Edwin Northover is an Asia-based corporate partner and Head of our Financial Institutions and Corporate practices in Asia. Mr. Northover has a broad cross-border ...
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Publications
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HKEx Publishes Draft Consultation on Enhancements to Corporate Governance Code
13 August 2024
Gareth Hughes
, Edwin Northover
, Wen-Wei Lai
, Emily Lam
, Tiffany Wu
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2024 Private Equity Midyear Outlook
August 2024
Christopher Anthony
, Katherine Ashton
, Dominic Blaxill
, Ezra Borut
, Geoffrey P. Burgess
, Andrew J. Ceresney
, Christopher Dortschy
, Jane Engelhardt
, Andrew Ford
, Andrew J. Gershon
, Mark P. Goodman
, Jyotin Hamid
, Morgan J. Hayes
, Peter J. Irwin
, Eric T. Juergens
, Arian M. June
, Robert B. Kaplan
, M. Natasha Labovitz
, Andrew M. Levine
, Sidney P. Levinson
, Jonathan F. Lewis
, Gregory J. Lyons
, Timothy McIver
, Frank Mitchell
, Maura Kathleen Monaghan
, Edwin Northover
, Brett M. Novick
, Sheena Paul
, Marc Ponchione
, Ryan T. Rafferty
, Julie M. Riewe
, Paul D. Rubin
, Scott B. Selinger
, Thomas Smith
, Kristin A. Snyder
, Rick Sofield
, Katherine Durnan Taylor
, Ramya S. Tiller
, Jonathan R. Tuttle
, Patricia Volhard
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Jennifer Wheater
, Naomi Aoyama
, Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
, Brett Adam Bush
, Zhiyan Cao
, Jennifer R. Cestaro
, Robert T. Dura
, Paul Eastham
, Stuart Hammer
, Lauren P. Heller
, Jin-Hyuk Jang
, Wen-Wei Lai
, Michael P. McGuigan
, Melissa Runsten
, Tricia Bozyk Sherno
, Jacob W. Stahl
, John Young
, Ulysses Smith
, Kayleigh Anderson
, Hymie A. Anteby
, Jabari Benjamin
, Charles Cartiglia
, Josephine Chen
, Jordan Corrente Beck
, Tejas N. Dave
, Julia Glazer
, Michael C. Godbe
, Zoe Jacoby
, Yiran Ji
, Adriana Kranjac
, Paul D. Lowry
, Kaitlyn McGill
, Diana Moise
, Amy Pereira
, John M. Satira
, Eike Björn Weidner
, Keith Moshe
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The Legal 500 M&A Comparative Legal Guide – Hong Kong
15 April 2024
The Legal 500 M&A Comparative Legal Guide
Edwin Northover
, Wen-Wei Lai
, Josephine Chen
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Chambers Global Practice Guides: Chambers Insurance & Reinsurance – Hong Kong
1 March 2024
Chambers Global Practice Guides
Cameron Sim
, Jan Buschmann
, Edwin Northover
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Private Equity Report: 2024 Outlook
February 2024
Christopher Anthony
, Katherine Ashton
, Andrew L. Bab
, Paul S. Bird
, Dominic Blaxill
, Ezra Borut
, Geoffrey P. Burgess
, Andrew J. Ceresney
, Charu A. Chandrasekhar
, Jennifer L. Chu
, Luke Dembosky
, E. Drew Dutton
, Jane Engelhardt
, Avi Gesser
, Andrew J. Gershon
, Nia I. Goodman
, David Grosgold
, Jyotin Hamid
, Ted Hassi
, Morgan J. Hayes
, Peter J. Irwin
, Eric T. Juergens
, Robert B. Kaplan
, M. Natasha Labovitz
, Jonathan F. Lewis
, Sidney P. Levinson
, Andrew M. Levine
, Erez Liebermann
, Timothy McIver
, Maura Kathleen Monaghan
, Edwin Northover
, Brett M. Novick
, Marc Ponchione
, Ryan T. Rafferty
, Natalie L. Reid
, Julie M. Riewe
, Kevin Rinker
, Samantha J. Rowe
, Paul D. Rubin
, Michael Schaper
, Kevin M. Schmidt
, Scott B. Selinger
, Aly Love (f/k/a Simons)
, Thomas Smith
, Kristin A. Snyder
, Steven J. Slutzky
, Ramya S. Tiller
, Patricia Volhard
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Kyra K. Bromley
, Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
, Jennifer R. Cestaro
, Stuart Hammer
, Jin-Hyuk Jang
, Wen-Wei Lai
, Michael P. McGuigan
, Sheena Paul
, Melissa Runsten
, Tricia Bozyk Sherno
, Ulysses Smith
, Sergio Torres
, Elie J. Worenklein
, Adam Aukland-Peck
, Josephine Chen
, Perpétua B. Chéry
, Paul Eastham
, Isabelle Glimcher
, Yiran Ji
, Maryam Kanna
, Leah Martin
, Sophie Michalski
, Diana Moise
, David J. Swiedler
, Perri M. Weinstein
, Nathan R. Hogan
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ESG – A New Challenge for Insurers in Asia?
