Author: Simon Luk
This book provides a comprehensive overview and practical guidance for business executives and legal practitioners in global business projects, with a review of legal developments in Hong Kong and Mainland China as well as certain representative Western countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Belgium and the restrictions and regulations on foreign investments in those countries.
Publication Date: April 2022
Publisher: LexisNexis
In the recent years, the world has witnessed a series of impressive, disruptive and explosive developments in the cross-border eco-political, technological, commercial and regulatory landscapes, which impact heavily on how international businesses strategically formulate and execute their growth strategies. As the global economies continue to integrate, progressively driven by the influence of China’s growing economy, it is time to re-examine the legal and commercial factors affecting global investments and cross-border mergers and acquisitions.
This book provides a comprehensive overview and practical guidance for business executives and legal practitioners in global business projects, with a review of legal developments in Hong Kong and Mainland China as well as certain representative Western countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Belgium and the restrictions and regulations on foreign investments in those countries.
Readers will benefit from the model documents, practical examples and explanatory notes which exemplify the steps, procedures, documentation and issues involved in today ever-changing cross-border M&A transactions.
1 Nature, History and Maxims of Equity
2 Jurisdiction and Power
3 Equitable Rights, Titles and Interests
4 Equitable Assignments
5 Estoppel
6 Fiduciary Obligations
7 Unconscionable Transactions
8 Penalties and Forfeiture
9 Con dential Information
10 Subrogation
11 Contribution
12 Minor Doctrines
13 The Nature of Trusts
14 Express Trusts
15 The Variation and Termination of Trusts
16 Charitable Trusts
17 Resulting Trusts
18 Constructive Trusts
19 The Trustee
20 Rights of the Bene ciary
21 Specific Trustees
22 Equitable Defences
23 Specic Performance
24 Injunctions
25 Declarations
26 Damages in Equity
27 Minor Remedies