Legal

Michael Moser has been elected chairman of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, of which he has been a member for the past 16 years. He is also…

Hong Kong and Macao lawyers allowed to engage in certain contentious cases in mainland China.

Residency requirement for representatives of Hong Kong and Macao law firm representative offices lifted.

The requirement on the number of full-time lawyers employed by Mainland law firms that operate in association with Hong Kong or Macao law firms is waived.

Car manufacturers required to be more careful in managing their production capacity.

The new measures governing the establishment of representative organizations by foreign insurance institutions replace a similar set of measures promulgated only two years before.

Detailed procedures for the establishment and dissolution of foreign-invested banks, scope and operation of renminbi business, and professional qualification requirements of some senior personnel are provided.

Howard Yinghao Yang suggests how practitioners can structure arbitration clauses under the new rules and interpretations to ensure enforcement of awards both domestically and internationally.

A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers company survey found that many investors have lost interest in investing in non-performing loans (NPLs) in China and have…