Mergers and Acquisitions

How a Foreign Partner Secures its IPR Transfer in China

June 05, 2018

Fang Qi, partner at Fangda Partners, discusses the impact of the newly issued Measures on Work Relevant to the Assignment of Intellectual Property Rights to Foreign Parties (Trial Implementation) (知识产权对外转让有关工作办法 (试行）） (the Measures), the legal reforms it brings and mechanisms for its enforcement.

China Securities Regulatory Commission, Guidelines for Contents and Formats for Information Disclosure by Companies That Offer Securities to the Public (No.26): Material Asset Restructurings of Listed Companies (Revised in 2017)
中国证券监督管理委员会公开发行证券的公司信息披露内容与格式准则第26号——上市公司重大资产重组（2017年修订）

April 18, 2018

Stricter disclosure requirements imposed for M&A partnerships.

Circular on Issues Concerning the Policy of Provisional Deferral of Withholding Income Tax on Direct Investments Made by Foreign Investors Using Distributed Profits
关于境外投资者以分配利润直接投资暂不征收预提所得税政策问题的通知

March 30, 2018

Tax deferral encourages foreign investors to re-invest

Announcement on Issues Relevant to the Implementation of the Policy of Provisional Deferral of Withholding Income Tax on Direct Investments Made by Foreign Investors Using Distributed Profits
关于境外投资者以分配利润直接投资暂不征收预提所得税政策有关执行问题的公告

March 30, 2018

Tax deferral policy for FDI further clarified

Sharpening Strategies
作好准备: 完善并购策略

February 24, 2018

Zheng Gao, Jian Yao and Zhengzheng Hu of Jingtian & Gongcheng explain MOFCOM’s merger control priorities, the top due diligence and national security review considerations for dealmakers, and the shifting outbound investment landscape’s effect on global M&A. 竞天公诚律师事务所的高峥律师、姚坚律师和胡铮铮律师阐述了商务部并购审查的主要要求、交易商最需要顾及的尽职调查和国家安全审查事项、以及境外投资大环境的变迁对环球并购的影响。