By Susan Ning, Kate Peng and Ying Zhu King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory Group

Ountitledn peng_kateDecember 8th 2015, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) publicized on its website Guangdong Administration for Industry and Commerce (AIC)’s decision in relation to the boycott investigation into Guangzhou Panyu Animation Association (GAGA). This is the very first investigation that focuses on a boycott agreement. In previous investigations where boycotts were identified, there were always other anti-competitive agreements involved and boycott agreements were not identified as the target violations that were subject to fines.

Here we introduce the GAGA investigation and some previous boycott-related investigations. We then present a short guide to practices that may constitute boycott agreements identified by the authorities. Continue Reading First Boycott Decision: Be Careful with Concerted Exclusive Dealing

作者:吴俊 金杜律师事务所争议解决部

wu_jun应收账款质押作为一种有效的担保手段已经得到了金融机构的广泛认可,并在实务中予以了大量的应用。

其广受欢迎的主要原因,依我们的经验,主要还是因为操作上的便利。即通常完成一套应收账款质押手续只需要质权人和出质人签订一份应收债权质押合同,并随后在央行的官方登记系统上完成被质押债权的登记即可发生法律效力。且从现有判决来看,是否取得次债务人(即负有向出质人支付应收款的第三方,是质权人债务人的债务人,也是负有付款义务的当事人)的同意乃至是否通知次债务人都不是质押是否有效的法定前置程序。故办理应收账款质押实务中通常只包括签合同和登记公示两个步骤,具有手续简、操作便、成本低、耗时短的优点,同时还具有物权担保的对世效力,实在是难得的便利保障。

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作者:尹居全 潘发銮 金杜律师事务所商务合规部

2yin_juquan015年12月公布的《深圳市中级人民法院关于审理劳动争议案件的裁判指引》(下称 《裁判指引》),主要针对2009年《深圳市中级人民法院关于审理劳动争议案件若干问题的指导意见(试行)》(下称《指导意见》)进行汇总修订,反映了深圳中院关于当前劳动争议审理的最新观点。准确理解并适用《裁判指引》,既能理顺裁判者关于劳动诉讼的审理思路,又有助于劳资双方对劳动争议结果的预判。

本文将摘取《裁判指引》中的部分修订内容进行分析解读,以供抛砖引玉。

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By Tamsin Rickard, King & Wood Mallesons

The interpretation of staff remuneration rules for banks and certain investment firms across Europe looks set to be clarified, following a new opinion from the European Banking Authority (the “EBA”) which was published on 21 December 2015.

The opinion relates to the so-called “proportionality principle” under CRD IV, the EU legislation which, amongst other things, sets out requirements in relation to staff remuneration for banks and certain investment firms. CRD IV strengthened and revised its predecessor (CRD III) in response to the financial crisis.

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作者:Tamsin Rickard  金杜律师事务所

随着欧洲银行管理局于2015年12月21日发布最新意见,有关欧洲各地银行和特定投资公司员工薪酬制度的解释势必更为明朗。

意见涉及欧盟立法资本要求指令四中所谓的“相称性原则”,该原则和其他条款一道列明了对银行和特定投资公司员工薪酬的要求。资本要求指令四对原有的资本要求指令三加以巩固和修订,以应对金融危机。

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作者: 叶永青 赵文祥 金杜律师事务所商务合规部

ye_bill、问题的提出

2015年10月23号,财政部、国家税务总局发布了《关于将国家自主创新示范区有关税收试点政策推广到全国范围实施的通知》(财税[2015]116号),文中规定,全国范围内中小高新技术企业以未分配利润、盈余公积、资本公积向个人股东转增股本的,适用“利息、股息、红利所得”税目,按照20%税率征收个人所得税,一次性缴纳困难的,可5年内分期缴纳。由于该规定没有区分资本公积类型,有观点认为,该文件事实上可以成为对资本公积转增资本征收个人所得税的法律依据,从而使得各地税务机关对资本公积转增事项普遍行使征税权不再有所顾虑。事实真是如此?其实,对于这个问题的回答,本质上需要从法理和法律层面对什么是企业所得税法中的所得进行分析。而从中国税法现有规则中寻找所得界定的规律是一件相当纠结的事情,本文所能做的是把问题的路径清晰化,但答案如何,只有诸君见仁见智了。

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By Xu Xiaodan and Liu Chang King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory Group

Txu_xiaodanhe Amendment of the PRC Population and Family Planning Law has been officially implemented as of January 1st, 2016. The aforementioned Amendment has changed China’s previous one-child policy to one that encourages couples to have a second child, establishing the “two-child policy”, under which couples are allowed to have additional children if legal requirements are met.

The issue to be addressed here, is whether an employer may terminate an employee’s employment contract, if the latter violates the national family planning policy by giving birth to a third child. This issue has baffled employers for a long time, over which no unified opinions have been formed in judicial practice.

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作者:徐晓丹 刘畅  金杜律师事务所商务合规部

xu_xiaodan人口与计划生育法》修正案已于2016年1月1日起施行。修正案将原先国家“提倡一对夫妻生育一个子女”的规定修改为“提倡一对夫妻生育两个子女”,确立了“全面二孩”政策。在新政策下,如果公民符合法律、法规规定条件的,可以再生育子女。

那么,如果员工违反国家生育政策生育三孩,用人单位能否以此为由与其解除劳动合同?对于这一长期以来困扰用人单位的问题,司法实践尚未形成统一观点。

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By Louise England and Long Dong King & Wood Mallesons’ Dispute Resolution Group

Prior to the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) Guidelines on Evidence (Guidelines) coming into effect on 1 March 2015, CIETAC tribunals relied on a combination of the Arbitration Law of the People’s Republic of China (Arbitration Law), the CIETAC Arbitration Rules 2015 (Arbitration Rules), the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (IBA Rules) and “the Chinese principles of evidence in civil litigation that are suitable for use in arbitration” when determining evidentiary matters.

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作者:Louise England  龙冬 金杜律师事务所争议解决部

介绍《中国国际经济贸易仲裁委员会证据指引》的必要性

在中国国际经济贸易仲裁委员会(贸仲)的《证据指引》(《指引》)于2015年3月1日生效之前,贸仲的仲裁庭在处理证据问题时,结合适用《中华人民共和国仲裁法》(《仲裁法》)和国际律师协会的《国际商事仲裁取证规则》(《IBA规则》),以及“中国民事诉讼中适合于仲裁的证据原则” 。

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