The National People's Congress has announced the first reading of the proposed amendments to the Patent Law《中华人民共和国专利法》. The…

The Measures detail the criteria and application procedure for engaging in financial consultancy services for mergers, acquisitions and reorganisations of listed companies.

The Provisions define the threshold at which a concentration of business operators shall be reported to the State Council's department in charge of commerce.

The Shanghai municipal government has recently published a new set of regulations to further encourage the establishment of regional headquarters in the city. Simon Meng, Partner from Herbert Smith and Betty Tam, Consultant from Herbert Smith discuss whether the new regulations will prove more attractive than the previous provisions.

Criteria for establishing different types of law firms elaborated.

Lawyers are expecting draft legislation to further regulate investment between banks and insurers, as the cooperation between the two industries has started…

The Measures provide details on the conditions for the establishment of a law firm and the procedure for the permission to establish a law firm.

The Guangdong local government issued a new regulation on August 5 in a bid to ease the legal procedures for those processing trade exporters interested…

Earlier advance disclosure of IPOs.