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  • BARECON - The Importance of Class

    International 18.04.2019
    In the recent case of Silverburn Shipping (IoM) Ltd -v- Ark Shipping Company LLC [2019] EWHC 376 (Comm), the High Court ruled that an obligation in a charterparty to keep a vessel in class is both an absolute...

  • CMS Guide to Dismissals in Asia 2019

    Asia 10.04.2019
    CMS Employment Practice Area Group is pleased to share with you the 2019 edition of the Guides to Dismissals. The CMS Guides to Dismissals are intended to help employers anticipate the possible courses...

  • Parties to Hong Kong arbitral proceedings can obtain interim measures in Mainland China

    China and Hong Kong 10.04.2019
    Introduction In many jurisdictions, a standard feature of international arbitration is that parties to an arbitration agreement can request interim relief from national courts in support of ensuing or...

  • CMS guide to employment issues in M&A transactions

    International 09.04.2019
    CMS Employment Practice Area Group is pleased to share with you the 2019 edition of the CMS Guide to Employment Issues in M&A Transactions. While mergers and acquisitions (M&A) tend to be led...

  • New arrangement with Mainland adds to advantages of Hong Kong arbitration

    Hong Kong 08.04.2019
    This article is produced by Lau, Horton & Wise LLP, a Hong Kong law firm in association with CMS Hasche Sigle, Hong Kong LLP Hot on the heels of the extension of an arrangement for reciprocal enforcement...

  • Caveat victor - Hong Kong Court rejects late attempt to enforce an arbitral award

    Hong Kong 29.03.2019
    When the battle’s lost and won (in arbitration), and the victor has a final award, they must turn to enforcement. This involves asking the local courts in a relevant jurisdiction (usually, where...

  • Radical reform ahead: “Single use Plastics Directive” receives final approval 

    International 28.03.2019
    As we reported in an earlier article, last October the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in support of the European Commission’s proposal for a Directive on the reduction of the impact of...

  • Law sides with climate change against coal

    International 15.03.2019
    Mining company, Gloucester Resources Limited (GRL), appealed to the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales, Australia, against a ministerial decision to reject its application to develop and operate...

  • Shipping and carbon: EU and IMO systems to align

    International 14.03.2019
    On 4 February 2019 the European Commission (EC) tabled a proposal concerning the amendment of Regulation (EU) 2015/757 on the monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime...

  • Connected Future - Energy Storage

    International 13.03.2019
    It is recognised that flexibility in the electricity system will become increasingly valuable in the coming years as the wider energy transition, including the greater penetration of intermittent, distributed...

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