17 November 2023
Edwin Northover
, Jan Buschmann
, Tiffany Wu
, Ulysses Smith
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2023 Private Equity Midyear Outlook
27 July 2023
Christopher Anthony
, Katherine Ashton
, Dominic Blaxill
, Ezra Borut
, Geoffrey P. Burgess
, Andrew J. Ceresney
, Jeffrey P. Cunard
, E. Drew Dutton
, Jane Engelhardt
, Andrew Ford
, Andrew J. Gershon
, Mark P. Goodman
, Jyotin Hamid
, Ted Hassi
, Morgan J. Hayes
, Emily F. Huang
, Peter J. Irwin
, Eric T. Juergens
, Robert B. Kaplan
, Rafael Kariyev
, Meir D. Katz
, M. Natasha Labovitz
, Maurizio Levi-Minzi
, Andrew M. Levine
, Sidney P. Levinson
, Jonathan F. Lewis
, Timothy McIver
, Frank Mitchell
, Maura Kathleen Monaghan
, Edwin Northover
, Brett M. Novick
, Marc Ponchione
, Julie M. Riewe
, Shannon Rose Selden
, Steven J. Slutzky
, Thomas Smith
, Kristin A. Snyder
, J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
, Patrick Taylor
, Ramya S. Tiller
, Patricia Volhard
, Richard Ward
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
, Brett Adam Bush
, Zhiyan Cao
, Robert T. Dura
, Stuart Hammer
, Megan McGuiggan
, Sheena Paul
, Tricia Bozyk Sherno
, Ulysses Smith
, Jacob W. Stahl
, Sergio Torres
, Jennifer Wheater
, Elie J. Worenklein
, Adam Aukland-Peck
, Colleen B. Bernaiche
, Charles Cartiglia
, Paul Eastham
, Jay E. Evans
, Sara Ewad
, Christopher Gossage
, Camila Isern
, Yiran Ji
, Maryam Kanna
, Rekha Korlipara
, Adriana Kranjac
, Samuel D. Krawiecz
, Harshil Mehta
, Gianni Pizzitola
, Stanley G. Seckler
, Sheng Shao
, Massy Vainshtein
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Hong Kong’s Insurance Amendment Bill – Important changes on the horizon
8 May 2023
Edwin Northover
, Jan Buschmann
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Chambers Practice Guides: Insurance & Reinsurance Q&A – Hong Kong
16 February 2023
Edwin Northover
, Jan Buschmann
, Cameron Sim
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Chambers Insurance & Reinsurance 2022 Guide: Insurance & Reinsurance Q&A – HK
3 March 2022
Chambers Insurance & Reinsurance 2022 Guide
Edwin Northover
, Jan Buschmann
, Cameron Sim
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China Passes the Personal Information Protection Law
1 September 2021
Luke Dembosky
, Avi Gesser
, Edwin Northover
, Jim Pastore
, Emily Lam
, Philip Rohlik
, Johanna N. Skrzypczyk
, Tingting Wu
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Private Equity Report Spring 2021, Vol 21, No 1
May 2021
Christopher Anthony
, Paul S. Bird
, E. Raman Bet-Mansour
, Geoffrey P. Burgess
, Jennifer L. Chu
, Alexander R. Cochran
, E. Drew Dutton
, Gregory V. Gooding
, David Grosgold
, Morgan J. Hayes
, Uri Herzberg
, Eric T. Juergens
, Robert B. Kaplan
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Edwin Northover
, Marc Ponchione
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Julie M. Riewe
, Samantha J. Rowe
, Kevin M. Schmidt
, James C. Scoville
, Shannon Rose Selden
, Scott B. Selinger
, Steven J. Slutzky
, Patricia Volhard
, Matthew Dickman
, Jin-Hyuk Jang
, Andrew G. Jamieson
, Dr. Clare Swirski
, Adrian St. Francis
, Spencer K. Gilbert
, Matthew B. Parelman
, Brett M. Novick
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China Establishes Blocking Mechanism Aimed at Extraterritorial Foreign Laws
14 January 2021
Gareth Hughes
, Satish M. Kini
, Edwin Northover
, Philip Rohlik
, Robert T. Dura
, Tingting Wu
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Hong Kong SFC and Insurance Authority Sign MoU to Enhance Information Sharing and Case Referral
14 October 2020
Gareth Hughes
, Mark Johnson
, Edwin Northover
, Emily Lam
, Jan Buschmann
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China’s Ministry of Commerce Establishes Framework for Sanctions Against “Unreliable Entities”
28 September 2020
Gareth Hughes
, Satish M. Kini
, Edwin Northover
, Carl Micarelli
, Philip Rohlik
, Tingting Wu
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Timely Reminder to Hong Kong Listcos to Disclose Inside Information Promptly
30 March 2020
Gareth Hughes
, Mark Johnson
, Edwin Northover
, Emily Lam
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Coronavirus — Impact on Foreign Investment in China
19 March 2020
Gareth Hughes
, Edwin Northover
, Philip Rohlik
, Tingting Wu
, Fengjian Ao
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China to Allow 100% Foreign Ownership in Life Insurers from January 1, 2020
11 December 2019
Edwin Northover
, Tingting Wu
, Fengjian Ao
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IAIS Adopts Global Supervision Framework
18 November 2019
Alexander R. Cochran
, E. Drew Dutton
, David Grosgold
, Thomas M. Kelly
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Edwin Northover
