The IFIL Group has closed a US$90 million deal in Vision Investment Management in the form of a five-year mandatory convertible bond, which on conversion…
Beijing-headquartered law firm Broad & Bright announced that John Chu and Lawrence Guo have joined the firm as partners. Together with Chu and Guo, the…
The recent restructuring of cabinet-level regulatory bodies at the State Council will improve the efficiency of the approval processes through the consolidation…
Private equity investor, CVC Asia Pacific, has completed a public-to-private acquisition of the entire business of Asia Dekor Holdings Limited, a Singapore-listed…
Personnel changes at ministerial-level organizations began immediately after the National People's Congress had approved a new cabinet for the next five…
US and UK law firms see China as the driving force behind significant profit boosts in 2008, according to the first-ever global strategic survey by the…
New York-listed Avery Dennison Corporation has acquired DM Label Group, a manufacturer of woven labels with facilities in China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia,…
With the new Land Registration Measures introduced in February the PRC Ministry of Land Resources is making a huge step towards bringing clarity and buyer protection to what has, over the last two decades, become a complicated and confusing procedure for the registration of property. In its enthusiasm to bring about constructive change, however, the central government may find its announced implementation of the new Measures to be a bit ambitious.
Despite some remaining flaws, arbitration is still the preferred method of dispute resolution for investors in China. This is not only due to the generally applicable advantages of arbitration over litigation but is also linked to the particularities of the Chinese legal system. However, these particularities should be carefully taken into account when drafting the arbitration clause in a contract involving a Chinese party, otherwise the arbitral process could lead to an unenforceable and useless award.