By Dorothy Murray and Matthew Wild , and first published in the September 2016 edition of Partnerships Bulletin.
Long term, multi-party infrastructure projects can give rise to a number of disputes over time. Our infrastructure clients typically find four points at which dispute resolution (DR) choices arise:
By Cindy Valentine and Ravi Chopra King & Wood Mallesons’ London office
In our last issue of Made in Africa (Issue 14), we discussed increasing interest in permanent capital vehicles (PCVs), covering an overview of the key drivers for PCVs, limitations in respect of investor appetite and a high level comparison of PCV structures and
In the immediate aftermath of the UK’s vote to the leave the EU, it has become commonplace in Britain for the news to be viewed through a Brexit prism: what does it tell us about the UK’s position in the world? How does it substantiate or discredit claims made during
By Jingjing Jiang and Miao Wang, King & Wood Mallesons’ Hong Kong office.
On September 3, 2016, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the PRC promulgated the “Decision regarding the Amendment of the Four Statutes Including the ‘Law of the People’s Republic of China on Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprises’” (“Decision”). The
On 28 September 2016, Postal Savings Bank of China Co., Ltd. (PSBC) had its H shares successfully listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) advising its underwriters. PSBC’s initial public offering comprised a total of 12.1 billion H shares issued globally, pricing at HK$4.76
By Adrian Brown and Charlotte Collins King & Wood Mallesons’ London office.
MiFID II makes various adjustments to the exemptions under MiFID I, largely with the aim of tightening the regime and increasing investor protection.
Although two new exemptions have been added – for operators complying with the EU Emissions Trading Scheme Directive in certain
By He Fang Lou Jiayu King & Wood Mallesons’ Dispute Resolution group
The exhaustion of intellectual property rights is a topic of heated debate around the world. The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights leaves much room for more clarity on how to handle this issue, with its Article 6 stating: “For the
By Edmund Wan , Teng Haidi, James McKenzie, Yu Qing and Jack Nelson. King & Wood Mallesons
IntroductionThe foundational instrument for the enforcement of international arbitral awards, the New York Convention (the “Convention”),[1] has made arbitral awards readily enforceable across the world but, in application, the Convention remains reliant upon the divide
By David Calligan Karen Butler King & Wood Mallesons’ London office.
IntroductionMiFID II will significantly increase the regulation of almost all types of secondary market trading activities and functions. It will introduce a new multilateral trading venue, known as an Organised Trading Facility (OTF) and extend the bilateral Systematic Internaliser (SI
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
