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The Class Actions Law Review Richard Swallow and Mark Hughes are the authors of this second edition of The Class Actions Law Review. This PDF includes the chapter on Hong Kong and is written by Mark Hughes and Kevin Warburton, counsel in Slaughter and May’s Hong Kong... Hong Kong Launches New listing Regime The Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s new listing regime has come into effect The Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s new listing regime has come into effect. The regime allows: (1) innovative companies to primary list with weighted voting rights; (2) innovative US or Lo... Hong Kong Launches New Rules on Biotech Listings Our Client Briefing on Biotech Listings focusses on the regime for pre-revenue biotech companies The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange) has concluded its consultation on a listing regime for emerging and innovative companies and finalised ... Raising the Bar: Global Expansion of Foreign Investment Controls This article looks at developments over recent months that demonstrate a global expansion of foreign investment controls Raising the Bar: Global Expansion of Foreign Investment Controls Developments over recent months demonstrate that leading regulatory r... Competition and Regulatory Newsletter UK government consults on its statutory review of the competition regime and its Strategic Steer to the CMA UK government consults on its statutory review of the competition regime and its Strategic Steer to the CMA The UK government has announced the lau... P&E Update: Employment/Employee Benefits Bulletin Shared parental leave; negative reference; Unlawful exercise of malus provision; bumping on redundancy; BEIS inquiry; Gender pay gap reporting; GDPR; Childcare voucher scheme Topics covered in this bulletin: Cases Round-up Shared parental leave: failure ... P&E Update: Pensions Bulletin Pensions White Paper; Master trusts new regime; Auto-enrolment qualifying earnings band limits; Finance Act 2018; Regulator’s Annual Funding Statement Topics covered in this bulletin: The Watch List New Law Pensions White Paper Master trusts new regime –... A tax on a tax: charging SDLT on VAT William Watson and Ed Milliner argue that no SDLT is due where the consideration takes the form of another land interest that is exempt from SDLT Where VAT arises on the acquisition of a UK real estate interest, the chargeable consideration for the purpo... Tax and the City briefing for April 2018 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews look at, inter alia, the recent decisions in Travel Document Service and Hargreaves Lansdowne and HMRC’s intention to pilot an enhanced business risk review procedure. The Court of Appeal confirms in TDS and LGI that the F... Competition and Regulatory Newsletter ISU skating on thin ice with its eligibility rules ISU skating on thin ice with its eligibility rules The European Commission has recently published its decision finding that the International Skating Union’s eligibility rules breached EU competition law....