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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

The Mainland-HK arrangement: HKIAC practice and experience

By Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre

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

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

Cross-border securitization of trade finance credit assets

By Wu Jiejiang, Jingtian & Gongcheng

Legal risks in Daihuo

By Yu Rong and Tao Shan, Hylands Law Firm

GDR under the Shanghai-London Stock Connect mechanism

By Frank Qu, Dentons

3D TM operating strategy for enterprises

By Zhao Yunhu, Dentons

Update on due diligence for cross-border M&A

By Yan Xianrui and Li Huaizhi, East & Concord Partners

Practical issues regarding commercial bribery

By Zhang Haixiao, AnJie Law Firm

Sales suitability obligation for financial products

By Wang Weibin and Qiu Dongmei, AllBright Law Offices
TikTok

Is the clock ticking for TikTok in India?

By Santosh Pai and Abhishek Sharma, Link Legal India Law Services

Arbitration interim measures: Mainland-HK co-ordination (part 2)

By China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission

Service of arbitration documents on foreign parties

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

Cost of keeping clients

This issue features our annual report on Chinese law firms’ legal services fees

Wigs and robes

The practices concerning court dress in common law jurisdictions and China

Meltdown?

As competition heats up, how will law firms avoid low-cost chaos?

Arbitration: Six shades of wisdom

Interviews with leaders of six arbitration centres
arbitration

China’s arbitration quid pro quo

Mainland institutions should seek to introduce the “China experience” to their global counterparts
Arbitration

‘Them and us’, or ‘all of us’?

Arbitration in the modern sense is an imported product for China
arbitration

Arbitration practice keeps evolving

Arbitration practice in mainland China evolves in a way that reflects its local characteristics

Adding a little China wisdom

Chinese arbitration has formed and developed several unique practices and experiences
arbitration

A meeting of the ways

Bringing the arbitration rules in line with international practice has long been a mainstream topic
arbitration

The road to broader engagement

Arbitration gives parties greater flexibility for the efficient resolution of their international disputes

Courting the internet

How Alibaba plays role in the establishment of Hangzhou Internet Court

Tech transition

How law firms tailor services for Hangzhou’s fast development

Customized designs of arbitration clauses

By Li Fei and Wang Gongjing, Langfang Arbitration Commission

ADR for commercial disputes in China

By Quan Zhaohui and Mo Xinying, ETR Law Firm

Arbitrate, or petition for winding-up?

By Cheung Kwok Kit, Deacons

How Chinese companies ensure compliance overseas

By Cui Haiyan, Zhejiang Brighteous Law Firm

Applying ‘safe harbour principle’ to cloud service providers

By Wang Yaxi and Xiang Li, Yuanhe Partners

Information disclosure of private funds

By Catherine Chen and Huang Yi'An, Zhong Lun Law Firm

Applying for Exim Bank of China’s overseas loans

By Wang Jihong and Wu Peng, Zhong Lun Law Firm

Disputes over GI wine trademarks

By Wang Yan and Zheng Xiaoxia, Wanhuida Intellectual Property

Can you avoid the pitfalls in TM arrangements?

By Frank Liu and Adam Zhu, Tiantai Law Firm

Facts to consider when safeguarding IP rights

By Li Jialin, Tiantai Law Firm

Decision on misapplication of evidence preservation in IP suits

By Geng Yunfeng, Sanyou Intellectual Property Agency

Tips on VIE liquidation practices

By Ji Fei, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Legal relationship of credit enhancement in structured trusts

By Yang Guang and Cynthia Lian, Lantai Partners

Civil risks facing senior officers of bankrupt enterprises

By Xu Bangwei, Jingtian & Gongcheng

‘Security by assignment’ and its regulatory framework

By Wu Jiejiang, Jingtian & Gongcheng

Designing an effective VAM clause

By Zhu Zhitong and Zhang Yang, Hylands Law Firm

Corporate control contests for listed companies

By Liang Zhendong, Grandway Law Offices

HKEX and Star Market: How do new drug developers choose?

By Jason Cheng, Mao Shengdi and Yuan Xin, Dentons

Contract labour

By Santosh Pai and Anuj Trivedi, Link Legal India Law Services

Effective responses in 3-year non-use TM cancellations

By William Shen, Dentons

Tag-along, drag-along: Binding shareholders together

By Zhang Yichi, East & Concord Partners

What’s in the Pharmaceutical Administration Law amendment?

By Wu Li and Wang Rui, AnJie Law Firm

How do HNWIs manage tax planning and compliance?

By Liu Yungang, AllBright Law Offices

Connecting HK arbitrations to mainland interim measures

By Nick Gall and Chris Wong, Gall

Mutual assistance for interim measures in arbitration

By China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission

Reducing the risk of sham arbitrations

By Beijing Arbitration Commission/Beijing International Arbitration Centre

Asset management arbitration cases in China

By Zhan Ling, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission

Baker’s new chairman plots steady course

Baker McKenzie will carry on the firm’s strategy its late chairman helped create

CBLJ Forum comes to Shanghai

China Business Law Journal will be hosting CBLJ Forum on 12 November 2019

Transactional lawyering

Law schools and law firms have increasingly focused on transactional lawyers

Production of documents in international arbitration

By Arthur Dong and Vicky Zhao, AnJie Law Firm

SOE H-share IPOs: Party building and corporate governance

By Fan Xingcheng, Dentons

Toll road investment, financing and M&A

By Peng Jianxin and Huang Weimin, East & Concord Partners

More than half the sky

Senior women lawyers share personal stories of challenges and success

Going public on the Star Market

By Lu Qunwei and Wang Dong, AnJie Law Firm
What legal issues will the SSE focus on in reviewing applications?

A legal legacy

Exclusive interview with Chris Stephens, ADB's outgoing general counsel
DVR

Return of DVRs

By Santosh Pai and Anuj Trivedi, Link Legal India Law Services

Outbound hard ground

Geopolitical risks impact Chinese investment

Dilemma and solution

By Yu Yajun, Wanhuida Intellectual Property
How to enforce and protect GUI patents in China

Abnormal LP-related risks in practice

By Zhao Liang, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Prior user rights defence: Burden of proof for ‘original scope’

By Lian Chenghe and Wang Yaxi, Yuanhe Partners

IP protection requires direct and indirect approaches

By Frank Liu, Tiantai Law Firm

What if a squatter registers your trade name as a TM?

By Dorris Hu and Shi Yakai, Sanyou Intellectual Property Agency

MOST POPULAR

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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