Coronavirus - Changes to Directors Duties during the COVID-19 Crisis - Global
Please note, we will continue to update this note as and when further measures are announced. Summaries of the current position on directors' duties across some key jurisdictions noting any...
View ArticlePart 4 Overview of the limited partnership fund: So long, partner-ship ...
In this Part 4 and final client update of our limited partnership fund series, we consider the options for dissolution, winding up and other processes to terminate a Hong Kon...
View ArticleData privacy: UK Government launches consultation on group claims
The UK Government has launched a consultation on whether to allow non-profit or...
View ArticlePractical responses to construction projects affected by COVID-19: Assessing...
The delays and disruption to construction projects across the world as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic will likely continue to be felt for some time. Contract administrators (“CAs”) will, if they...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Hong Kong Government Issues Guidance on Dealing with a...
We frequently receive enquiries from employers on the steps to take if one of their employees has tested positive for CoVID-19. The Centre for Health Protection(“CHP”) has recently issued guidance to...
View ArticleEU Regulation on European Crowdfunding Service Providers A New Dawn for...
Introduction The Council of the European Union has adopted a new regulation aimed at harmonising the minimum requirements for the operation of crowdfunding platforms in EU Members States and creating...
View ArticleWhen is an antenuptial contract necessary?
If the spouses do not conclude an antenuptial contract (“ANC”) prior to the date of their marriage, the marriage is automatically in community of property. Marriage in community of property In a...
View ArticleGovernment did not interrupt my business with the Lockdown Regulations ...
In light of the Covid-19 outbreak, and the consequent national lockdown, many businesses have experienced a direct loss in profits due to lockdown restrictions imposed by the government. As a result,...
View ArticleThe Limited Partnership Fund Ordinance comes into operation
The long awaited Limited Partnership Fund Ordinance comes into operation today, adding a vital new structure to the array of Hong Kong fund structures available to asset managers. Close-ended...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Private equity and the pandemic: The future of management...
Lockdown and forced home-working has had strange effects on people in different ways. The Times this week reports that bizarre online purchases have boomed with coffins, gazebos for apartment owners,...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Supply chain accountability and worker protection - UK
The pandemic has highlighted longstanding concerns over worker exploitation risks, including modern slavery, in supply chains both in the UK and overseas. Unfortunately, we expect COVID-19 will...
View ArticleChina set to widen pilot trials of central bank digital currency...
On 14 August 2020, the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) issued the “Notice on Comprehensive Deepening of the Pilot Program of Innovative Development of Trade in Services”...
View ArticleWere all expecting less, but will we actually get more?
Most commentators expect the COVID-19 crisis to lead an inevitable fall in demand for office space and an increase in home working. But what if this much predicted less actually becomes more? Fewer...
View ArticleTown Centres: A once in a generation chance to change
For the last decade, retail has been wracked by fundamental and irreversible change: rising vacancy rates, business failures, rental default, and falling asset values. COVID 19 has accelerated and...
View ArticleThe Future of Offices Interview with Rob Groves, Regional Director of Argent
In this episode we discuss how Covid-19 is likely to accelerate the evolution of corporates’ approach to workplace trends. Watch now: https://play.buto.tv/bq5bz...
View ArticleCoronavirus - Hong Kong Government Issues Guidance on Dealing with a...
We frequently receive enquiries from employers on the steps to take if one of their employees has tested positive for CoVID-19. The Centre for Health Protection(“CHP”) has recently issued guidance to...
View ArticleEU Regulation on European Crowdfunding Service Providers A New Dawn for...
Introduction The Council of the European Union has adopted a new regulation aimed at harmonising the minimum requirements for the operation of crowdfunding platforms in EU Members States and creating...
View ArticleHigh Court gives guidance on the selection of test claimants in group...
Lancaster and others v Peacock QC [2020] EWHC 1231 (Ch) Group litigation This concept covers collective legal actions, brought by a group of claimants who allege to have suffered the same or similar...
View ArticleAre you ready to restructure?
Businesses are considering a range of measures to weather the COVID-19 storm, with governmental support proving key for many businesses to get through these first few months. For the medium to...
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