On January 30 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the coronavirus (officially named COVID-19) outbreak constituted a public health emergency of international concern. The full impact of the outbreak and the resulting precautionary measures around the world remains to be seen but will likely have several implications on…
Download full alert For insurers in Hong Kong, the outbreak of novel coronavirus may cause potential disruption to…
There is an increasing sense of urgency and expectation about putting the global economy on a path toward…
This alert covers the following governing laws: English, PRC, New York, Australian, Hong Kong, Singaporean and South African Since the COVID-19 coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, China, in December last year, countries around the world have sought to impose travel bans, quarantine citizens and isolate the infected in an…
Download full version in PDF Background Amid the trade tension with the US, China’s Tariff Commission of the…
In five recent judicial review applications brought against the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Magistrate (HCAL…
Transparency International (TI) released its 2019 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) on 23 January 2020. TI reports that the Asia Pacific region has not witnessed substantial progress in anti-corruption efforts. With a regional average CPI score of 45 after many consecutive years of an average of 44, TI considers that there…
On 28 December 2019, the National People’s Congress (NPC) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) released a…
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a historic marshalling of capital and a remarkable geopolitical foray into…
Chinese government authorities have recently issued a series of policies and draft amendments to push forward the establishment of the Social Credit System (SCS). Multinational companies are particularly concerned at how the SCS could affect the business operation of their Chinese subsidiaries. The following are selected developments released by various…