Publications

• Hong Kong SFC Fines Fund Managers for Internal Control Failures and Other Breaches
  8 March 2024
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Samuel Fung
  ,
  Emily Lam
• Hong Kong Financial Regulatory Review 2023
  26 February 2024
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Samuel Fung
  ,
  Emily Lam
  ,
  Tiffany Wu
• Justice “Seen” to Be Done - Hong Kong Judiciary Launches First Live Stream of Court Proceedings
  26 January 2024
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Emily Lam
  ,
  Tiffany Wu
• Chambers Global Practice Guides: Anti-corruption – Hong Kong
  19 January 2024
  Chambers Global Practice Guides
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
  ,
  Samuel Fung
  ,
  Emily Lam
• China’s New Foreign State Immunity Law Targets Commercial Assets and Transactions
  16 January 2024
  Tony Dymond
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
  ,
  Cameron Sim
  ,
  Tiffany Wu
• China’s New Civil Procedure Law On Foreign-Related Cases Comes Into Force
  4 January 2024
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
  ,
  Cameron Sim
  ,
  Tingting Wu
• Key Developments in Hong Kong Arbitration Law in 2023
  14 December 2023
  Tony Dymond
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Cameron Sim
  ,
  Lillian Wong
• New Arrangement for Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese Judgments
  24 November 2023
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Samuel Fung
  ,
  Emily Lam
  ,
  Cameron Sim
  ,
  Tiffany Wu
• Recent Court of Final Appeal Decision Enables Speedier Enforcement against Foreign Defendants for Market Misconduct Offences
  10 November 2023
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Samuel Fung
  ,
  Emily Lam
  ,
  Lillian Wong
• IFLR: Balancing Chinese data laws and foreign regulatory requests
  12 September 2023
  International Financial Law Review
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Samuel Fung
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
• Securities and Futures Commission Confirms Amendment to the Insider Dealing Provisions
  18 August 2023
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Samuel Fung
  ,
  Emily Lam
  ,
  Lillian Wong
• The SFC and the AFRC Signal Intent to Combat Dubious Transfer of Funds by Listed Issuers to Third Parties
  25 July 2023
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Samuel Fung
  ,
  Emily Austin
• Arbitrators, Not Courts, Should Resolve Disputes Concerning Escalation Clauses Confirms the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal
  13 July 2023
  Catherine Amirfar
  ,
  Tony Dymond
  ,
  Mark W. Friedman
  ,
  Lord Goldsmith KC
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Christopher K. Tahbaz
  ,
  Emily Lam
  ,
  Cameron Sim
  ,
  Lillian Wong
  ,
  Tiffany Wu
• Japan’s New Arbitration and Mediation Laws
  17 May 2023
  Catherine Amirfar
  ,
  Tony Dymond
  ,
  Mark W. Friedman
  ,
  Lord Goldsmith KC
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Christopher K. Tahbaz
  ,
  Naomi Aoyama
  ,
  Cameron Sim
  ,
  Lillian Wong
• Global Investigations Review: Challenges for internal investigations in post-Covid China
  14 March 2023
  Global Investigations Review
  Kara Brockmeyer
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
• Obstruct the SFC at Your Peril: First Conviction and Imprisonment for Obstructing SFC Employees in Performance of Their Functions
  21 February 2023
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Samuel Fung
  ,
  Lillian Wong
• SFAT Affirms SFC Decision to Fine Investment Advisor and Suspend the Licence of Its Responsible Officer
  17 February 2023
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Samuel Fung
  ,
  Emily Austin
  ,
  Tiffany Wu
• Singapore Court of Appeal Considers the Law Governing Arbitrability and Arbitration Agreements
  8 February 2023
  Tony Dymond
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Lillian Wong
• Private Equity Report: 2023 Outlook
  January 2023
  Catherine Amirfar
  ,
  Christopher Anthony
  ,
  Katherine Ashton
  ,
  Jason Auerbach
  ,
  Dominic Blaxill
  ,
  Ezra Borut
  ,
  Kara Brockmeyer
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Andrew J. Ceresney
  ,
  Jennifer L. Chu
  ,
  Alexander R. Cochran
  ,
  Eric Dinallo
  ,
  Christopher Dortschy
  ,
  E. Drew Dutton
  ,
  Jane Engelhardt
  ,
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Ted Hassi
  ,
  Morgan J. Hayes
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Peter J. Irwin
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Eric T. Juergens
  ,
  Rafael Kariyev
