Multinational employers should be aware of key changes that just took effect and will impact your operations in China. Late last year, lawmakers in China revised and passed the Company Law of the People's Republic of China,...more
Amendments to the Company Law of the People's Republic of China (the “New Company Law”) were passed on December 29, 2023, and will come into effect on July 1, 2024....more
China’s Company Law was initially enacted in 1993, and was subsequently amended in 1999, 2004, 2013, 2018, and 2005. On December 29, 2023, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress approved a comprehensive...more
Following the May 2023 consultation on the UK Corporate Governance Code (“Code”), the FRC has published a revised Code. The changes focus primarily on one area - Internal Controls whilst other changes have been kept to a...more
The amended Company Law of the People's Republic of China (“the New Company Law”) was adopted by the National People's Congress of China and published on December 29, 2023, effective on July 1, 2024. This new legislation...more
In this update, we provide four predictions for the UK public M&A landscape in 2024, considering key statistics, trends, developments and highlights regarding UK public takeovers announced during 2023....more
China Publishes Draft Amendment to Company Law - The Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress issued the draft Amendment to the Company Law (“Amended Company Law”) on December 24, 2021 for comment through...more
We set out below a number of interesting English court decisions and market developments which have taken place and their impact on M&A transactions. This review looks at these developments and gives practical guidance on...more
The third installment of a series of alerts focusing on practical issues relating to China’s new Foreign Investment Law. There are major differences in the requirements on corporate governance and decision-making...more
Der Ausbruch des neuartigen SARS-CoV-2-Virus bzw. Corona Virus (COVID-19) ist eine menschliche Tragödie mit erheblichen Beschränkungen in allen Bereichen des Privat- und des Wirtschaftslebens. Im Kampf gegen die COVID-19...more
We set out in the attached Newsletter a number of interesting English court decisions and market developments which have taken place in the second half of 2019 and their impact on M&A transactions. This review looks at these...more
Luxembourg recently published two important bills to combat money laundering and terrorism financing – one transposes the EU AML4 Directive1 into Luxembourg law; the second establishes a central register of beneficial owners,...more
Key developments in the Indian legal landscape in 2016 - From the Startup India campaign launched in January 2016 to the coming into force of substantial provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code in December 2016,...more