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China Legal Updates Newsletter (2) - October 2016
A brief on the latest prc laws and regulations issued by the relevant authorities.
One More Step to the Negative List Scheme
On September 3rd, 2016, the National People’s Congress Standing Committees of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”) adopted the Decision on Revising Four Laws Including the Law of the People's Republic of China on…
China Legal Updates Newsletter - August 2016
A brief on the latest prc laws and regulations issued by the relevant authorities.
Brexit: A tale of two (financial) Cities. Madrid’s bid to replace The City
The Brexit referendum was preceded by verbal clashes with neither camp being meticulous about spelling out the truth. With the result in, the practical consequences remain unclear and the ground is ripe for more half-truths and wild bets.
Safe Circular 16 - Latest reform on the foreign exchange settlement under capital accounts
Aiming at nationwide reforming and unifying the current foreign exchange settlement policies under the capital accounts, on June 15, 2016, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”) launches Circular on Reforming and…
The potential impact of Brexit from a financial and regulatory standpoint
The single market in financial services has been at the core of the United Kingdom (UK) and European Union (EU) financial services industry for many years. The news that the UK will leave the EU will no doubt have an impact on the financial players…
PBOC promotes new cross border financing rule throughout China
On April 29th, 2016, the People’s Bank of China (“PBOC”) issued the Notice on Implementing Nationwide the Macro Prudential Management of Cross Border Financing in Full Aperture (“PBOC Notice”) (《…
Publication of the European General Regulation on Data Protection and parallel Directives
On May 4, having been several years in the making, the Official Journal of the European Union finally published the regulatory instruments forming the new European framework for personal data protection, namely:
Corporate China Newsletter - February 2016
Please find a brief on the latest PRC laws and regulations issued by the relevant authorities.
New framework for international data transfers from the EU to the US
On October 6, 2015 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) declared invalid the so-called Safe Harbor agreement, under which international transfers are made from the European Union to the United States.
PRC Supreme Court’s Latest Provisions on the Trial of Private Lending Cases
In August 2015, the Supreme People's Court (“Supreme Court”) of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) issued the Provisions of the Supreme Court on Several Issues concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of…
Good Governance Code of Listed Companies
On February 24, 2015, the Spanish Securities Market Commission (the “CNMV”) published the new Good Governance Code of Listed Companies (the “Code”), prepared with the support of the Committee of Experts on corporate governance matters and approved…