Features & Analyses

This article discusses how corporations can minimize these risks and the benefits of building a strong in-house legal team in China.

The Supreme People's Court's recent interpretation addresses concerns over the validity of arbitration agreements and enforcement of arbitral awards in China.

The newly revised QFII rules aim to lower the entry threshold and allow more QFIIs into China's capital market. What investment restrictions have been lifted? Are there significant improvements to the original rules?

China's new Takeover Code imposes stringent information disclosure requirements and clarifies rules to make the acquisition process more efficient.

The Provisions add extra regulation by installing a more transparent and tightly controlled administration system and imposing additional requirements for foreign exchange registration.

The PRC Enterprise Bankruptcy Law modernizes the PRC corporate bankruptcy regime, applicable to both state-owned and domestic and foreign private companies.

Under the new guidelines, will the interests of fund unitholders be protected? What are the responsibilities of directors and shareholders under these new guidelines?

Listed state-owned enterprises (SOEs) present strategic foreign investors with attractive investment opportunities, as they seem to have a pricing advantage and better corporate governance compared with domestic private companies. However, what challenges are involved in acquiring a minority stake in a listed SOE?

The fourth phase of the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) between Hong Kong and the PRC made headline news that trade between the two sides would be further liberalized. But is Hong Kong really given that much of a head-start?