Legal

The Anti-monopoly Law (AML), which came into force on August 1, 2008, introduces a new legal regime of merger control. Alexandre Vincent and Elaine Zhu from CMS argue the implementation of the notifiable concentrations should be suspended until clearance by MOFCOM.

The Opinion addresses issues concerning payment of social insurance premiums by the employer, employment arbitration awards, severance pay, fixed-term employment contracts, non-compete provisions and overtime wages in Guangdong Province.

Zhan HaoGrandall Legal [email protected] the drafting of the Anti-monopoly Law《中华人民共和国反垄断法》(AML), the level…

The Measures detail the criteria and application procedure for engaging in financial consultancy services for mergers, acquisitions and reorganisations of listed companies.

Shanghai government offers more favourable policies to attract multinational corporations to establish regional headquarters in Shanghai.

Guangdong is the first province to have issued a guiding opinion on the labour laws. The opinion attempts to clarify some of the ambiguities in the PRC Employment Contract Law, which took effect in January this year. But the issuance of the rules has caused considerable controversy, with some arguing the Guangdong authorities do not have the right to issue guiding opinions and that some its contents are, as a result, against the national law.

By Jianjun Ma of Jun He Law OfficesOn May 14 2007 when both employers and employees in mainland China were keeping their eyes on the review of and voting…

By Chris Xiaoyun Lin of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldIn early July, the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) announced a 90-day campaign to…

By Dr. Ulrike Glück and Julia Tänzler, CMS Hasche Sigle Shanghai OfficeOn January 1 2008, the new PRC Employment Contract Law1《中华人民共和国劳动合同法》…