India has waited many years for its general data protection legislation. This key legislation will regulate the data of over 1.4 billion people, impact businesses ranging from corner stores to conglomerates, and create what may be the most powerful...
In May 2020, the prime minister inaugurated Atmanirbhar Bharat or self-reliant India programme (ANB), and announced various economic packages to boost the economy. The main aim of ANB is to make India a global hub for manufacturing. To achieve...
The USD2.4 billion divestment of national carrier Air India, which was nationalised in 1953, means the airline is returning to its original owners, the Tata Group. Freny Patel explores the background to this momentous deal
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Even with the global supply chain struggling to move forward and numerous sectors stagnant or in severe recession courtesy of the persistent pandemic, the year’s end is in sight, and it has remained hectic amid the tectonic shake-ups in...
Previous columns have discussed the impact of technology on law and regulation. For example, one column discussed financial technology, or fintech, and the concept of smart contracts (China Business Law Journal volume 7, issue 8: Fintech and smart contracts)....
While several practice areas have been particularly active this year, Chinese law firms are actively optimising their billing arrangements to meet the rising demand for high-quality services in a legal market where fee structures are still dominated by businesses....
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Cryptocurrency regulation started in 2018 with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) prohibiting banks from involvement in crypto-based transactions. The Supreme Court overturned the ban, leading to significant growth in the trading of cryptocurrency, largely by retail investors and...
Competition law jurisprudence in India has evolved significantly since the Competition Act, 2002 (act), came into force. However, the private enforcement of competition law infringement is yet to take off.
Private enforcement claims can only be filed after contravention has...
The enactment of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA), and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC), were welcome reforms and well-received by stakeholders in the real estate industry including lenders and homebuyers. While the biggest...
Christopher Hunter, the former executive editor of India Business Law Journal and China Business Law Journal, passed away at his home in Berkhamsted, England, on Sunday 21 November 2021.
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for assessing the science related to climate change, published a damning report in August on the climate...
Christopher Hunter, the former executive editor of China Business Law Journal and India Business Law Journal, passed away at his home in Berkhamsted, England, on Sunday 21 November 2021.
A journalist and a scholar of Chinese, Hunter lived in Hong...
Guangzhou is transforming into an advanced manufacturing hub powered by cutting-edge technology, all of which is placing greater demands on legal services. Avery Chen reports
THE SOUTHERN CITY OF GUANGZHOU has played an important role in China’s history as a...
The claimant in this case is a Chinese company making beverages and related food products in the field of biotechnology, while the respondent is a Vietnamese company that produces and sells food raw materials. In May 2018, the claimant...
Christopher Hunter, the former executive editor of India Business Law Journal and China Business Law Journal, passed away at his home in Berkhamsted, England, on Sunday 21 November 2021.
A journalist and a scholar of Chinese, Hunter lived in Hong...
“With great power comes great responsibility.” This has never been more true than regards the digital landscape in which we find ourselves. The strengthening of the digital infrastructure means that we are consuming more content than ever. India has...
Public sector enterprises, and other government entities (government) regularly execute commercial contracts with private entities or private contracting parties. These contracts often follow bids submitted in response to government tenders, and usually contain standard terms that leave the private...
Disputes involving athletes draw greater attention in the era of professional sports, with their great wealth and commercialisation. In particular, disputes between star players and their clubs or national teams have aroused widespread concern in society. But when an...
The State Taxation Administration (STA) recently released Bulletin No. 24, introducing a new simplified process for the administration of unilateral advance pricing arrangements (UAPAs).
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The Chinese tax authorities are increasingly willing to accelerate the APA process...
China has strengthened its commitment to investigate commercial bribery offences, as indicated by two recent legislative developments — the Guiding Opinions on Establishing a Mechanism for Third-party Supervision and Evaluation of the Compliance of Enterprises Involved in Cases (for...
As a market-based policy tool for energy conservation and emissions reduction, the carbon emissions trading system follows the cap-and-trade principle, with the government setting a cap on the carbon emissions for one or more industries. For every ton of...
On 15 September 2021, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), together with nine other government departments, jointly issued the Notice on Further Preventing and Handling the Risk of Speculation in Virtual Currency Transactions.
In recent years, increasing speculation surrounding the...
When heavily indebted non-financial companies suffer a liquidity crunch or default on repayment, creditors can often panic and spark an all-out scramble to recover their money that seems to be intent on squeezing the debtor company dry. To provide...
