Hong Kong, Capital Markets, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, Due diligence, Initial public offerings
Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, Court of First Instance (Hong Kong)
The U.K. Financial Services and Markets Act 2023
European Union, United Kingdom, Banking, Capital Markets, Compliance Management, Insolvency & Restructuring, Public, Trade & Customs, A&O Shearman, Corporate governance, Fintech, Due diligence, Carbon neutrality, Cryptocurrency, Anti-money laundering, Financial Conduct Authority (UK), European Commission, HM Treasury (UK), House of Lords, Bank of England, European Securities and Markets Authority, Prudential Regulation Authority (UK), MiFID, Solvency II Directive (2009/138/EU), Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (UK), Banking Act 2009 (UK), UK Supreme Court
Hong Kong, Compliance Management, Construction, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, Bankruptcy, Contempt of court, Costs, Court of First Instance (Hong Kong)
The U.K. government has published its much-anticipated proposals for regulating the cryptoasset industry. These proposals, currently in the form of a consultation, will see many (but not all) cryptoasset-related activities being brought within the regulatory perimeter for financial services in the U.K.
European Union, United Kingdom, Banking, Capital Markets, Insolvency & Restructuring, IT & Data Protection, White Collar Crime, A&O Shearman, Blockchain, Crowdfunding, Bitcoin, Due diligence, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Compensation Scheme, Distributed ledger, ESG, Cybersecurity, Anti-money laundering, Central counterparties, Decentralised finance, Financial Conduct Authority (UK), House of Lords, FTX, MiFID, Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (UK), Markets in Cryptoassets Regulation (EU)
- Introduction
- Recent case
- Court's obiter comments
- Comment
Introduction
With two decisions (No. 1895/2018 and No. 1896/2018), both filed on 25 January 2018, the Court of Cassation reached opposite conclusions in the two different situations
The case
Italy, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Nctm Studio Legale, Bankruptcy, Debt restructuring, Italian Supreme Court of Cassation
The Constitutional Court (6 December 2017) confirmed that Art. 147, para. 5, of the Italian Bankruptcy Law does not violate the Constitution as long as it is interpreted in a broad sense
The case
Italy, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Nctm Studio Legale, Bankruptcy, Italian Supreme Court of Cassation