By Ian Wood King & Wood Mallesons’ London Office.
In late 2015, a cross-border KWM team helped China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) to complete its landmark £6 billion investment in Hinkley Point C plant in Somerset, the UK’s first nuclear power station in 20 years. Under a Strategic Investment Agreement with French energy company
By Dr. Michiel Huizinga King & Wood Mallesons’ Frankfurt Office
In February 2016, Chengdu Techcent Environment Co Ltd (TC), a Chengdu- based environmental technology company listed on the Shenzhen stock exchange, acquired 100% of shares in German company Bilfinger Water Technologies GmbH (BWT). The transaction took place against the background of a limited auction process
By Jonathan Grant King & Wood Mallesons’ Corporate & Securities Group
In a clear signal towards the ongoing appetite of Chinese investors for quality global assets, China’s State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) successfully acquired Pacific Hydro Group, IFM Investor’s renewable energy portfolio. The acquisition was one of the largest ever by a Chinese bidder into
By Chen Bing and Yang Yue King & Wood Mallesons’ Corporate & Securities Group
I. Origin and BackgroundOn 14 July 2016, the China Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued the Measures for the Investigation and Punishment of Unlawful Acts concerning Online Food Safety (“Measures”) to be implemented on 1 Oct,
By King & Wood Mallesons
Consistent with the trend of Chinese bidders becoming more competitive in 2015, we saw our Chinese clients become more agile in their outbound investment tactics, with even SOEs adopting innovative M&A tactics to pursue and acquire high-quality assets.
One of the
By King & Wood Mallesons
In the past 12 months, our growth in China and in other major centres around the world has allowed us to witness a substantial increase in the ease of doing business with Chinese investors. We have seen regulatory controls and red tape have reduced significantly, there has been more competition
By King & Wood Mallesons
As part of our Chinese Outbound Investment publication, we make a number of predictions on the future of China’s offshore investment. Aside from further deregulation which will substantially increase the ease of doing business, we predict the following trends.
By Shannon Finch, Anthony Boogert and Thomas Brunskill. King & Wood Mallesons’ Sydney Office
1. Crowd-sourced equity funding (or “CSF”) is…A variety of crowdfunding models have emerged as early-stage companies search for innovative fundraising methods. In contrast to reward or donation based models, CSF involves a company raising capital by issuing equity (ordinary
By Tian Wenjing Gao Zhenkun Xu Yue Ma Ke King & Wood Mallesons’ Corporate & Securities Group
There’s been intense media coverage both at home and abroad about the 400 billion ruble (roughly 40 billion yuan) loan China has agreed to provide Russia for the Moscow-Kazan high speed railway project without requiring the sovereign guarantee
By Peng Ya King & Wood Mallesons Dispute Resolution
The Supreme Court recently issued the Guiding Opinions on False Litigation Prevention and Sanction (Document 2016 No. 13，hereinafter referred to as the Opinions) and reiterated its harsh stance on cracking down on false litigation, which has significantly adverse effects on the credibility of the justice system
