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JD.com to acquire German electronics retailer Ceconomy for EUR2.2b, among the largest Chinese deals in Europe

How can multinationals adapt as China strengthens its anti-foreign sanction defences?

M&A key updates from Taiwan, India, Japan, South Korea, China and Thailand

A comparison of legal developments for the use of autonomous vehicles in mainland China and Taiwan

As the State Council releases new rules countering foreign sanctions, this article explains details of their scope, specific measures and accountability mechanisms.

Mainland China, Japan and Taiwan to strengthen enforcement against anti-competitive behaviour

China tightens antitrust rules with AML reforms and stricter enforcement

Sanctions, export controls, and countermeasures now shape global business beyond diplomacy and trade policy

Linklaters has announced that Tien-yo Chao is to join the firm’s China practice

E-Town Semiconductor raises RMB2.5bn in Star Market debut with help from KWM and Zhong Lun Law Firm

Legal work in Asia's insurance sector is rising amid regulatory shifts and global disruptions

Hylands Law Firm has hired real estate and construction legal veteran Sarah Gao as a partner to join its Beijing office

Alvin Sin joins Appleby as partner in Shanghai and legal manager in Hong Kong

Commerce & Finance advised CCB on its RMB105 billion A-share private placement to the Ministry of Finance to boost core capital

Anli Partners has hired You Bailu and Xu Haibo as partners for their Shanghai and Hangzhou branches respecitvely.

Wintell & Co hires data compliance specialist David Luo Chengjie as a partner in the firm’s Beijing office

Grandblue completes the privatisation of Canvest with involvement from KWM, Harneys, Paul Weiss and Conyers Dill & Pearman

Anta Sports has acquired German outdoor brand Jack Wolfskin for USD290 million, with legal advice from Morgan Lewis and Latham & Watkins

DaHui Lawyers adds PE partner Jason Song to its Shanghai team

China Power restructures USD3.8bn in assets to boost clean energy focus

Zhongce Rubber Group has raised RMB4.07bn on the main boards in Shanghai on 5 June, marking the largest IPO in the A-share market so far since 2024

Asian regions top White & Case-QMUL arbitration survey, challenging Eurocentric dominance in global dispute hubs

Jia Yuan adds 4 capital markets lawyers in HK & Beijing to expand its cross-border finance team

BAC launches new Med-Arb Expedited Rules for faster dispute resolution

K&L Gates hires Greater China IPO expert Janney Chong in Hong Kong

JunHe has hired veteran cross-border lawyer Kenneth Zhou to strengthen its international legal services

China passes VAT Law on 25 Dec 2024; to take effect on 1 Jan 2026

John Quinn discusses Quinn Emanuel's success in dispute resolution amid US-China tensions

GLO hires four new partners in Chengdu, Shanghai, Shenzhen & Beijing, boosting regional and practice capabilities

Xu Feifan moves with her 24-member team from TianTong’s Shanghai branch to Think Law Firm after five years

Baker McKenzie FenXun hires four Wilson Sonsini experts for its Greater China team

Top GCs explore turning compliance into a growth driver, leveraging tech for business empowerment and ushering in a new era of financial compliance

China's new personal information compliance audit measures will take effect on May 1, 2025

In a BAC/BIAC tech dispute case, the tribunal granted an interim measure based on the claimant’s application

Skadden, Han Kun, Jingtian & Gongcheng, and Davis Polk advised Baidu on its USD1.48bn offshore bond issuance

Nanshan Aluminium International debuts on HKEX, raising USD310m for its parent, Nanshan Aluminium

BVI Premier Natalio Wheatley boosts China investment ties while securing new growth in Asia amid geopolitical shifts

Wilson Sonsini, based in Silicon Valley, confirms closing its Beijing office after deciding not to renew its lease

DeHeng, Reed Smith, JunHe & Cleary Gottlieb advise BYD on HKD43.5B share sale, the auto sector's largest in a decade

Mixue Group raised HKD3.46 billion in its HKEX debut

Yongwen Law Firm names Tang Yuewen as Shenzhen executive director to boost real estate and financial practice