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  Henry Lebowitz
  ,
  Maurizio Levi-Minzi
  ,
  Andrew M. Levine
  ,
  Sidney P. Levinson
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Marilyn A. Lion
  ,
  Timothy McIver
  ,
  John (Jay) Neukom
  ,
  Benjamin R. Pedersen
  ,
  Marc Ponchione
  ,
  Nicholas F. Potter
  ,
  Ryan T. Rafferty
  ,
  Julie M. Riewe
  ,
  Samantha J. Rowe
  ,
  Paul D. Rubin
  ,
  Scott B. Selinger
  ,
  Jane Shvets
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Erica S. Weisgerber
  ,
  Barbara N. Barath
  ,
  Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
  ,
  Zhiyan Cao
  ,
  Robert T. Dura
  ,
  Robert M. Fettman
  ,
  Samuel Fung
  ,
  Caroline P. Geiger
  ,
  Andrew J. Gershon
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  Stuart Hammer
  ,
  Kim T. Le
  ,
  Michael P. McGuigan
  ,
  Sheena Paul
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
  ,
  Jennifer Wheater
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Jeffrey P. Cunard
  ,
  Ulysses Smith
  ,
  Jennifer R. Cestaro
  ,
  Paul Eastham
  ,
  Isabel Espinosa de los Reyes
  ,
  Jay E. Evans
  ,
  Christopher Gossage
  ,
  Berk Guler
  ,
  Yiran Ji
  ,
  Samuel D. Krawiecz
  ,
  Chaim Lapp
  ,
  Stacy S. Lee
  ,
  Lucy Litt
  ,
  Emily MacKay
  ,
  Alma M. Mozetič
  ,
  Ezra Newman
  ,
  Melissa Runsten
  ,
  Sergio Torres
  ,
  George Tan
  ,
  Tiffany Wu
  ,
  Emma Macfarlane
  ,
  Sarah Min
  ,
  Matthew Stromecki
  ,
  Massy Vainshtein
• Hong Kong’s New Regime for Outcome Related Fee Structures in Arbitration Comes into Force
  16 December 2022
  Catherine Amirfar
  ,
  Tony Dymond
  ,
  Mark W. Friedman
  ,
  Lord Goldsmith KC
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  David W. Rivkin
  ,
  Christopher K. Tahbaz
  ,
  Cameron Sim
  ,
  Lillian Wong
  ,
  Tiffany Wu
• Deep Freeze: What PE Funds in Hong Kong Need to Know About the SFC’s Asset-Freezing Powers
  November 2022
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Samuel Fung
• Private Equity Report Fall 2022, Vol 22, No 3
  November 2022
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Sally Bergmann Hardesty
  ,
  Michael Bolotin
  ,
  Jennifer L. Chu
  ,
  Erin Cleary
  ,
  Matthew Dickman
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Mark P. Goodman
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Henry Lebowitz
  ,
  Maurizio Levi-Minzi
  ,
  Maura Kathleen Monaghan
  ,
  Kevin Rinker
  ,
  Paul D. Rubin
  ,
  Kevin M. Schmidt
  ,
  Scott B. Selinger
  ,
  Ramya S. Tiller
  ,
  Zhiyan Cao
  ,
  Caroline P. Geiger
  ,
  Kim T. Le
  ,
  Samuel Fung
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  David Deutsch
  ,
  Tigist Kassahun
  ,
  Hannah R. Levine
  ,
  Keith J. Slattery
  ,
  Sergio Torres
  ,
  Dominique Trudelle
  ,
  Hadel Alfagir
  ,
  Michael L. Cederblom
  ,
  David N. Simpser
• Securities and Futures Commission Proposes Amendments to the Securities and Futures Ordinance to Strengthen Enforcement
  24 June 2022
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Emily Lam
• Mainland Chinese Court Grants First Recognition Order under New Arrangement in Support of Hong Kong Bankruptcy (Insolvency) Proceedings
  8 February 2022
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Emily Lam
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
  ,
  Lillian Wong
• Hong Kong Court Sets Aside Enforcement of Emergency Arbitration Award
  27 January 2022
  Catherine Amirfar
  ,
  Tony Dymond
  ,
  Mark W. Friedman
  ,
  Lord Goldsmith KC
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  David W. Rivkin
  ,
  Christopher K. Tahbaz
  ,
  Emily Lam
  ,
  Cameron Sim
  ,
  Lillian Wong
• Hong Kong Court Finds Police Action to Freeze Bank Accounts Unlawful
  13 January 2022
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Emily Lam
• FCPA Update September 2021
  30 September 2021
  Kara Brockmeyer
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Bruce E. Yannett
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
  ,
  Tingting Wu
  ,
  Michael P. Geraltowski
  ,
  Andreas A. Glimenakis
• The CLS Blue Sky Blog: Debevoise Discusses the Proposed Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law in Hong Kong
  23 September 2021
  The CLS Blue Sky Blog
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
• The Proposed Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law in Hong Kong—Current Status and What You Need to Know
  15 September 2021
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
• Indian Supreme Court Issues Landmark Decision: Emergency Arbitrator Awards in India-Seated Arbitrations Are Directly Enforceable
