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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... Halliburton v Chubb: Supreme Court clarifies English rules on apparent bias of arbitrators The UK Supreme Court has delivered what is now the leading English judgment on arbitrator conflicts in Halliburton Company v Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd [2020] UKSC 48. The decision clarifies the principles to be applied by the English court when assessin... More questions than answers in the Gallaher appeals The Upper Tribunal has decided in the Gallaher case that a number of questions should be referred to the CJEU to prior to the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020, although Judge Beare in the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) had decided such a refere...