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Mind Your Arbi-jargon - Hong Kong Court grants interim anti-suit injunction to restrain Mainland court proceedings This briefing will discuss the Hong Kong Court’s recent decision to grant interim anti-suit injunction to restrain Mainland court proceedings, in favour of arbitration 本简报将讨论香港法院为支持仲裁而发出的临时禁诉令 In the recent decision of Capital Wealth Holdings Limit... Competition & Regulatory Newsletter European Court of Justice annuls Commission’s decision to accept commitments from Paramount Pictures The European Court of Justice annulled a European Commission decision accepting commitments from film studio Paramount Pictures to stop geo-blockin... Disclosure of climate-related information by listed companies: New rules This briefing discusses the implications of the new Listing Rule requiring companies to make climate-related disclosures that are consistent with the TCFD recommendations. For financial years starting on or after 1 January 2021, premium listed commercial... An easier bite of the Arbitral Cherry: Supplemental Arrangement Concerning Mutual Enforcement of Arbitral Awards between the Mainland and HKSAR This client briefing will discuss the changes brought by the Supplemental Arrangement and how they improve the existing regime and make both Mainland China and the HKSAR more attractive for arbitration. 20 years after signing the original arrangement in ... Competition Law in the Digital Age This edition covers the UK proposals for a new pro-competition regime for digital markets, the Italian investigation into Google and the EC investigations into Amazon. Our Competition Law in the Digital Age newsletter is a quarterly publication intended ... The Convoy saga continues: Chairman’s wide power to exclude votes in a general meeting confirmed This client briefing discusses the Hong Kong courts’ decisions on Convoy Global relating to a Chairman’s decision to exclude votes in a general meeting. The Hong Kong Court of Appeal (CA) and Court of First Instance (CFI) have recently handed... Changing winds: VIE deals subject to Chinese merger control after all For more than a decade, companies structured as variable interest entities (VIEs) were commonly treated as “unacceptable” for Chinese merger control purposes due to their dubious legal status. This notion was recently “rectified” b... Merricks v Mastercard: What does the Supreme Court’s judgment mean for the future of collective proceedings in the UK? On 11 December 2020, the Supreme Court handed down its much-anticipated judgment in Merricks v Mastercard (“Merricks”). The judgment represents a significant development for the future of the UK’s collective proceedings regime. The Supr... EFIG: European Banking Newsletter - December 2020 Development's in this month's edition include: List of Supervised Entities – ECB publishes updated list Climate-related and environmental risks – ECB publishes final guide on supervisory  expectations for SSM banks BRRD, SRM... Incentives Bulletin - December 2020 Financial Reporting Council Review of Corporate Governance Reporting; Federated Hermes letter to FTSE 100 companies; Glass Lewis 2021 UK Proxy Paper Guidelines;  QCA Remuneration Committee Financial Reporting Council Review of Corporate Governance R...