Tax is a key consideration when divesting a foreign investment, with a number of implications for a company's bottom line. Daisy Duan, Wang Yan and Chen Xiaohong of King & Wood Mallesons highlight the main impacts when exiting a Chinese investment
Jue Li and Joel Evans of DaHui Lawyers look at the difficulties foreign investors face when divesting from China, in particular those associated with dissolution and non-bankruptcy liquidation.
Edward Tung, legal counsel for Hong Kong-based venture capital firm ORI Capital, discusses his firm's response to U.S. sanctions on Chinese companies, U.S. restrictions targeting foreign companies, artificial intelligence laws in China, and new ESG guidelines.
In the light of important new guidelines to be followed when filing the standard overseas personal information transfer contract, Casper Sek of Jingtian & Gongcheng analyses the key learning points and looks at how companies may apply this in practice
The Hong Kong/mainland China interim measures arrangement has been in force for over three years, and parties are beginning to realize its significance. Jue Li and Joel Evans of DaHui Lawyers examine the practical procedural requirements of the arrangement and its context within the PRC legal mechanism
Sanctions are an increasing area of business risk for those doing business with Chinese enterprises. Jianwei (Jerry) Fang and Chuchen (Julie) Hou of Zhong Lun Law Firm analyze so-called sanction-proof clauses and how they could assist businesses in China seeking to negotiate their ongoing business relationships.
Geoffrey Chan and Brian Wong of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom highlight the recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) developments regarding secondaries transactions and considerations that private equity general partners (GPs) should bear in mind when contemplating liquidity solutions in the PE secondary market
A number of important changes will be brought about by newly amended regulations on commercial cryptography. Casper Sek of Jingtian & Gongcheng takes a closer look
For some patent holders, the new system will present multiple benefits. But others are likely to be leery of the power that the Unified Patent Court wields to nullify patents across multiple jurisdictions.
Speculation is growing about the potential extent of U.S. and China decoupling, which brings increased costs and regulatory restrictions. Thinking creatively about supply chain solutions, including building overseas factories local to the end consumer, may mitigate those effects, write Scott Yu and Frank Jiang of Zhong Lun Law Firm