Companies are increasingly using their own apps to tap the growth in e-commerce, capturing the personal information of users and improving their ability to customise and tailor their products to customers. While this undoubtedly means more convenience for consumers,...
A flurry of legislation has completed the initial stage of the protection of personal information, covering all aspects of this developing area. First, there was the Civil Code, which came into effect on 1 January 2021, and provides the...
With the strengthening of intellectual property (IP) protection, and constant updates to legislative and judicial interpretations, technology IP protection has never been so strong in China. However, not every owner of technology IP rights is fully aware of the...
Nitu Agarwal left her deputy GM group legal role at Mahindra & Mahindra to set up her own firm, YNSS Law Offices, aimed at catering to clients seeking reasonably priced legal services.
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China’s regulatory scrutiny on platform companies and data has engaged legal departments across the country and beyond to the task of swift compliance. As the new Personal Information Protection Law completes the domestic legislative regime, Chen Yan, general counsel...
Big tech companies have been minting tax-free dollars for years, but that is set to change. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) announced on 8 October that 136 countries had reached an agreement on a sweeping overhaul...
Delhi High Court has issued the rules for its intellectual property division (IPD) with respect to practice and procedure for the exercise of its original and appellate jurisdiction regarding matters listed before it.
The IPD, which will have special benches...
The growing use of technology has led to a seismic shift in traditional finance, and no country wants to be left behind
The banking industry of the future could not have been welcomed sooner once humanity was plagued by covid-19...
The Reserve Bank of India has revised its rules for securitisation and sale of loans to help banks improve liquidity and rebalance exposures.
The revamp expands the types of assets that can be transferred and allows buyers other than asset...
The long-running dispute between the companies behind the online payment apps PhonePe and BharatPe has intensified. Each side claims ownership of the trademarks and suffixes PE and Pe, alleging misuse against the other. In 2019 PhonePe sued BharatPe in...
The essential question of jurisdiction is often difficult, especially in disputes involving the internet activities of a foreign resident. It formed the basis of the dispute before the Delhi High Court in the case of Tata Sons Private Limited...
Investors often turn to litigation or arbitration to recoup their money when a private fund suffers losses or the returns are not up to their expectations. In this process, the responsibilities of fund managers in the stages of fundraising,...
Since the implementation of the Civil Code, a series of judicial interpretations have been issued to clarify the law’s implementation. One such document, the Interpretations of the Supreme People’s Court on Application of the Security System in the Civil...
A regular issue found with real-estate management companies that are considering listing relates to the engagement of property service providers by residential property construction companies without a due bidding process. Such non-compliance can have an impact on their listing...
Singh & Associates, an Indian law firm founded by Manoj Singh in 2002, has changed its name to S&A Law Offices.
Explaining the rationale for the change, Gunita Pahwa, the firm’s joint managing partner, said: “S&A started its journey in...
Hong Kong’s integration into mainland China within the context of the Greater Bay Area (GBA) has seen the number of cross-jurisdictional disputes increase year by year. Encapsulated by the idea of “One Country, Two Systems, Three Jurisdictions”, this rapid...
In recognition of the systemic importance of non-banking financial companies (NBFC) in credit delivery and their integration into the financial sector, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued directions on 15 November requiring NBFCs meeting certain criteria to appoint...
Bringing relief to captive projects, the Supreme Court (SC) has held that captive consumers are not liable to pay additional surcharges. Additional surcharges are charges levied by distribution companies (discom) on consumers who receive electricity from sources other than...
India stands on the cusp of a cryptocurrency boom even as a 2021 bill may scupper opportunities while also affecting prospects for non-fungible tokens, which are traded in cryptos. Raghavan Ramabadran and Sai Prashanth define the instruments and their predicament
In November 2021, the...
A Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is an examination cooperation programme for patent applications between the patent offices of two countries. It allows a patent applicant to request an accelerated examination of its application pending before the second office or...
Defining the relevant market is the first and most significant step of antitrust analysis. It sets the scope of that analysis and provides a structure and foundation for the economic and legal assessment within it. Digitisation has radically transformed...
In debt transactions, it is fairly standard for lenders to accept post-dated cheques (PDC) from borrowers as security for the repayment of loans. But what if such PDCs bounce upon being presented for payment? In normal practice, when a...
Shareholder agreements involving Indian companies are usually governed by Indian law and often contain arbitration clauses covering disputes. Where foreign shareholders are involved, such clauses frequently designate Singapore or other foreign jurisdictions as the seat.
