Legal

China Law & Practice held its annual awards ceremony in Beijing last month. Celebrating innovation, complexity and market impact, here are the winners for the Deals of the Year complete with pictures. Congratulations to all the firms who worked on the deals and joined us on the night.

Jerry Xia, Chief IP Counsel – North Asia for Honeywell, talks to China Law and Practice about how his company is investing more to develop new products that meet the needs of Chinese customers and what this means for his IP team

Advertising expenditures of cosmetic, pharmaceutical and beverage enterprises may be deducted against 30% of their sales revenues.

The Interpretation defines terms such as "a well-informed person with inside information regarding a securities or futures transaction" and "period of sensitivity of inside information".

The Shanghai Municipal Government has released Opinions encouraging multinationals to set up regional headquarters there, but will this cause tension with Beijing, which is expected to respond with a counter offer

The CSRC has issued Guidelines over information disclosures for companies offering securities, while the CIRC has produced a circular to support the professional operation of car insurance agencies

Zhang Wei, general manager of the legal department at ICBC, talks with David Tring about his hopes for legislation in 2013 and how the bank's expanding global reach is affecting his work

Zhang Wei, general manager of the legal department at ICBC, talks with David Tring about his hopes for legislation in 2013 and how the bank's expanding global reach is affecting his work

Draft Measures from the NDRC should simplify procedures for outbound investment, but have raised fears of conflict with China's other regulators over who gives the first approval