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
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
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
By Wu Ye King & Wood Mallesons’ Shenzhen office.
It is understandable that the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (“NPC”) chose to issue its Decision to Revise the Wholly Foreign-owned Enterprises Law (“Decision”) on September 3, 2016. It has been more than 18 months since the Foreign Investment Law
By Wang Feihong (partner) and Liu Ying (senior associate)
China has always been known for its sporting prowess. With a well-established popularity, the sports industry enriches people’s lives and has become an important sector for China’s economic reform. In 2014, the state department released Several Opinions of the State Council of the People’s Republic of
By Ramon Garcia-Gallardo, Coral Garcia Guadix and Scott Bouvier.
The proposed exit of the UK from the EU brings many associated uncertainties, especially in relation to the timing of the breakup, and the future UK-EU arrangements that may be put in place in advance of the split occurring. For the UK to leave
By Malcolm Brennan King & Wood Mallesons’Canberra office.
The first report of the Agricultural Land Register was released 7 September 2016. The guesswork has been taken out of the discussion and we now know that the total foreign ownership of Australian agricultural land as at 30 June 2016 stood at 13.6%.
The report shows
By Michael Lawson and Ben Bradstreet.King & Wood Mallesons
International interest in Iran’s reform of foreign investment in the oil and gas sector has grown during the last nine months, as was no doubt hoped for when the principles underpinning the reforms were first announced in November 2015. Details about the reforms are scarce. However
By Greg Golding and Natalie Caton. King & Wood Mallesons
The federal election interrupted a Senate inquiry into foreign bribery. The Australian Federal Police continue to investigate a number of allegations against Australian companies involving foreign bribery and the prosecutions in the Securency matter remain ongoing.
International efforts to combat foreign bribery continue with
By Karen Butler Vanessa Docherty King & Wood Mallesons’ London office
On 28 July 2016 the European Commission endorsed, with amendments, the draft rules on margin requirements for non-cleared OTC derivatives contracts (“Margin RTS”). The margin rules are designed to prevent the build-up of uncollateralised exposures by requiring certain counterparties to post initial margin