A dispute will be resolved...
Amendments to key legislation may make China a Model Law country to the greatest extent possible, but will that be enough for the dispute resolution sector to be considered truly international? Luna Jin reports
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In-house Counsel Awards 2022
India Business Law Journal reveals the country’s leading in-house counsel and corporate legal teams in our very first awards. Gautam Kagalwala reports
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Film or tv production can expose mammoth amounts of financial investment and collective creative input to losses through the theft of ideas and ownership. Li Jingjue, legal director at media multinational Huayi Brothers, examines the risks and challenges in...
International arbitration, by its nature, involves diverse parties from diverse cultures. But when it comes to the diversity of arbitral appointments, there remains widespread concern that, while there have been some successes in recent years, progress has not gone...
With the government set to permit the direct listing of Indian companies on overseas stock exchanges, Frost Brown Todd’s Bobby Majumder and David Zylka set down the advantages of going public on US and UK exchanges
In recent years, there has been a substantial...
Companies sometimes choose to enter into agreements with partners that are not immediately disclosed or which are intentionally kept secret from third parties. Such agreements are known as “drawer agreements” in China. However, their legal validity is frequently challenged,...
On 15 April 2021, China’s sixth National Security Education Day, the Biosafety Law came into effect, providing a comprehensive, systematic and overarching law governing this key area. To highlight its growing importance, the recent 33rd Politburo collective study session...
In its interpretations of the Civil Procedure Law, the Supreme People’s Court laid down the rules for how courts should handle third-party revocation actions, where a third party in an original trial makes a claim.
Generally, faced with a third-party...
Three farm acts introduced in 2020 as a market making programme were repealed last month after more than a year of agitation and confusion.
The main reform was the Farmers’ (Employment & Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 (agreement...
Carrying costs and discounting factor, or discounting rate, are vital principles in calculating the relief awarded to parties in commercial disputes. Although both these economic concepts are based on the principle of the time value of money, they are...
The Supreme Court, in the 24 September judgment of National Gandhi Museum v Sudhir Sharma, observed that whether an employee after dismissal was gainfully employed was within his special knowledge and, therefore, considering the principles laid down in section...
IndusLaw hires CAM partner
IndusLaw has added Ravi Kumar, who was previously a partner at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, as a partner in the firm’s Mumbai office. Kumar has advised on a broad range of corporate transactions and has led high-value transactions across industries including oil & gas, ports, renewable energy, real estate, financial services, retail,...
Renewable energy projects have blossomed across Asia. What has led to the recent boom? Vandana Chatlani reports
In the past several months, green energy projects have picked up pace dramatically across Asia. In July, Thailand-based energy company Global Power Synergy purchased...
Creditors generally start legal action or arbitration proceedings based on the underlying contractual relationship, seek to preserve the bank accounts, land and real property, machinery and equipment, equity, intellectual property and other assets of the debtor, and then apply...
China’s laws and regulations covering investment in insurance asset management products fail to provide a clear consensus on the definition and application scope of affiliation. So, what guidance can be drawn from the array of disparate rules?
Article 10 of...
Sachit Mathur has joined Saraf and Partners as the head of the firm’s real estate practice in New Delhi.
Mathur was heading his own firm, Emerald Law Office, prior to his appointment. Before this, he led the real estate practice...
Asian policy makers are shifting focus to prioritise renewable power in their energy mixes. With various green initiatives emerging, businesses should compare the regulations in jurisdictions before investing in sustainable power generation
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Asian policy makers are shifting focus to prioritise renewable power in their energy mixes. With various green initiatives emerging, businesses should compare the regulations in jurisdictions before investing in sustainable power generation
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Asian policy makers are shifting focus to prioritise renewable power in their energy mixes. With various green initiatives emerging, businesses should compare the regulations in jurisdictions before investing in sustainable power generation
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The adoption of renewable energy has been on...
Asian policy makers are shifting focus to prioritise renewable power in their energy mixes. With various green initiatives emerging, businesses should compare the regulations in jurisdictions before investing in sustainable power generation
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The government of Indonesia has shown a serious...
Asian policy makers are shifting focus to prioritise renewable power in their energy mixes. With various green initiatives emerging, businesses should compare the regulations in jurisdictions before investing in sustainable power generation
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Premji Invest, the investment office of Wipro founder Azim Premji, appointed Vardaan Ahluwalia as its head of legal. Formerly a partner at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM), Ahluwalia joined Premji Invest in October.