, Nicholas F. Potter
, James C. Scoville
, John M. Vasily
, Dr. Clare Swirski
, Jan Buschmann
, Katie Power
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China Amends the Regulation on Foreign-Invested Insurance Companies to Implement Opening-up Policies
25 October 2019
Edwin Northover
, Tingting Wu
, Fengjian Ao
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Shanghai-London Stock Connect Sees Its Second IPO
1 October 2019
Edwin Northover
, James C. Scoville
, Vera Losonci
, Tingting Wu
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China Promulgates New Foreign Investment Law
18 March 2019
Edwin Northover
, Fengjian Ao
, Tingting Wu
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The Greater Bay Area: A Golden Opportunity for the Hong Kong Insurance Industry?
22 February 2019
Edwin Northover
, Jan Buschmann
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New Hong Kong Listing Rules Welcome Emerging and Innovative Companies
6 July 2018
Edwin Northover
, Wen-Wei Lai
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China Announces Updated Timeline for Further Opening Its Financial Sector to Foreign Investors
17 April 2018
Alexander R. Cochran
, E. Drew Dutton
, David Grosgold
, Thomas M. Kelly
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Edwin Northover
, Nicholas F. Potter
, James C. Scoville
, John M. Vasily
, Dr. Clare Swirski
, Fengjian Ao
, Tingting Wu
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China’s New NDRC Regulations Extend Overseas Investment Regime to Insurance Companies
28 February 2018
Alexander R. Cochran
, E. Drew Dutton
, David Grosgold
, Thomas M. Kelly
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Edwin Northover
, Nicholas F. Potter
, James C. Scoville
, John M. Vasily
, Dr. Clare Swirski
, Fengjian Ao
, Tingting Wu
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China to Open its Financial Sector Further to Foreign Investors
13 November 2017
Alexander R. Cochran
, E. Drew Dutton
, David Grosgold
, David Innes
, Thomas M. Kelly
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Edwin Northover
, Nicholas F. Potter
, James C. Scoville
, John M. Vasily
, Fengjian Ao
, Tingting Wu
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China’s New Guidelines on Overseas Investment Likely to Spur Tighter Regulation of Investments by the PRC Insurance Regulator
28 August 2017
Alexander R. Cochran
, Eric Dinallo
, E. Drew Dutton
, David Grosgold
, David Innes
, Thomas M. Kelly
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Edwin Northover
, Nicholas F. Potter
, James C. Scoville
, John M. Vasily
, Fengjian Ao
, Tingting Wu
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Brexit for Re/Insurers: One Month On
1 August 2016
Alexander R. Cochran
, Eric Dinallo
, E. Drew Dutton
, Thomas M. Kelly
, Nicholas F. Potter
, James C. Scoville
, John M. Vasily
, Edwin Northover
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China Insurance Regulator to Designate Local Systematically Important Insurers
25 April 2016
E. Drew Dutton
, James C. Scoville
, Fengjian Ao
, Edwin Northover
, Tingting Wu
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China Insurance Regulator Issues New M&A Regulation
16 April 2014
E. Drew Dutton
, Edwin Northover
, Tingting Wu
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The Private Equity Report
Fall 2010
Franci J. Blassberg
, Guy Lewin-Smith
, Edwin Northover
, E. Drew Dutton
, Gary W. Kubek
, Kyra K. Bromley
, Marcia L. MacHarg
, Paul S. Bird
, Jonathan E. Levitsky
, Geoffrey Kittredge
, Mark P. Goodman
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Jeffrey J. Rosen
, Peter A. Furci
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The Private Equity Report
Spring 2010
Franci J. Blassberg
, Guy Lewin-Smith
, Edwin Northover
, Matthew D. Saronson
, Burt Rosen
, Robert J. Staffaroni
, Kevin Rinker
, Michael Diz
, Jennifer J. Burleigh
, Gregory J. Lyons
, Geoffrey Kittredge
, Peter F.G. Schuur
, Jonathan Adler
, Michael Bolotin
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Insurance Investments: Key Considerations for Investors in the United States, Europe and Asia
May 2021
Alexander R. Cochran
, Eric Dinallo
, E. Drew Dutton
, David Grosgold
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Eric T. Juergens
, Edwin Northover
, Andrew G. Jamieson
, Dr. Clare Swirski
, Matthew B. Parelman
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Recent Events
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M&A Stories
13 September 2024
AIA Group
AIA Group Legal Conference 2024
Bangkok, Thailand
Speaking Engagements
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Private Equity M&A and Exits
5 September 2024
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Debevoise Autumn CPD/CLE Day
