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In-Depth: Lending and Secured Finance - 10th edition - Hong Kong chapter In-Depth: Lending and Secured Finance (formerly The Lending and Secured Finance Review) is a global survey of the most important developments in corporate lending and secured finance markets in each jurisdiction. The Hong Kong chapter in the 10th edition ... Real Estate Newsletter - November 2024 NEWS Know your rights Government introduces Renters’ Rights Bill The government has introduced the Renters’ Rights Bill, which is based largely on the previous government’s Renters (Reform) Bill, and is expected to come into force in Spring 2025. New mont... SFC published consultation conclusions and guidelines for market sounding practices Following the Securities and Futures Commission’s (“SFC”) consultation in October 2023 in relation to market sounding practices, on 31 October 2024 the SFC published its Consultation Conclusions and its related amended guidelines (the “Guidelines”). Intro... Competition and Regulatory Newsletter: European Court of Justice upholds annulment of Intel decision On 24 October 2024, the European Court of Justice (CJ) upheld the European General Court’s (GC) annulment of a 2009 European Commission decision, in which the Commission found that Intel had abused its dominant position by implementing a strategy intended... EFIG: European Banking Newsletter – November 2024 Developments in this month's edition include: Shortening the standard securities settlement cycle in the EU - ESMA, European Commission and ECB publish joint statement on next steps Minimal impact on Tier 1 capital needs - EBA publishes report on Basel I... Data Privacy Newsletter - Issue 26 In this issue: Legal updates, case law update, regulator guidance, ICO enforcement overview, EU GDPR enforcement overview, views from Australia and The Lens.hig Reflecting on the months since our summer newsletter, it does feel very much like we have star... UK Stewardship Code consultation – flexible principles not prescription Introduction Since its last major overhaul in October 2019, the UK Stewardship Code 2020 (the “Code”) can claim some considerable success – signatories include most of UK’s significant asset managers and many global asset managers. To an extent, its succ... Equal pay update In a decision that could prove a significant milestone in the story of equal pay in the UK – an Employment Tribunal has decided that the retailer Next could not rely on “market forces” to justify differences in basic pay between the predominantly female r... Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill – where next for the special resolution regime? On 18 July 2024, the government introduced the Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill (the Bill) in the House of Lords. This implements proposals consulted on by the previous government in January and confirmed in the new Labour administration’s response... In-Depth: Dispute Resolution (formerly The Dispute Resolution Review) – 16th edition – England & Wales chapter  The Sixteenth Edition of In-Depth: Dispute Resolution (formerly The Dispute Resolution Review) provides an indispensable overview of the civil court systems in major jurisdictions worldwide. It examines the key aspects of each jurisdiction's dispute...