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The Lending and Secured Finance Review - 7th edition - Hong Kong chapter The Lending and Secured Finance Review provides an overview of the developments in the corporate lending and secured finance markets in 21 different countries and the challenges and opportunities facing market participants. This chapter in the 7th editio... Continued focus on tech: China’s first merger prohibition in the digital space (and more gun-jumping decisions) This article examines China’s first merger prohibition on tech deals - the prohibition of Huya/DouYu and recent tech gun-jumping decisions. In another example of China’s increasing scrutiny over the digital sector, on 10 July 2021 the State A... Cross-Border Insolvency in Hong Kong - An Order to Recognise and Assist This client briefing considers the recognition and assistance which Hong Kong courts may give to foreign insolvency proceedings. “Since the court resumed hearings in May [2020] more than half the petitions I have heard have involved listed companie... Pensions Bulletin - July 2021 In this month’s Pensions Bulletin, we examine the Government’s finalised proposal for the new “employer resources” test which if failed gives the Pensions Regulator (TPR) discretion to issue a Contribution Notice. We also look at T... BLOG: Notification of uncertain tax treatment by large business Putting aside for now whether this new notification regime is necessary and apt to reduce what HMRC refer to as the tax gap attributable to legal interpretation and quantify at £4.9bn, it is encouraging to see that the model is much improved from the orig... Reinventing the 9 to 5: No 'Freedom Day' For Employers Now that 'Freedom Day' has come and gone, the challenge of returning to pre-COVID 19 working arrangements is far from over. In this briefing, Padraig Cronin, Philip Linnard, Lizzie Twigger and Clare Fletcher set out five key challenges facing empl... Real Estate Newsletter - August 2021 Topics include: Inflationary rent review clause - Woden Park v Monsolar IQ Contracting out of security of tenure - TFS Stores v Designer Retail Outlet Centres Pandemic clause - Poundland v Toplain Ltd Covid-19 and lease renewal - S Franses v The Cavendis... Date for the diary: UK Government announces launch date of the new national security screening regime On 20 July 2021, the UK Government published guidance on the National Security and Investment Act ahead of its commencement on 4 January 2022. On 20 July 2021, the UK Government announced that the long-expected National Security and Investment Act (the &... Competition & Regulatory Newsletter (7 - 20 July 2021) European Commission imposes €875m fine on car manufacturers in novel emissions technology cartel European Commission imposes €875m fine on car manufacturers in novel emissions technology cartel On 8 July 2021 the European Commission announced ... Data Privacy Newsletter - Issue 16 Selected legal and regulatory developments in data privacy for July 2021 It was so very close… But, unlike the football, we got the result we wanted… On 28 June, the EU adopted its adequacy decisions for the UK under the EU GDPR and t...