Many Chinese semiconductor producers lack IP portfolios rendering them increasingly vulnerable to infringement claims by their foreign rivals. The IP war has begun.

Chinese tax officials say that they will submit their unified draft tax legislation to parliament in March 2007. The revisions were reviewed by lawmakers…

An overview of the biggest legislative developments over the past two decades and the key issues affecting law firms in China today.

Michael Moser has been elected chairman of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, of which he has been a member for the past 16 years. He is also…

The Circular changes the practice of pre-levying land value-added tax to settlement of the land tax after the project is complete.

Senior associate Umesh Kumar from the London office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has recently joined the firm's Hong Kong office, in an effort to…

Mainland financial institutions allowed to issue renminbi-denominated bonds in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong and Macao lawyers allowed to engage in certain contentious cases in mainland China.

International firm Salans recently hired 14 lawyers from Haarmann Hemmelrath in Shanghai. Salans' office in Shanghai now has four partners and 18 associates.…