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Issuing bonds abroad during the pandemic

By Jason Cheng and Mao Shengdi, Dentons

Overseas project applications by Chinese enterprises (Part 2)

By Selena She and Kenneth Kong, Llinks Law Offices

Impact of revised Securities Law on compliance and insider trading

By Du Lianjun and Chu Zhilin, East & Concord Partners

Patented drugs and the ‘Bolar exception’ clause

By Tang Huadong, Merits & Tree Law Offices
Chinese investors

Online lending: Chinese investors get second chance

By Santosh Pai and Vinu Peter Immanuel, Link Legal India Law Services
India has growing internet penetration and a large unbanked population, but Chinese investors need to be wary of much tighter regulations when entering this market

Strategies for countering online infringement

By Frank Liu and Jerry Huang, Tiantai Law Firm,

Does OEM use constitute trademark infringement?

By Lian Chenghe and Xing Keke, Yuanhe Partners

Points for SOEs transferring commercial bank equity

By Yang Guang and Wang Yao, Lantai Partners

Developing a pre-reorganization system in China

By Xu Bangwei and Zhang Xiaotong, Jingtian & Gongcheng

2 tips for businesses managing COVID-19 legal risks

By Li Weiming, Tiantai Law Firm

China Business Law Awards 2020

We launched the “Golden League” award this year to reflect the market situation, and to encourage the firms on the list, and their peers, to improve their overall quality and level of service

Compliance risk management under Cybersecurity Law

By Sharon Shi and Shin Feng, AllBright Law Offices

Gains and losses during transition periods in M&A

By Gong Ruozhou, Grandway Law Offices

Opportunities and risks in Jordan’s energy market

By Wang Jihong and Steven Wu, Zhong Lun Law Firm

‘Transplant’ of the arbitration agreement

Is the arbitration agreement entitled to be “transplanted”? And would the transplanted one still be recognized as an effective arbitration agreement?

Fiduciary duty in asset management transactions

The legal relationship between a client and a manager in asset management transactions should be dealt with under the analytical framework of the fiduciary duty.

Copyright and judicial proceedings

Is copyright infringed if documents are copied for the purposes of judicial proceedings?

Flight of the black swan

We ask senior in-house counsel and lawyers about the dangers, and the silver linings, that lie ahead in 2020

French and Chinese trademark laws: A comparison

By Huang Hui and Paul Ranjard, Wanhuida Intellectual Property
It is interesting to draw a comparison between the new French law and China’s current Trademark Law in two important aspects: genuine use and tolerance

Advice on tax, insurance and provident funds during COVID-19

By Jeffrey Quan and Wu Zhenyu, ETR Law Firm
This article interprets the latest regulations and puts forward suggestions for implementation by referring to the relevant regulations enacted in the SARS outbreak of 2003

Preventing risk in overseas project subcontracts

By Wang Jihong and Zhao Huiqi, Zhong Lun Law Firm

Problems, countermeasures of decentralized TM management

By Frank Liu and Adam Zhu, Tiantai Law Firm

India’s data protection regime: Are you ready for the change?

By Santosh Pai and Yosham Vardhan, Link Legal India Law Services
What are the opportunities and risks for Chinese investors once the personal Data Protection Bill 2019 is approved?

Risks in execution of a contract of guarantee

By Li Weiming and Xiong Xiaorong, Tiantai Law Firm

Trademark transfer issues for previously licensed trademarks (part 2)

By Shi Yakai and Hu Miao, Sanyou Intellectual Property Agency

Risks of misusing copyrighted educational material

By Xing Keke and Guo Jincheng, Yuanhe Partners

New insight into disputes over Sino-foreign JVs

By Jenny Wang and Ma Lisha,Merits & Tree Law Offices

Rising stars: China’s young elite lawyers 2020

After extensive editorial research, China Business Law Journal has compiled a list of China's young elite lawyers. Charlie Wu reports

Minutes redefine notes financing business of financial institutions

By Yang Guang and Zhang Xiaoke, Lantai Partners

Cases for third-party price verification

By Zhan Guohong, Dentons

Key points of revised restructuring and listing rules

By Tang Cenzhi and Lin Lefeng, East & Concord Partners

A secret war

New legal regimes mean an increase in trade secret litigation in both China and the US, but what measures are needed to protect trade secrets?

Data protection and cybersecurity trends in 2020

By Samuel Yang, Anjie Law Firm

Three suggestions for meeting SCS compliance requirements

By Carl Li and Yuan Yuan, AllBright Law Offices

Curtailing government guidance fund risks

By Qiao Zhaoshu, DOCVIT Law Firm

Managing multijurisdictional investigations involving China

As business operations are increasingly cross-border, compliance and investigation functions have to evolve for multijurisdictional challenges.

Shifting landscape of international arbitration in China

This article tries to debrief the developments of its international cases in the past five years and to demonstrate the landscape changes of international arbitration practice in China

10 years: Has it been that long?

It seems like yesterday to us in many respects, but China Business Law Journal is 10 years old!

Forging ahead

In-house counsel and lawyers comments on legal trends and developments of the past decade

10 years

A decade of covering China's legal market

Deal highlights

Chinese legal pioneers

A tribute to Chinese legal pioneers in common law jurisdictions

Dollars in the details?