Hong Kong
Speaking Engagements
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Fund Secondary Transactions and Continuation Vehicles
15 June 2023
Trilegal & Debevoise
Bangalore, India
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Fund Secondary Transactions and Continuation Vehicles
13 June 2023
Trilegal & Debevoise
Mumbai, India
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AI in Insurance – Technological Advances and Emerging Regulation
31 May 2023
HILA
Insurance Tech Seminar
Hong Kong, China
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Insurance Mergers and Acquisitions in Asia—Uncertain Times?
28 October 2021
Financial Times
FT Asia Insurance Summit
Webcast
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InsurTech Investments – Structure, Terms and Regulatory Considerations
7 September 2021
Associate of Corporate Counsel Hong Kong
Webcast
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Insurtech Start-Ups -- Disruption or Distraction?
12 November 2020
Financial Times
FT Asia Insurance Summit 2020
Webinar
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Contribution of the Insurance Industry in Fighting COVID-19 and Development Trend of the Insurance Industry after COVID-19
21 October 2020
Financial Street Forum, co-sponsored by the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality, the People’s Bank of China, Xinhua News Agency, China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, China Securities Regulatory Commission, and State Administration of
Annual Conference of Financial Street Forum 2020: Financial Cooperation and Reform in a Changing World
Webinar
Speaking Engagements
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How Corporate Governance Can Make or Break Companies
1 September 2020
Milken Institute and South China Morning Post
Webinar
Speaking Engagements
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Global Insurance M&A Trends (with Focus on Asia)
24 June 2020
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Central, Hong Kong
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Viewpoint: What’s Down the Road for Foreign Insurers?
13 June 2019
Financial Times
FT China Insurance Summit
Beijing, China
Speaking Engagements
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InsureTech
11 January 2019
Chambers & Partners in Association with Debevoise & Plimpton
Chambers Forum Seminar on Insurance
Hong Kong
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Seeking Strategies for Growth
11 October 2018
FT Asia
FT Asia Insurance Summit
Hong Kong
Speaking Engagements
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The State of Insurance - Hong Kong and Asia 2018
14 September 2018
Chambers & Partners
Chambers General Counsel Seminar
Hong Kong
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China's Belt and Road Scheme: What It Means for Investors and Insurers
21 June 2018
Financial Times
FT China Insurance Summit
Beijing, China
Speaking Engagements
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Spotlight on Alternatives
1 March 2018
AsianInvestor
AsianInvestor Insurance Investment Forum
Hong Kong
Speaking Engagements
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Insurance M&A in China: A New Opening?
7 December 2017
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Webinar
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Value Creation from Outside In
20 November 2017
The Pacific Insurance Conference Limited
28th Pacific Insurance Conference
Hong Kong
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China in Conversation: Opening Up?
19 October 2017
Financial Times
FT Asia Insurance Summit
Hong Kong
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Creating Growth Through M&A
22 June 2017
Financial Times
FT China Insurance Summit
Beijing, China
Speaking Engagements
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India Insurance Developments and Investment/M&A Considerations
14 June 2017
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The State of Insurance in Hong Kong and Asia
25 April 2017
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Bancassurance: Overpriced Fad or Here to Stay
13 January 2017
Actuarial Society of Hong Kong
ASHK Asia Conference, 2017
Hong Kong
Speaking Engagements
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Making the Most out of M&A
20 October 2016
Financial Times
FT Asia Insurance Summit 2016
Hong Kong
Speaking Engagements
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Inbound Investment Opportunities and Outbound Investment Expectations
10 March 2016
Debevoise & Plimpton
Asian Insurance 2016 Seminar
Debevoise & Plimpton, New York
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