Legal

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.

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.

The CBIRC has lifted the restrictions on foreign investment in Chinese banks, futures companies are now opened to foreign investors and private tutoring companies are facing stricter regulation

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.

Issued: August 10 2018 Main contents: If a promoter of a non-profit private school is to be replaced, a replacement agreement shall be executed,…

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