Commenting on his move into an in-house role, Ahluwalia said...
Nation steps up its game in renewable energy, but stringent regulation remains
Japan has declared its goal to be carbon neutral by 2050, and the government intends to increase the number of offshore wind power plants (OWPPs) to the greatest...
The government’s attempt at providing clarity to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, in the form of a frequently asked questions (FAQ) document has failed to address the most controversial aspects, including the...
Arbitration is becoming increasingly popular as a means of alternative dispute resolution in both mainland China and in Hong Kong. Arbitration offers the advantage of privacy when compared with litigation in court. It also allows for more speedy resolution...
It is quite common for employers to suffer financial losses for employees' wrongdoings in the course of their duties, which can trigger non-compliance or disrupt a company’s labour management. Far less common, however, is for those employers to successfully...
Hong Kong is proposing to allow listings of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) to catch up with its global counterparts.
The SAR’s biggest Asian competitor, Singapore, gained a head start by allowing SPAC listings on its bourse in early September.
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The majority of mainland Chinese mainland companies opt to list shares overseas by using a red-chip structure – that is, one in which, say, a Cayman Islands firm will serve as the publicly traded entity and the original domestic...
An Asia Business Law Journal survey of in-house counsel in the region has revealed a shocking level of dissatisfaction with law firms that are failing to measure up to expectations on a scale that may surprise them.
More than half...
Chubb acquires Cigna arms
Global insurance carrier Chubb has agreed to acquire Cigna’s life, accident and supplemental benefits businesses in South Korea, Taiwan, New Zealand, Thailand, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Turkey for USD5.75 billion. Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and...
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On 11 October, the Shenzhen municipal government completed the issuance of RMB5 billion (USD783,000) offshore multi-tranche renminbi bonds in Hong Kong, marking the first time a local government in China has issued offshore bonds.
The issuance comprises three...
1. What sectors are covered by China’s media and entertainment industry?
China’s media and entertainment industry generally includes film, television, printing and publishing, music, sports, gaming and new media.
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Norton Rose Fulbright is expanding its Beijing practice with the arrival of corporate partner Jerry Li, who joins from Hunton Andrews Kurth.
Li has 20 years of China outbound experience and has been involved in numerous projects and transactions in...
Goodwin appointed Phil Culhane and Elyn Xing as partners in the global private investment funds practice in its Hong Kong office.
Culhane and Xing previously worked together at an international law firm. Culhane has more than 30 years of experience...
In February this year, the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) imposed a record RMB159 million (USD25 million) in damages for violating Jiaxing Zhonghua Chemicalon’s trade secrets, and ordered defendants including Wanglong Group and Fu Xianggen to cease all infringement.
Indeed, annual...
Just as asset management products are growing in diversity, so too are disputes over them: from those between investors and managers on the “capital end”, managers and counterparties on the “asset end”, and disputes arising from the “nested structure”...
The covid-19 pandemic has accelerated a recent trend towards online litigation in China, which has begun to build a system to handle what has now become a regular court activity.
The Supreme People’s Court (SPC) has issued a series of...
Drug patent linkage originated as an innovation from the 1984 Hatch-Waxman Act in the US to provide legal solutions to potential patent infringements before a generic drug launches into the market. It refers to procedurally linking the approval of...
Merits & Tree Law Offices has appointed Shannon Shen as a partner in its Shanghai office.
Prior to joining Merits & Tree, Shen worked with Jingtian & Gongcheng, Grandall Law Firm and Guantao Law Firm. She has experience in dispute...
Hylands Law Firm has hired Shen Suran and Yuan Juan as partners in its Beijing office, a move to strengthen the firm’s competitiveness in dispute resolution and entertainment, media and internet.
Shen joined Hylands from Beijing-based Zhongwen Law Firm, where...
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Wealth Management Connect (WMC), a cross-border investment scheme linking Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong province, got off to a smooth start on 19 October, unlocking opportunities for banking and asset management in the region.
The programme enables residents in Hong...
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) has received its foreign law practice licence to operate in Singapore, and brought on board Vivek Kathpalia, a former partner and head of Nishith Desai Associates’ (NDA) Singapore office.
“We are not here simply to business develop, or be a...
The Philippines formally established the Construction Industry Arbitration Commission (CIAC) in February 1985 under Executive Order No. 1008, which granted the new body original and exclusive jurisdiction over all construction-related disputes.
