Lovells has appointed Owen Chan as partner who will be responsible for the banking and finance team in both Hong Kong and the PRC.

In 1979, China had only 212 lawyers and 79 law firms, since 1994 the number of lawyers has increased by 10,000 per year, meaning there are approximately 140,000 lawyers in China and 10,000 law firms. In light of such rapid development, the issue of how to regulate the legal profession has become a serious one. By Changchun Yuan and Hongchuan Liu, Partners of Broad & Bright.

The Opinion addresses issues concerning payment of social insurance premiums by the employer, employment arbitration awards, severance pay, fixed-term employment contracts, non-compete provisions and overtime wages in Guangdong Province.

Dechert has received its license to establish an office in Beijing. The firm opened its Hong Kong office in January 2008.

China's Securities Regulatory Commission has issued measures aimed at regulating the financial consultants who provide advice to listed companies in China. Although it is seen as a step in the right direction, by bringing China more into line with the world's mature capital market environments, for many the measures do not provide a level playing field for M&A activity in China.

Zhan HaoGrandall Legal [email protected] the drafting of the Anti-monopoly Law《中华人民共和国反垄断法》(AML), the level…

CSRC takes steps to improve the standard of financial consultants.

Vsevolod Markov and Yulia PetrenkoMcGuire [email protected], [email protected] of active businesses present in Kazakhstan…

By Chris Xiaoyun Lin of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldIn early July, the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) announced a 90-day campaign to…