by Ashford Benjamin | Jan 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
In recent years, we have seen an increasing number of cases which were concluded following settlement discussions with the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). More than a decade ago, the SFC published a guidance note on “cooperation” in 2006. We have...
by Ashford Benjamin | Nov 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Hong Kong will soon become the first jurisdiction in the Asia-Pacific region to have an apology legislation. At the moment, Australia, the United States, Canada and Scotland have also enacted similar legislation, but the scope of protection given to apologies under...
by Ashford Benjamin | Oct 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
In September 2017, the Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC), and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade China Chamber of International Commerce Mediation Center (CCOIC) agreed to cooperate on assisting businesses to...
by Ashford Benjamin | Oct 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Awards set aside at the seat When an award is set aside (annulled) at the seat of arbitration, the award creditor (ie. the winning party in the arbitration) may nonetheless seek to enforce it in another jurisdiction (the secondary jurisdiction) pursuant to the New...
by Ashford Benjamin | May 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
18 May, 2017 Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel Dusek as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group of the Firm’s Hong Kong office. Mr. Dusek has extensive experience advising on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and a variety...
by Ashford Benjamin | May 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
Around this time last year we wrote a similarly titled article, which made various predictions for the legal market in 2016. At that time, we were predicting a busy year for IPOs, regulatory teams, M & A, and speculated as to whether the implementation of the...
