By Meg Utterback, King & Wood Mallesons and Tara J. Plochocki, Lewis Baach PLLC
In 2010 and 2011, the New York branch of the Bank of China (“BOC”)was served with two subpoenas relating to a lawsuit for trademark infringement brought by luxury goods companies Gucci, Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta and
In the last year we have seen a number of changes to the tax landscape which have the potential to significantly change the way PE sponsors invest in Australia and also how they receive the returns on those investments.
This article highlights the most important of those changes:
By Patrick Gunning, Kate Jackson-Maynes, Nick Valentine and Charles Davies. King & Wood Mallesons
1. The payments mix is increasingly digital…The use of cash and cheques is diminishing in modern economies. Traditional payment cards are being challenged by digital wallets.
To support many-to-many payments, there
By James Douglass, Greg Stonefield, Barri Mendelsohn and Francis Iyayi. King & Wood Mallesons’ London office.
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or the next five years, Nigeria is reported to require US$166 billion to provide energy and infrastructure for its growing population. Demand for energy and infrastructure in Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, is ever increasing as its
By Debra Townsend and Odette Adams. King & Wood Mallesons
Water access rights are core assets for many agribusinesses. In the Australian Water Markets Report 2012-2013, the National Water Commission estimated that the value of water entitlements in the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB) is approximately $13 billion. Trading in water has become commonplace, not only
By Urszula McCormack and Lauren Dray. King & Wood Mallesons ‘ Hong Kong Office
The global standard-setter on AML/CTF, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) held its recent plenary meeting in Busan, Korea.
Coverage included the ongoing fight against terrorist financing (including the ISIL threat), information sharing and “de-risking” in respect of non-profits
By Shannon Finch, Scott Farrell, Urszula McCormack, Roslyn Hinchliffe and Jack Nelson. King & Wood Mallesons
DAOs are a re-imagined form of business vehicle, somewhere between a collective investment structure, a partnership, a venture capital fund, and a crowdsourcing platform. They facilitate economic cooperation on a global
This article was written by Cerys Williams, Counsel with input by Chetal Patel, an Immigration lawyer atBates Wells Braithwaite.
We reported last month on implications for employers in the immediate aftermath of the Brexit referendum result. Much uncertainty remains over how the referendum vote will be implemented. However, we have been monitoring
By Luo Ai Xie Minru King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory Group
An announcement from Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People’s Republic of China (MOHRSS) comes out that “Letter of the General Office of the Ministry of Labor on Answer to Whether Disputes Arised from Determining Employees’ Leaving without Permission
By Xiaodan Xu and Xiu Pei King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory Group
Trade unions always play a critical role in reconciling employment relationship in China, however, and enterprises often could not get to the nitty-gritty when it comes to trade union related problems due to their complexity. In order to give you a
