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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

COVID-19 Relief: What Funds, Corporate Investors and Their Portfolio Companies Should Know About Eligibility for the Payroll...

Guidance on eligibility for small business loans under the CARES Act. Companies that have investments from venture capital (VC) and/or private equity (PE) funds, or that have raised funds under similar terms from corporate...more

Dechert LLP

Financial Services Quarterly Report - Second Quarter 2016: The Hong Kong Professional Investor Regime

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Similar to the situation in many other jurisdictions, fund managers, banks and other market participants in Hong Kong were, until recently, not required to apply the same regulations to high net worth, corporate or...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Corporate Venture Funds: Friend or Foe?

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Many large corporations have set up, or are in the process of setting up, in-house venture funds. At the same time, early and later-stage companies are looking for “smart money” investors – funds that bring strategic and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New Requirements to Hong Kong Professional Investor Regime to Become Effective on 25 March 2016

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (the “SFC”) issued a consultation paper titled “Consultation Paper on the Proposed Amendments to the Professional Investor Regime and the Client Agreement Requirements” on 15...more

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ESMA AIFMD Opinion and Advice on the Passporting and Private Placement Regimes

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Background - Under the current structure of the Alternative Investment Fund Manager’s Directive (AIFMD), European firms are permitted to market EU funds to professional investors throughout the European Union through the...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Business Entities Now Permitted to Wager at Nevada Race and Sports Books

A new Nevada law permits business entities to wager at Nevada race and sports books. Senate Bill 443 (SB443), which was signed into law by Gov. Brian Sandoval on June 2, 2015, provides the legal mechanism for investors and...more

K&L Gates LLP

Court of Final Appeal Makes Landmark Ruling Clarifying Professional Investors Exemption

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The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (Court of Final Appeal) made a landmark decision on 20 March 2015 in relation to advertisements for collective investment schemes (CISs), upholding an appeal by Pacific Sun Advisors Limited...more

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SFC Guidance on Corporate Professional Investors Assessment and Description of Services in Client Agreements

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On 22 January 2015, the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (SFC) issued a set of frequently asked questions to provide practical guidance on the criteria and application of the new principles based assessment for...more

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