALB 2016 China TOP 15 Litigators

作者：金杜律师事务所

2016年2月20日，在《亚洲法律杂志》最新公布的2016年“中国15佳诉讼律师”结果中，金杜律师事务所合伙人刘凌云律师以在争议解决领域多年扎实丰富的专业知识和经验荣登该榜单。该评选经过对入选律师代理知名案件的情况、客户推荐以及市场反馈等方面信息，最终评选出“中国15佳诉讼律师”。 Continue Reading 金杜合伙人刘凌云律师当选《亚洲法律杂志》2016年“中国15佳诉讼律师”

作者：赵曰耀  沈阳 丁强 胡琳琳 金杜律师事务所公司证券部

一赵曰耀、中国风电发展现状

中国幅员辽阔,海岸线长,风能资源丰富,风电建设已取得了一定的成绩。根据风能资源评价,中国陆地可利用风能资源3亿千瓦,加上近岸海域可利用风能资源,共计约10亿千瓦。2014年全年风电新增装机容量1981万千瓦,新增装机容量创历史新高,累计并网装机容量达到9637万千瓦,占全部发电装机容量的7%,占全球风电装机容量的27%，风电上网电量1534亿千瓦时,占全部发电量的2.78%。[1]风电已成为中国继煤电、水电之后的第三大电源。但是，当前风电发展面临的主要问题是弃风限电严重, 由于电力统筹规划薄弱、配套电网建设滞后，风电送出消纳成为瓶颈。另外,风电规划、前期工作和运行管理有待加强, 一些风电项目由于经营不善，长期亏损, 一些老小机组效率低，运行维护压力大，赢利不佳。

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By King & Wood Mallesons

19 February 2016, King & Wood Mallesons is announced as a winner of Law Firm of the Year (China) and Best Overall PRC Law Firms by CBLJ in the 3rd consecutive year. Additionally, KWM has been recognized as the winner of six categories in Capital markets, Competition and antitrust, Compliance and anti-corruption, M&A , Restructuring and insolvency, and Taxation with its outstanding capability and expertise.

The Awards are based on hundreds of nominations received from China-focused corporate counsel and legal professionals around the world. A firm’s landmark deals/cases and other notable achievements over the past year as well as feedback from law firm clients were taken into consideration when determining the winners. It proves KWM’s achievement by continuous innovation, and high comment by clients particularly on its international platform and high quality service.

作者：金杜律师事务所

2016年2月19日，在《商法》今天公布的2015年度卓越律所大奖榜单中，金杜律师事务所连续第三年荣膺卓越律所（中国）及卓越综合实力律所（中国所）的大奖。除了该奖项之外，金杜还凭借其在资本市场、反垄断及竞争法、合规及反商业贿赂、并购、破产及重组、税务的雄厚实力，将这六个领域的“卓越律所”大奖收入囊中。

该奖项的评选是基于数百位中国公司法务人员及全球各地的法律专业人员的提名；同时，卓越律所的角逐也将被提名律所在过去一年中具有里程碑意义的交易/案件和其令人瞩目的成就，以及客户反馈作为评审依据。该奖项彰显了金杜持续变革创新的领先成果，也印证了国际化平台及服务带来的客户满意度。

作者：金杜律师事务所

近日，国际知名知识产权媒体《知识产权管理》杂志（Managing Intellectual Property）公布了2016年商标业务全球事务所年度排行榜 （IP Stars 2016 Trade Mark Rankings），金杜分别在商标争议（Contentious）及非争议（prosecution）业务排名中荣获中国区第一梯队（Tier 1）荣誉。 Continue Reading 金杜商标业务同时入选MIP及WTR两大国际权威媒体中国事务所2016年度排名顶级梯队

作者: 姜俊禄 裴修 金杜律师事务所商务合规部

jiang_junlu2015年，中国整体经济反复经历高潮低谷，躁动不安。一方面，产能过剩像幽灵一般盘桓在经济增长放缓的大环境上空，许多行业都挣扎在亏损边缘，不少企业开始停工放假，总量相对富裕的劳动力因结构不合理和工资福利迅速上涨而逐渐转变为经济发展的负担。另一方面，早期的快速发展中隐藏的危机不断爆发，从环境、健康到安全，问题层出不穷；与此同时，互联网+行业的欣欣向荣也引发了一系列对产业新模式合规性的热烈探讨。作为协调人与企业之间关系的劳动法，在这个时代背景下，开始前所未有地受到社会各界的密切关注。

那么，2015年的劳动法圈有哪些值得关注的大事件？本文选取七大关注点，抛砖引玉，与大家共同讨论。

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By Dorothy Murray, Natalie Caton , Richard Wigley , Shamilee Arora, Jane Menzies  King & Wood Mallesons

Much has been written in recent years about the scope and costs of regulatory investigations and the powers of regulators. A company implicated in, for example, a corruption issue can expect to spend huge sums on investigations, fines, implementing corrective measures and improving its compliance structures and culture.

In high-profile cases, however, this may just be the beginning of a much longer (and more expensive) story. The inevitable fall in share price caused by even a report of improper behaviour, wherever that is in the world, let alone a finding of wrongdoing, creates a whole class of potential claimants: out of pocket shareholders and holders of other instruments.

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作者：Dorothy Murray , Natalie Caton, Richard Wigley，Shamilee Arora, Jane Menzies 金杜律师事务所

近年来,有关监管调查的范围及成本和监管机构权力的文章屡见不鲜。例如，公司若涉及腐败问题，可以预见须花费巨资配合调查、缴纳罚款、落实整改措施，并改善其合规结构和文化。

然而，在一些备受瞩目的案件中，这可能只是一个更漫长（更昂贵）故事的开始。无论在世界哪一个角落，仅仅因一份不当行为的报告（更不用说是确凿的违法行为）所必然引发的股价下跌，都将带来大量的潜在索赔者：赔钱的股东们以及其他票据持有者。

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By Susan Ning, Kate Peng and Weiqing Qiu  King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory Group

Ountitlednpeng_kate April 7, 2015, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (“SAIC”) officially published the Rules on Prohibition of Abuses of Intellectual Property Rights for the Purposes of Eliminating or Restricting Competition (“SAIC IP Rules”). This is the first set of rules to implement the general principles recognized by Article 55 of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”) in the IPR sector. The SAIC IP Rules introduce a safe harbor mechanism which validates certain intellectual property right (“IPR”) related restraints.

During 2015, the Antitrust Committee under the State Council entrusted four authorities with drafting the Antitrust Guidelines regarding Prohibition of Intellectual Property Abuse (“IP Guidelines”). Amongst the four authorities, SAIC published its seventh version of draft IP Guidelines on February 5 2016 (“draft SAIC IP Guidelines”) and the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) published their second draft on December 31, 2015 (“draft NDRC IP Guidelines”). Both the SAIC and NDRC draft IP Guidelines set out an IPR sector safe harbor. Continue Reading The Antitrust Safe Harbor for Exercising IPRs: More Details are Needed for its Scope, Thresholds and Compatibility