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Following the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Union (EU) became the global leader in sanctions against Russia. While the US has now largely caught up, it is important to view these unique sanctions within their own context. One which began as early as 2014. This brief is...

For over 15 years PSA’s Shanghai office has been supporting international business and trade with China. Prepared for the internationally based legal and compliance professional who oversee China, the following one page brief contains a summary of what can be done inside the country to support proactive counterparty due...

China’s property sector is under significant stress, consequently locating and valuing assets has become increasingly important. In this briefing PSA looks at the methods professionals use to undertake asset tracing and property valuations. 

In 2014, regulations outlining information disclosure requirements for Chinese companies created a List of Companies with Abnormal Operations (“the Abnormal Operations List”; 企业经营异常名录). The list includes companies that have failed to comply with information disclosure requirements.

There are four circumstances under which a company would be added to the list:

Early 2022 has seen several economies have gradually opening with the shift in their management of the COVID 19 pandemic. ASEAN 5 are on course for continued economic recovery with most reliable regional projections anticipating expanded GDP in 2022. With this ASEAN’s economic outlook remains positive, locking in Southeast Asia’s...

The terrible events in Ukraine over the past three weeks have led to what today’s guest has called “the most significant implementation of sanctions that has ever occurred.”  These sanctions are fast moving, multilateral, and create a complex web of individual overlapping regimes which cut deep into the Russian economy....

PSA’s Corruption Risk Profiles aggregate the best available data on corruption, rule of law, and FCPA enforcement. This is combined PSA’s with on-the-ground insights into information accessibility in key markets to provide a snapshot of local corruption risks and uncertainties impacting risk assessments.