August 2016

CHINESE UPDATE — Impact of China’s Law on the Activities of Overseas NGOs

Highlights: The new Law on NGO provides guidance for the registration, operating activities, financial management, and penalties, etc. of or for Overseas NGOs within China. Main Article The Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Management of Activities of Overseas Non-Governmental Organizations within the Territory of China (“Management Law”) was adopted at the … Continued

Editors’ Note:   Contributed by Qi Li (Adam), a partner at JunHe and a member of XBMA’s Legal Roundtable.  Mr. Li has broad experience in cross-border mergers & acquisitions, corporate, and general China practice.  Authored by Mr. Jason Liu and Ms. Piwei Sun. Mr. Jason Liu is a partner at JunHe’s Infrastructure & Project Financing practice group. He is specialized in infrastructure and utility concession transactions, bidding law, energy conservation, environmental protection, project construction, and foreign investment. Ms. Piwei Sun is a senior associate at JunHe’s Infrastructure & Project Financing practice group. She is specialized in infrastructure and utility concession transactions, foreign investment and project financing.

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CANADIAN UPDATE – Shareholder Activism and Proxy Contests: Issues and Trends

Executive Summary: The year 2015 was significant for proxy contests in Canada, with a total of 55 contests, exceeding the previous record high of 43 contests set in 2009. Although the spike in the number of contests in 2015 may have been exceptional, coinciding with a period of economic downturn in Canada and continued deterioration … Continued

Editors’ Note:  This article was produced by partners Patricia L. Olasker, J. Alexander Moore and Jennifer F. Longhurst of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP. It was submitted to XBMA by Davies partner Berl Nadler who is a member of XBMA’s Legal Roundtable.

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FRENCH UPDATE – Activist Strategies and Defenses in France

Executive Summary: Sitting in France, reports of the decline of activism in Europe appear somewhat exaggerated, just as the predictions of a few years ago of an impending wave of U.S.-style activist activity in Europe were equally overstated. In contrast to the rapid rise of activism in the United States, the level of activism in France … Continued

Editors’ Note: Alain Maillot and Bertrand Cardi are partners of Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier and members of XBMA’s Legal Roundtable.  Bertrand Cardi, Benjamin Burman and Forrest Alogna, partners of Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier, authored the following article with the assistance of associate Damien Catoir.

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