  7 September 2021
  Catherine Amirfar
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Donald Francis Donovan
  ,
  Mark W. Friedman
  ,
  Lord Goldsmith KC
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Ina C. Popova
  ,
  Dietmar W. Prager
  ,
  Natalie L. Reid
  ,
  David W. Rivkin
  ,
  Samantha J. Rowe
  ,
  Patrick Taylor
  ,
  Cameron Sim
  ,
  Shreya Aren
• New Rules of the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association Come into Force
  15 July 2021
  Catherine Amirfar
  ,
  Tony Dymond
  ,
  Mark W. Friedman
  ,
  Lord Goldsmith KC
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Christopher K. Tahbaz
  ,
  Naomi Aoyama
  ,
  Cameron Sim
• China Passes Anti-Foreign Sanctions and Data Security Laws
  15 June 2021
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
  ,
  Tingting Wu
• Hong Kong and Mainland China Enter Arrangement on Mutual Recognition of and Assistance to Insolvency Proceedings
  24 May 2021
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Emily Lam
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
  ,
  Tingting Wu
• IBA Evidence Rules Updated to Reflect Modern Developments and Best Practices
  1 April 2021
  Donald Francis Donovan
  ,
  Lord Goldsmith KC
  ,
  David W. Rivkin
  ,
  Catherine Amirfar
  ,
  Tony Dymond
  ,
  Mark W. Friedman
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Antoine F. Kirry
  ,
  Ina C. Popova
  ,
  Dietmar W. Prager
  ,
  Natalie L. Reid
  ,
  Samantha J. Rowe
  ,
  William H. Taft V
  ,
  Christopher K. Tahbaz
  ,
  Patrick Taylor
  ,
  Mark McCloskey
• FCPA Update March 2021
  31 March 2021
  Kara Brockmeyer
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Andrew M. Levine
  ,
  Jane Shvets
  ,
  Winston M. Paes
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
  ,
  Douglas S. Zolkind
• 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
• Recent U.S. Developments, Including Passage of Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, Signal Harder Stance with China
  7 December 2020
  Kara Brockmeyer
  ,
  Andrew J. Ceresney
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
  ,
  Peter J. Loughran
  ,
  Jonathan R. Tuttle
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
  ,
  Tingting Wu
• The Trump Administration Targets China with Additional Sanctions
  17 November 2020
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
  ,
  Robert T. Dura
• Hong Kong Autonomy Act Report Delivered to the U.S. Congress and Guidance Issued to Foreign Financial Institutions
  19 October 2020
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
  ,
  Robert T. Dura
  ,
  Isabel Espinosa de los Reyes
• Indian Supreme Court Confirms Three-Year Limitation Period for Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
  15 October 2020
  Catherine Amirfar
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Donald Francis Donovan
  ,
  Tony Dymond
  ,
  Mark W. Friedman
  ,
  Lord Goldsmith KC
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  David W. Rivkin
  ,
  Samantha J. Rowe
  ,
  Patrick Taylor
  ,
  Shreya Aren
• 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
• Hong Kong–Mainland China Interim Measures Arrangement: One Year On
  5 October 2020
  Tony Dymond
  ,
  Lord Goldsmith KC
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  David W. Rivkin
  ,
  Christopher K. Tahbaz
  ,
  Emily Lam
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
  ,
  Tingting Wu
  ,
  Cameron Sim
  ,
  Benjamin Teo
• 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
• IDRG Webcast Series: The Future of Hong Kong Arbitration
  10 September 2020
  Debevoise IDRG Webcast Series
  David W. Rivkin
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Tony Dymond
  ,
  Cameron Sim
  ,
  Benjamin Teo
• New LCIA Rules Encourage Streamlined Proceedings and the Use of Technology
  14 August 2020
  Donald Francis Donovan
  ,
  Lord Goldsmith KC
  ,
  David W. Rivkin
  ,
  Catherine Amirfar
  ,
  Tony Dymond
  ,
  Mark W. Friedman
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Antoine F. Kirry
  ,
  Ina C. Popova
  ,
  Dietmar W. Prager
  ,
  Natalie L. Reid
  ,
  Samantha J. Rowe
  ,
  William H. Taft V
  ,
  Christopher K. Tahbaz
  ,
  Patrick Taylor
  ,
  Gavin Chesney
  ,
  Robert Hoose
  ,
  Aimee-Jane Lee
  ,
  Mark McCloskey
• U.S. Escalates Measures against China with New Sanctions against TikTok, WeChat and Senior Hong Kong Officials
  11 August 2020
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
  ,
  Carl Micarelli
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
  ,
  Robert T. Dura
