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Do VIE structures work in Hong Kong?

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • October 17 2012

Earlier this year, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (the Exchange) updated its 2005 listing decision by elaborating on the listing disclosure requirements for businesses conducted through a Variable Interest Entity (VIE) structure

Hong Kong’s new competition law

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • August 22 2012

Six years after the Competition Policy Review Committee first recommended the introduction of a new cross-sector competition law, the Competition Bill was finally passed on June 14, 2012

Hong Kong Court of Appeal reinstates ICC award and confirms case management autonomy of arbitral tribunals

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • May 18 2012

On May 9, 2012, the Hong Kong Court of Appeal reversed the lower court's decision that had set aside an ICC award in the sum of US$55million in the case of Pacific China Holdings Ltd

Privacy and data usage in Hong Kong : an overview and update

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • May 11 2012

For anyone interested in privacy and data usage in Hong Kong, here is an overview of current privacy and data protection rules in Hong Kong that apply to both local and multinational businesses, as well as proposed legislation that would alter those rules

India declares it will enforce arbitration awards from China and Hong Kong

  • Dentons
  • -
  • China, Hong Kong, India
  • -
  • April 17 2012

On March 19, 2012, the government of India declared that the People's Republic of China, including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macau Special Administrative Region, is a territory to which the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (commonly known as the "New York Convention") applies for the purpose of enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in India

ESMA announces third country CRA endorsements

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada, European Union, Hong Kong, Singapore, USA
  • -
  • March 23 2012

ESMA has confirmed that the regulatory frameworks of the US, Canada, Hong Kong and Singapore relating to Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) are equivalent to EU standards

Hong Kong's state and crown immunity: immunity for state-owned enterprises?

  • Dentons
  • -
  • China, Hong Kong
  • -
  • February 6 2012

Long recognized as a unique interface for the People's Republic of China ("PRC") and its trading partners, Hong Kong has close ties with mainland China that continue to provide opportunities and challenges

Hong Kong Court of Appeal enforces Chinese arbitration award

  • Dentons
  • -
  • China, Hong Kong
  • -
  • December 29 2011

The Hong Kong Court of Appeal recently overturned the decision in Gao Haiyan and Another v Keeneye Holdings Ltd and Another in which the Court of First Instance had refused on public policy grounds to enforce an arbitration award by the Xian Arbitration Commission

Introducing business trusts and stapled securities

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • November 29 2011

The announcement by telecoms carrier giant PCCW Limited that it plans to spin-off its telecommunications business marks the first business trust listing with stapling on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx

Dispute resolution in Hong Kong

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • October 10 2011

Post 1997 Hong Kong has continued to flourish as a centre of international business and dispute resolution