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Manisha Singh NairLex OrbisA recent survey on piracy released by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) shows that there has been a fall in piracy in India.…

Earlier this year the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation issued a circular containing new Measures on HNTE Recognition. These measures, along with a Catalogue of supported industries, detail HNTE recognition requirements and necessary administration procedures under the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law.

The Measures set forth the criteria for recognition as a hi-tech enterprise. After obtaining qualifications as a hi-tech enterprise, the enterprise is entitled to tax reduction or exemption.

A material asset reorganization shall be constituted when the purchase or sale of assets by a listed company and by the companies in which it has a controlling interest or that it controls reaches any of the specified benchmarks

Maoye International has raised HK$2.7 billion (US$343 million) in a Hong Kong initial public offering, the first company to list on the Main Board of the…

 Taiwan firm J&J Attorneys-at-Law's nine lawyers have joined the Taipei office of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis (K&L Gates). With offices…

 Vladimir Furman and Dina JarmukhanovaMcGuire WoodsIn the absence of a treaty, Kazakhstan will not recognize or enforce judgments of the PRC courts.…

Huaneng Power International has completed an approximately HK$26 billion (US$3.3 billion) acquisition of SinoSing Power from Huaneng Group, including cash…

Adam LiJun He Law Offices2007 witnessed the dramatic change of China's legislation and regulations landscape concerning the acquisition of businesses…