Legal

The national negative list is relaxed

By Dieter Gericke, Gregor Bühler, Felix Dasser, Marcel Dietrich, Martin Grod and Reto Heuberger of Homburger AG

An e-commerce platform operator may bear joint and several liability for sub-standard goods, foreign individuals may enjoy pre-tax deductions and a soil quality investigation is required for a change in land use.

Aggregate income is applied to individual income tax

Markush-type claims discussed in the 2017 IP Annual Report

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.

China approves reform to Individual Income Tax Law and introduces the much-awaited E-commerce Law; both will take effect from January 1, 2019.

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.