After years of focusing on recipients of bribes, China is introducing criminal liability for those offering bribes from 1 November 2015.

The turmoil in financial markets also reveals concerns lawyers. Particularly those working in the field of Mergers & Acquisitions suffer from uncertainty.

This Bill has been adopted by the First Chamber of parliament and is expected to come into force on 1 January 2012.

In its recent draft regulatory technical standards, the ESMA provides an overview of situations requiring a supplement to a prospectus.

Legislation broadening the scope for confiscating criminal proceeds took effect 1 July 2011.

The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets ("AFM") has revised its brochure on insider trading. The primary amendment concerns the obligation of insiders to notify transactions in financial instruments issued by their own institution to the AFM.

The AFM imposed a EUR 20,000 fine on NCIC for misleading trading practices on 11 May 2012.

The Dutch Central Bank issued two fines for banking law violations on 25 September 2012.

On 21 February 2012, the Dutch Minister of Security and Justice signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Washington D.C. with the World Bank for greater cooperation in fighting international fraud and corruption.

Recently, the State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment has explicitly stated that this was never intended.

This legal alert describes the Advocate General’s advice to the Supreme Court that the ‘Splitsingswet’ is not in conflict with EU law, but still has to be assessed for compliance with ECHR (property right).

The pilot concerns cases involving violations of section 2:80.1 FMSA (acting as an intermediary without a licence) where the offender does not dispute the facts and legal assessment of the facts and cooperates with a fast-track processing of the case.

The Financial Markets Amendment Act 2014 is expected to take effect on 1 January 2014. It introduces a general duty of care for financial services providers, but a less extensive one than originally planned.

Draft legislation by the European Commission concerning the European Trademark System was recently leaked.

In an interim judgment, the District Court of The Hague decided that a report of findings prepared by external legal counsel had to be produced to the defendants in the proceedings.

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek has advised Royal Philips Electronics on the divestment and lease back of the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, to a Dutch consortium of private investors, and many related legal aspects.

This is the Netherlands Update for The City, an initiative of De Brauw's London office

The AFM has imposed a EUR 200,000 fine on the CEO of Schuitema for disclosing inside information in violation of the Financial Markets Supervision Act.

Another court decision upholds that US laws do not automatically apply to foreign conduct. The decision is the latest since Morrison v National Austria Bank.

Allianz SE has agreed to pay USD 12,396,423 to settle charges of violating the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.