On September 17, 2021, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (“SEHK”) released the long-awaited consultation paper on Hong Kong Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPAC”). After a short consultation period ending on October 31,...more
The “SPAC”-ulation is over!
On September 17, 2021, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Stock Exchange) issued a much anticipated consultation paper on Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs). It is...more
2020 brought the COVID-19 pandemic and other headline-grabbing challenges, along with “the usual” quadrennial questions around the U.S. election. Early in the year, businesses and dealmakers focused on the pandemic and...more
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Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)
On December 2, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives passed, by unanimous vote, the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (“HFCAA” or “Act”). Following enactment, foreign issuers, especially Chinese issuers, and their...more
Founders of start-ups might hear “ESG” (environmental, social, governance) or “sustainability” and think those terms are simply buzzwords that are not relevant to their start-ups. However, savvy entrepreneurs, innovators and...more
On January 19, 2015, China’s Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) released for public comment a draft Foreign Investment Law; “FIL”) along with an accompanying explanatory note (“Note”). The deadline for comments is February 17,...more
The Supreme People’s Court of China (the “Supreme Court”) rendered its final judgment on November 7, 2012, in the Haifu Investment Co., Ltd. v. Gansu Shiheng Nonferrous Resources Recycle Company Limited (“Haifu v. Shiheng”)....more