• U.S. Issues New Sanctions Authorities Following Implementation of China’s National Security Law for Hong Kong
  21 July 2020
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
  ,
  Robert T. Dura
• Debevoise Insight: Round-up of Recent Anti-Money Laundering Developments in Hong Kong
  2 July 2020
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
• U.S. Senate Responds to New National Security Law for Hong Kong
  30 June 2020
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
  ,
  Robert T. Dura
• China’s Security Proposal for Hong Kong: Implications for U.S. Economic Sanctions
  1 June 2020
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
  ,
  Robert T. Dura
• Macau Arbitration Law
  23 April 2020
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Tony Dymond
  ,
  Christopher K. Tahbaz
  ,
  Lord Goldsmith KC
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
  ,
  Cameron Sim
  ,
  Benjamin Teo
  ,
  Dietmar W. Prager
• Proposed Reform to Hong Kong’s Data Protection Law
  1 April 2020
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
• Timely Reminder to Hong Kong Listcos to Disclose Inside Information Promptly
  30 March 2020
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Edwin Northover
  ,
  Emily Lam
• Mitigating the Risk of Regulatory Complaints and Claims Resulting from Recent Market Volatility
  20 March 2020
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Emily Lam
• Coronavirus — Impact on Foreign Investment in China
  19 March 2020
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Edwin Northover
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
  ,
  Tingting Wu
  ,
  Fengjian Ao
• Hong Kong High Court Dismisses Judicial Review Challenging the SFC’s Investigative Powers
  11 March 2020
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Emily Lam
• Coronavirus – Key Implications for Your Business
  28 February 2020
  Tony Dymond
  ,
  Lord Goldsmith KC
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Christopher K. Tahbaz
  ,
  Emily Lam
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
  ,
  Cameron Sim
• Arbitration in Asia: Developments in 2019 and Their Impact in 2020
  10 January 2020
  Catherine Amirfar
  ,
  Donald Francis Donovan
  ,
  Tony Dymond
  ,
  Lord Goldsmith KC
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Christopher K. Tahbaz
  ,
  Emily Lam
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
  ,
  Cameron Sim
  ,
  Benjamin Teo
• Mainland Chinese Court Grants First Interim Measures Under the New Arrangement in Support of Hong Kong Arbitrations
  11 October 2019
  Tony Dymond
  ,
  Lord Goldsmith KC
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Christopher K. Tahbaz
  ,
  Emily Lam
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
  ,
  Cameron Sim
• HKIAC to Become First Foreign Arbitration Institution Permitted to Administer Disputes in Russia
  16 April 2019
  Tony Dymond
  ,
  Mark W. Friedman
  ,
  Lord Goldsmith KC
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
  ,
  Olga Nesterova
  ,
  Daria Serebrova
  ,
  Cameron Sim
• Interim Relief In Support Of Hong Kong-Seated Arbitrations Now Available In Mainland Chinese Courts
  8 April 2019
  Tony Dymond
  ,
  Lord Goldsmith KC
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Christopher K. Tahbaz
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
  ,
  Cameron Sim
• Hong Kong Court Confirms the SFC’s Broad Powers to Share Investigation Materials with Overseas Regulators
  27 February 2019
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Emily Austin
  ,
  Cameron Sim
  ,
  Emily Lam
• Hong Kong’s New Law on Third Party Funding for Arbitration: Opportunities and Risks
  20 February 2019
  Tony Dymond
  ,
  Lord Goldsmith KC
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  Christopher K. Tahbaz
  ,
  Cameron Sim
  ,
  Benjamin Teo
• Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Confirms Jurisdiction over Insider Trading of Securities Listed Overseas
  5 November 2018
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
• Test Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Confirms Jurisdiction over Insider Trading of Securities Listed OverseasHong Kong Court of Final Appeal Confirms Jurisdiction over Insider Trading of Securities Listed Overseas
  5 November 2018
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
• New Arbitration Rules of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre Come Into Force
  1 November 2018
  Tony Dymond
  ,
  Lord Goldsmith KC
  ,
  Gareth Hughes
  ,
  Mark Johnson
  ,
  David W. Rivkin
  ,
  Christopher K. Tahbaz
  ,
  Philip Rohlik
  ,
  Cameron Sim