By Stanley Zhou Gu Jieyu King & Wood Mallesons’ Finance & Capital Market Group
new cross border financing management regime implemented in China’s four free trade zonesOn 22 January 2016, China’s central bank promulgated a notice entitled the PBOC Circular Regarding the Expansion of the Pilot Program of Prudent Macro Management of Cross-border
By Yin Juquan and Song Miao King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercail & Regulatory Group
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abor disputes tend to occur among the contractor, the affiliated party, the lessor and lessor of business license in cases involving illegal contracting or subcontracting to employers without entity qualifications. To be specific, it’s worth pondering over who takes responsibility
By Neil Carabine, Edmund Wan, Martyn Huckerby and James Wilkinson King & Wood Mallesons
The Hong Kong Competition Commission has published two key policies setting how it intends to exercise its enforcement powers under the Competition Ordinance. In this article, we provide insight into the Commission’s Enforcement Policy and Leniency Policy for Undertakings
By Neil Carabine, Richard Mazzochi, Urszula McCormack and James Wilkinson King & Wood Mallesons’ Hong Kong Office
Hong Kong’s new competition law is now in effect and applies to all financial institutions in Hong Kong. Numerous financial institutions and payment systems participants have faced penalties by competition authorities overseas for anti-competitive conduct, and
By Huang Jianwen King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory Group
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have analyzed drug policies with regard to drug pricing and the centralized procurement of drugs in the previous Key 2015 Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Policies: Pharmaceuticals. This article will sort out China’s key regulations and policies in 2015 related to healthcare from five aspects
By Chen Yun, Janet Gu, Wang Rong King & Wood Mallesons’ Finance & Capital Market Group
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nly three days after the promulgation of the Circular on Improving Individual Bank Account Services and Strengthening Account Management (the “New Individual Bank Account Circular”), People’s Bank of China (PBOC) promulgated the Administrative
By Chen Yun, Janet Gu, Wang Rong King & Wood Mallesons’ Finance & Capital Market Group
On December 25, 2015, People’s Bank of China (PBOC) promulgated the Circular on Improving Individual Bank Account Services and Strengthening Account Management (the “New Individual Bank Account Circular”). In short, the New Individual
By Richard Wigley King & Wood Mallesons’ IP Group
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hinese consumers who have purchased and have used mobile phones/devices (including smartphones, smart tablets, and smart watches) often find that said phones/devices include pre-installed applications. These applications may be core to the function of the phone/device or, alternatively, be included by the manufacturer/distributor to provide
By Edmund Wan and Nicole Parlee King & Wood Mallesons’ Hong Kong Office.
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onsider this situation: a dispute has arisen between two parties in relation to an agreement which is subject to an arbitration clause. Separately, a winding up application has been made against one of the parties to the arbitration in the jurisdiction
By Yin Juquan and Song Miao King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory Group
Labor disputes tend to occur among the contractor, the affiliated party, the lessor and lessor of business license in cases involving illegal contracting or subcontracting to employers without entity qualifications. To be specific, it’s worth pondering over who takes responsibility
