Features & Analyses

• What the SPC's VAM judgement means for investors

  A decision by the Supreme People's Court on the value adjustment mechanism has left investors worried, but if their intentions reflect the spirit of the mechanism the courts will still uphold their investments

  February 26, 2013

• Rethinking the labour dispatch model

  Using labour dispatch workers is a well-established and popular model in China, but the system has been difficult to regulate effectively. The latest amendments to the Employment Contract Law are a step forward, but enforcement remains crucial

  February 21, 2013

• Rethinking the labour dispatch model

  Using labour dispatch workers is a well-established and popular model in China, but the system has been difficult to regulate effectively. The latest amendments to the Employment Contract Law are a step forward, but enforcement remains crucial

  February 21, 2013

• Getting serious about bribery

  China's government has unveiled a series of new measures to crack down on corruption, including a unified database of cases that could ruin a business's reputation. Internal compliance programmes need to be strengthened and updated

  February 06, 2013

• Taiwan Focus: Resolving cross-strait investment disputes

  The Cross-Strait Investment Agreement provides investors with greater confidence, but Taiwan and China need to work on enforcement rules to ensure dispute resolution mechanisms function

  January 17, 2013

• Taiwan Focus: How to comply with the Personal Information Protection Act

  Taiwan's Personal Information Protection Act has left many companies unaware of their obligations to protect employee's personal information and how to establish their own personal information management system

  January 17, 2013

• Taiwan Focus: Amended Patent Act brings key changes

  Many of the amendments bring Taiwan's Patent Act in line with international practices and significantly improve patent enforcement rights

  January 17, 2013

• Taiwan Focus: Dismissing employees

  The Labour Standards Act sets out the minimum standards for terminating employees in Taiwan. With such rigid legislation, how can employees ensure they are complying with the Act?

  January 17, 2013

• Taiwan Focus: Gateway to investments in greater China

  Private equity and venture capital investors are seeing Taiwan as the key to entering the PRC, but PE firms have encountered difficulties with tender offers, calling for a more transparent review process and regulatory scheme

  January 17, 2013

• Taiwan Focus: Sourcing funds through IPOs

  Since relaxing the restrictions in 2008, Taiwan's capital markets have been inundated with IPOs, but foreign companies need to understand the proper restructuring arrangements before a formal application can be made

  January 17, 2013