William Marshall of Tiang & Co speaks to Jacelyn Johnson about the exciting times of being a trade lawyer amidst a burgeoning trade war between US and China, the impact of tariffs, and what lawyers should expect and be mindful of when negotiating or advising on export and import matters, foreign investments, tax and customs regulations and other trade related issues when dealing with China.
The opening up of China's legal services market to international law firms in the free trade zones has brought with it the unique opportunity for clients to have access to legal advice on both PRC regulations and international law from a single source. Baker McKenzie partners Milton Cheng, Stanley Jia and Danian Zhang and partner Yingzhe Wang of FenXun Partners talk about the opportunities and challenges forming the very first Joint Operation Office between a global law firm and a Chinese law firm in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone.
The Supreme People's Court (SPC) 2017 Annual Report on Intellectual Property not only serves asguidance for the lower courts but also provides insight for predictable outcomes of future disputes.
The CBIRC has lifted the restrictions on foreign investment in Chinese banks, futures companies are now opened to foreign investors and private tutoring companies are facing stricter regulation
Justina Zhang, Senior Partner of Beijing's TransAsia Lawyers discusses the risks and liabilities faced by e-commerce platform providers and safeguard measures that can be employed to protect against potential infringement disputes from third-party sale of counterfeit goods on their platforms.
China introduces a draft on regulating an information-based traceability system for drugs; family planning policies may be revised in proposed amendments to China's Civil Code, and new administrative measures for foreign shareholders in foreign-invested futures companies.
David Dingfa Liu, Partner and Tianxiao Jin, Associate at Fujae Partners in Shanghaidiscuss the newly passed Individual Income Tax Law. The law that will come in forceon January 1, 2019 would have a significant impact on taxpayers.