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The world’s biggest carmakers are racing to get into pole position in the emerging world of autonomous vehicle (AV) technology. But as the industry hurtles forwards at breakneck speed, where does China stand in terms of the laws and...
The government is keen to support the growth of online trade, but its draft e-commerce rules could have the opposite effect. Freny Patel reports
India’s draft e-commerce rules have come under fire from industry experts who warn that, if passed...
As China sets its sights on reaching “peak carbon” with a view to ending net emissions in line with its commitments under the 2015 Paris Agreement, the photovoltaic (PV) industry offers a host of opportunities. From commercial banks and...
JunHe has appointed Joyce Zhang as a partner in its Shanghai office focusing on corporate and M&A, life sciences and healthcare, private equity, financing and compliance.
Zhang spent six years at then King & Wood before entering China’s medical and...
Han Kun Law Offices has hired Ellen Mao in its Shanghai office.
Prior to joining Han Kun, Mao was the chief compliance officer of Maxwealth Fund Management, where she was fully responsible for building the company’s legal and compliance structure....
Sun Muran joins Fangda Partners as a partner in the IP practice, returning to the firm that started her career.
She started her career at Fangda and worked as an associate for six years in the firm’s IP litigation group....
International law firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed has appointed Christine Kang, a 10-year veteran of JunHe, as a partner in its New York office, building on its strong reputation in China.
Kang’s practice is focused on representing Chinese companies, especially...
China Business Law Journal is conducting extensive research for the 2021 CBLJ In-house Counsel Awards. We would be most grateful if you would take a few moments to nominate any China-focused general counsel and/or in-house legal teams that you feel deserve recognition.
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Asia Business Law Journal names the top firms in South Korea. Lim Miran and Putro Harnowo report
South Korea has achieved an enviable growth rate, as affirmed in a recent upgrade by the UN Conference on Trade and Development, reclassifying...
The markets regulator has begun a process to move away from the broad concept of promoter to controlling shareholders in order to better identify who’s in charge. Shivanand Pandit reports
Paving the way for a notable change in the way...
Mr ML Bhakta, the senior partner of Kanga and Company, passed away recently at the age of 89 due to heart failure.
Even in the past few years, Mr Bhakta had continued to remain active in the legal profession and his advice and professional services...
Do you really want to find out? Our survey gets the real opinions of regional in-house counsel when it comes to legal services from law firms, and they’re not pulling any punches. Putro Harnowo reports
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China is on track to set up its third stock exchange, this time in Beijing, to support innovative small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
The plan for the Beijing Stock Exchange (BSE) was revealed by President Xi Jinping at the opening...
China launched the long-awaited southbound leg of Bond Connect on 24 September, lowering barriers for mainland institutional investors trading in offshore debts.
The scheme completes the loop for the bond trading link between the mainland and Hong Kong – more...
AnJie Law Firm in China has entered into a merger agreement with another major Chinese law firm, Broad & Bright, to form Anjie & BB Law Firm in January 2022, representing one of the largest law firm mergers in...
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co (SAM) has launched an e-learning platform for its continuing cloud-based and artificial intelligence-enabled legal education effort.
The platform, CLEmentine, contains curated video content and more than 200 courses.
Deepa Mookerjee, head of learning and development at...
The fourth industrial revolution has allowed fintech companies to transform the delivery of financial services through technology and innovation-driven efficiency and inclusive access. Technology has automated financial services and products as well as processes like risk management. The scale...
Popular movies envisage futures in which advanced artificial intelligence (AI) becomes too powerful, enslaving and controlling humans. While the idea of world domination by AI may be far-fetched, the increasing and unregulated use of AI certainly poses a risk...
Just as we were nearing the end zone of the covid ordeal, a wave of radical regulatory reforms has surged over the beachline of corporate compliance, bringing with it a flow-on of business transformations. On the bright side, however,...
There has been a surge in Asia-based fund managers looking to establish digital asset funds and holding structures in Jersey
The digital assets space, similar to the durian fruit, can divide opinion. With a global crypto market cap of USD2.3...
Blockchain technology has created ripples worldwide by turning art, music, videos and in-game items into digital assets, puzzling regulators into a cautious waiting game. But for how long? And where to from here?
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Blockchain technology has created ripples worldwide by turning art, music, videos and in-game items into digital assets, puzzling regulators into a cautious waiting game. But for how long? And where to from here?
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