06/27/2022
Sidley Advises on the Hong Kong IPO of Mega Genomics Limited
The Sidley team was led by partners Claudia Yu and Meng Ding.
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06/27/2022
KWM Promotes 13 to the Australian Partnership
The announcement follows the recent promotion of 22 partners globally - strengthening the firm’s leading platform in Asia.
06/27/2022
Baker McKenzie advises Jain Irrigation on the merger of its international irrigation business with Rivulis
The merger will create a global irrigation and climate leader with unparalleled market coverage and around US$ 750 million in revenues.
06/27/2022
Hong Kong VASP licensing regime to take effect on 1 March 2023
A LegCo brief sets out an overview of the amendments, which follows the consultation conclusions published by the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau in May 2021 on the proposed changes (see our 2021 briefing).
06/24/2022
Interview with the French Ministry for the Economy: Insights on the French FI regime
The Ministry only has 75 working days to screen a filing – as opposed to other EU countries that have more than 3 months – which equates to almost one new case every working day.
06/24/2022
Herbert Smith Freehills Announces Largest Ever Round of Senior Associate Promotions in Asia
60% of the new senior associates are women, and 81% are of Asian ethnicity.
06/24/2022
The Best Lawyers in France 2023
Selection is based on a peer-review survey in which leading lawyers cast votes on the legal abilities of others in their specialties.
06/24/2022
Civil Financial Penalties Regime: the scope of “senior management function”
his will determine exactly who is in scope of the new regime and will have the potential to bring previously out of scope employees who perform a “senior management function” within range of civil financial penalties in respect of money launde
06/24/2022
Maples Advises SCC Power on Acquisition of Stoneway's Business Enterprise
Stoneway's business enterprise consists of four power generation facilities located in Argentina.
06/24/2022
High Court sanctions Amigo scheme of arrangement following creditors' meeting
Notably, Amigo made clear that it would only propose sanction of the Wind Down Scheme by way of an alternative, if the court considered the New Business Scheme should not be sanctioned.
06/24/2022
Dechert Advises the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on its Debut US$650 Million Bond Offering
The core Dechert team advising Jordan included international capital markets partners Patrick Lyons and Jennifer Rees and associates Nick Quarrie and Kerenza Kerslake.
06/24/2022
For Second Consecutive Year, Herbert Smith Freehills Named the Only Firm Globally Recognised by Chambers in all Alternative Legal Services Specialties
This is the second consecutive year that Herbert Smith Freehills has been the only firm listed in all four categories of the guide.
06/24/2022
Clifford Chance creates a European scholarship to promote diversity
The next call for the scholarship for students in Europe will be in autumn 2022.
06/24/2022
Experts welcome UK government report on success of CIGA’s restructuring plan
The government said it expects all three permanent CIGA measures will be used increasingly now that its pandemic support package for businesses has come to an end.
06/24/2022
Hogan Lovells boasts strong rankings in Legal 500 U.S.
Additionally, 15 lawyers recognized in the guide’s “Hall of Fame” category; 17 were recognized as “Leading Lawyers”; 10 as “Next Generation Partners”; and another 10 as “Rising Stars.”
06/24/2022
Baker McKenzie Advises Repsol in Sale of 25% Renewables Stake
Baker McKenzie previously advised Repsol in its 2021 acquisition of the US solar and battery storage developer Hecate Energy, which was Repsol's first foray into the US renewables market.
06/23/2022
UK Pensions – Enhanced climate change reporting requirements from 1 October
Trustees now need to get up to speed quickly with these new requirements, as well as watching this space for further developments in this rapidly evolving area.
06/23/2022
South Africa rail policy sets out vision for future investment and private sector participation
The government has identified required interventions at two levels.
06/23/2022
CJEU AG Sets High Bar for Responses to Data Subject Access Requests
The Advocate General argues that organisations should provide individuals with information on the specific recipients of their personal data.
06/23/2022
Data Transfers - Final SCCs deadline is 27 December 2022
This is no small undertaking, particularly as the new SCCs impose a number of additional obligations on businesses.