Vivian Wu, counsel, and Xuan He, associate at FenXun Partners, in Beijing discuss the new rule issued by China's National Health Commission regulating the administration of data protection in the healthcare and medical industry
Clark Wang of Sir Oswald Cheung's Chambers, Hong Kong, discusses the key considerations lawyers should take into account when advising clients for divorces with cross-border elements on whether divorce proceedings should be heard in Chinese courts or in Hong Kong courts
Aaron Cutler, partner at Hogan Lovells, Washington, D.C. speaks to China Law & Practice on the new rules of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and its potential impact on Chinese investments in the U.S. Lawyers and in-house counsel should potentially understand the stricter controls imposed as the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA) will significantly increase the number of transactions subject toCFIUS' review
As more U.S. and Chinese companies enter into business relationships, contractual arbitration provisions are becoming more important. Susan Leader, Brett Manisco, and Kristen Chin of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld consider the differences between US and Chinese litigation in court and private arbitration.
William Marshall of Tiang & Co speaks to Jacelyn Johnson about the exciting times of being a trade lawyer amidst a burgeoning trade war between US and China, the impact of tariffs, and what lawyers should expect and be mindful of when negotiating or advising on export and import matters, foreign investments, tax and customs regulations and other trade related issues when dealing with China.
The opening up of China's legal services market to international law firms in the free trade zones has brought with it the unique opportunity for clients to have access to legal advice on both PRC regulations and international law from a single source. Baker McKenzie partners Milton Cheng, Stanley Jia and Danian Zhang and partner Yingzhe Wang of FenXun Partners talk about the opportunities and challenges forming the very first Joint Operation Office between a global law firm and a Chinese law firm in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone.
The Supreme People's Court (SPC) 2017 Annual Report on Intellectual Property not only serves asguidance for the lower courts but also provides insight for predictable outcomes of future disputes.
Justina Zhang, Senior Partner of Beijing's TransAsia Lawyers discusses the risks and liabilities faced by e-commerce platform providers and safeguard measures that can be employed to protect against potential infringement disputes from third-party sale of counterfeit goods on their platforms.
David Dingfa Liu, Partner and Tianxiao Jin, Associate at Fujae Partners in Shanghaidiscuss the newly passed Individual Income Tax Law. The law that will come in forceon January 1, 2019 would have a significant impact on taxpayers.
