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The ‘200 shareholders’ issue under new Securities Law

By Zhao Zeming, Grandway Law Offices

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

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

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
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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
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A meeting of the ways

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

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CORRESPONDENTS

Preparing for Hong Kong’s paperless securities regime

By Stella Yeung and Stephen Luo, Jingtian & Gongcheng

How can minority shareholders seek relief from profit hoarding?

By Jiang Xuan and Yang Yue, Zhong Lun Law Firm

Infringement risks of AIGC in entertainment industry (Part 2)

By Jiang Shen and Xu Wen, Jingtian & Gongcheng

FEATURES

China’s new environmental code

Bundled and binding

A 1,200-article code, five interlocking books, and one tighter leash on Chinese business. The clock to August 2026 is ticking

不容有瑕

No flaws allowed

While stock exchanges lower barriers to atrract emerging sector issuers, regulators focus on accountability of listco and intermediaries at the top corporate level

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PRACTITIONERS' PERSPECTIVES

Preserving listing status against delisting red line

By Xu Zhiyuan, Tahota Law Firm
IPO to M&A Shift

IPO alternative: Public M&A route to capital markets

By Kang Xiaoyang, Kangda Law Firm
Red-chip restructuring in China

Unwinding red-chip structures

By Vincent Shen, Commerce & Finance Law Offices

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