The lack of details on the new Foreign Investment Law may present problems

Bad faith filing

By Paul Ranjard and Huang Hui, Wanhuida Intellectual Property
After the fourth revision of China's Trademark Law, is filing a trademark without intention to use an act of bad faith?
WtE

WtE in India: An opportunity for Chinese companies

By Santosh Pai and Dinesh Pardasani, Link Legal India Law Services

Protecting investors in limited partnership PE funds

By Lai Jihong and Yan Juntao, Zhong Lun Law Firm

Enforcement of security for overseas loans

By Wang Jihong and Huang Guanli, Zhong Lun Law Firm

In movies, is a ‘transformative’ use defence effective?

By Wang Yaxi and Guo Jincheng, Yuanhe Partners

Cost control of IPR protection

By Frank Liu, Tiantai Law Firm

Making a judgment on confusion of corporate personality

By Li Weiming, Tiantai Law Firm

Trademark transfer issues for previously licensed trademarks

By Shi Yakai and Hu Miao, Sanyou Intellectual Property Agency

Minefields in patent due diligence for high-tech financing

By Tang Huadong and Zhong Yueping, Merits & Tree Law Offices

The minutes: Security issues affecting financial institutions

By Yang Guang and Wang Qing, Lantai Partners

Bankruptcies and influence of new minutes on foreign investors

By Xu Bangwei and Zhang Xiaotong, Jingtian & Gongcheng

Revised measures give clarity to movable asset security

By Wu Jiejiang, Jingtian & Gongcheng

Deals of the year 2019

CBLJ selects outstanding China-related deals and cases in 2019

Overview of provisions protecting children’s information

By Tao Shan and He Wei, Hylands Law Firm

Constructing pre-emptive rights to new projects

By Pan Jieda, Grandway Law Firm

Access to capital for Chinese businesses through London listings

By Michael Wang and Nikolas Colbridge, Dentons

Controlling legal risks in trademark transfers

By Shan Xunping, Dentons

Legal risks of share acquisitions in liquor makers

By Cai Qixiao and Zhang Jinchao, East & Concord Partners

Key issues in non-competition agreements

By Shen Jin and Li Ming, AnJie Law Firm

Processing trade compliance: Are you an unwitting smuggler?

By Wang Yongliang, AllBright Law Offices

Terms of reference: Theory and practice

By Beijing Arbitration Commission/Beijing International Arbitration Center (BAC/BIAC)

In-depth coverage of CBLJ Forum in Shanghai

Hundreds of in-house counsel and other business leaders attend CBLJ Forum

The winners are…

Results of our inaugural awards for outstanding in-house counsel

Hidden gems

We are proud to present the inaugural CBLJ In-house Counsel Awards in this issue

In the hot seat

Interview with Milton Cheng, Baker McKenzie’s new global chair

The A-List 2019: China’s elite lawyers

CBLJ presents a list of top private practice lawyers for China-related business

Singapore convention on mediation

Cross-border settlement can be directly enforced in the courts of signatories

Registration of 3D trademarks

By He Wei, Wanhuida Intellectual Property

Income taxes on partners of limited partnership and VC funds

By Yang Kaiguang and Che Qianli, Zhong Lun Law Firm

Legal issues concerning security for overseas loans

By Wang Jihong and Xu Yibai, Zhong Lun Law Firm

Protection of GUI industrial design patents

By Xiang Li and Guo Jincheng, Yuanhe Partners

Why do right holders sometimes lose against infringers?

By Frank Liu, Tiantai Law Firm

Issues on executing an immovable property lease contract

By Zhou Le and Wang Yuan, Tiantai Law Firm

How foreign parties prepare appointment procedure documents

By Pang Dongcheng, Sanyou Intellectual Property Agency

Misunderstandings about vertical monopoly agreements

By Ye Han, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Categorizing civil procedures for crimes involving the wider public

By Yang Guang and Zhang Xiaoke, Lantai Law Firm

De facto merger bankruptcy: reapportioning creditors’ interests

By Xu Bangwei and Zhang Xiaotong, Jingtian & Gongcheng

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Deals of the Year 2025

A look back at the blockbuster transactions of 2025 as we gallop into the Year of the Horse

CORRESPONDENTS

Generative AI in the entertainment industry

Infringement risks of generative AI in entertainment industry (Part 1)

By Jiang Shen and Xu Wen, Jingtian & Gongcheng
Auditor changes under HKEX’s new FAQ

Tighter scrutiny of auditor changes under HKEX’s new FAQ

By Stella Yeung and Stephen Luo, Jingtian & Gongcheng
股权代持无效:股权归谁?增值收益如何分配?

Splitting gains and losses in void nominee shareholding

By Zuo Yuru and Xin Xiangrong, Zhong Lun Law Firm

FEATURES

Marco Chung on arbitration seat selection

A tale of three seats

For Marco Chung, group head of legal at CITIC Securities International, the choice for arbitration seat in China-related disputes is clear

A-list partners managing work stress

Beating burnout

A-list partners share their personal rituals for sustaining performance in increasingly demanding work environments

PRACTITIONERS' PERSPECTIVES

AI global expansion confronts hurdles

Agile shareholding structures, compliance to drive AI globalisation

By Clara Liu and Zhao Chenchen, Han Kun Law Offices

Recovery and liability for losses arising from uncollected cargo

By Chen Leiming and Yuan Yuan, Kangda Law Firm

China’s marine warranties: a better balance?

By Shengnan Jia, Tahota Law Firm

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