The paper sets out the long-awaited framework for a SPAC listing regime in Hong Kong, which will become effective 1 January 2022.
On 17 December 2021, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange or HKSE) published...more
If 2020 was the year that COVID-19 precipitated extraordinary government intervention and regulation of our lives, 2021 looks set to be the year that regulatory interventions in M&A precipitate changes to the way that...more
What do multinational corporations, private equity funds, and other foreign investors need to know?
On March 15, 2019, the National People’s Congress of China approved The People’s Republic of China Foreign Investment Law...more
8/2/2019
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CFIUS ,
China ,
Consultation ,
Entertainment Industry ,
Exclusion List ,
Foreign Investment ,
Free Trade Zone ,
Infrastructure ,
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Mining ,
MOFCOM ,
Multinationals ,
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Oil & Gas ,
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Telecommunications ,
Transportation Industry
Key Points:
..The guidelines classify outbound investment into three groups: encouraged, restricted, and prohibited transactions.
..China will promote outbound direct investments transactions that are strategically...more
Chinese acquirers are playing an increasingly important role as buyers of private equity sponsored companies — nearly 200 portfolio companies were sold to Chinese entities in 2016. However, in our view, measures taken by the...more
On January 12, 2017, the State Council issued the Circular concerning Measures on Expanding the Opening Up and the Active Utilization of Foreign Investment (the Circular). The Circular sets out the government’s policies and...more
Changes would reduce costs and improve certainty and efficiency for many foreign-invested enterprises in China, and potentially spur further FDI.
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On September 3, 2016, the National People’s Congress...more