The management of English law firm Lovells has voted to go ahead with a full merger with US outfit Hogan & Hartson. The new firm will be up and running,…

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe partner Michael Haworth has relocated from Tokyo to Hong Kong to develop the firm's regional real estate practice.Haworth's…

Shanghai allows debt-for-equity swaps by foreign-invested enterprises, which require the unanimous consent of all the shareholders of the investee enterprises.

RouseYihong [email protected] introduced new franchising regulations in 2007, which brought in stricter rules for franchising arrangements. However,…

Commitment, energy and the right corporate culture are all needed in order to keep corruption at bay

A new set of regulations on foreign-invested partnership enterprises may not live up to the expectations of foreign private equity houses. Those who had…

The registered capital of a foreign-invested equity investment fund management enterprise shall not be less than US$2 million.

With a view to eliminating or reducing the effect of eliminating or restricting competition that the concentration of business operators has or could have, restrictive conditions may be imposed on a concentration transaction.

Foreign skilled personnel in Shanghai allowed for a five-year stay.