After Sun Kai and Xu Yilin left Skadden's Beijing office, a source says partners will relocate from Hong Kong and Shanghai

Deacons hired Michael Sinn, a corporate finance partner, expanding its team for the second time this year

Cleary Gottlieb will close its Beijing branch in July and merge with Hong Kong

PRC firms Zhong Lun and Jingtian & Gongcheng hire top talent from global firms

China-UAE trade growth drives unique arbitration challenges for Chinese companies

Explore key trends and challenges in private equity disputes in China and India

ByteDance's shutdown prompts TikTok users to flock to RedNote. US legal bloggers and Chinese lawyers leverage the platform's global reach with English content

Rajah & Tann Asia appoints Michelle Li as head of arbitration, construction, and projects for China

King & Wood Mallesons recruits Jerry Liu as an international partner to expand global IP, based in Silicon Valley and Shanghai.

Paul Weiss and Milbank will close their Beijing offices, joining other US law firms leaving mainland China

Regulators in China, Japan, the Philippines, and Taiwan are adjusting policies to manage e-sports' rapid growth

Perkins Coie is closing its Beijing office and relocating to Shenzhen to better align with client needs and growth

China Business Law Journal seeks nominations to identify elite private practice lawyers in mainland China and Hong Kong

Foreign investment is welcome in joint ventures, however each jurisdiction has its own unique rules

China’s 2021 Patent Law overhauled life sciences protection with US-style patent linkage, term extension (PTE), and term adjustment (PTA)

A slowing China, the rise in AI and global geopolitics all make for an interesting 2024 for Asia’s legal markets

Enhanced regulations and China/US decoupling challenge China’s private equity, reshuffling the industry amid bleak prospects

Stay informed on the latest legal developments shaping Asia's business landscape

Han Kun Law Offices has set up in Singapore, the firm’s first branch outside China and the second overseas premises after its Hong Kong arm qualified to practice in November last year

Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (Legco) passed the long overdue Mainland Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Reciprocal Enforcement) Bill on 26 October 2022

Hylands has appointed Tian Dapeng, Yin Yue, Cai Yuee, Lu Bing and Wang Yuan as partners at the firm’s Beijing headquarters

Three significant offshore bonds with a combined value of USD700 million issued under standby letters of credit (SBLC) this year caught people’s attention

Jia Yuan Law Offices advised AVIC Chengdu UAS on an RMB4.37 billion (USD649 million) IPO on the Star Market of the SSE, surpassing the initial target of RMB1.64 billion

China’s largest consumer genetic testing platform Mega Genomics raised HKD215.3 million (USD27.6 million) from its IPO on the HKEX

With many IT employees offered huge salary hikes and perks from competing firms amid soaring global demand for IT services

Massive infrastructure development and liberalisation of overseas investment have boosted the Philippines’ competitiveness, but the pandemic has changed everything. What will a newly elected government mean for business-related legal reform?

China’s third largest online logistics platform has debuted on the Hong Kong bourse – a move that summoned the strike of the gong back to the trading floor

Nippon Paint Automotive Coatings (NPAC), a subsidiary of Nippon Paint Holdings, has completed an RMB350 million (USD52 million) acquisition of additional shares in five Chinese automotive coatings companies

NaaS Technology has been listed on Nasdaq through a merger with US company RISE Education Cayman in a deal that makes NaaS the third China concepts stock to go public in the US this year and the first IPO for an electric-vehicle charging-services provider

New roles of intermediaries place them under the microscope of capital market regulation

Top in-house counsel and external lawyers were quizzed to determine what skillsets are behind their successes in two very different legal roles

According to section 22A of the Hong Kong Arbitration Ordinance, parties are entitled to conduct emergency arbitrator procedures under the adopted institutional arbitration rules prior to constitution of the arbitral tribunal

Tao Fuwu, Chief Legal Officer of Coudwalk Group, one of the “four AI dragons in china”, shares his views on current legal and compliance requirements on AI ethics

The HKEX listing of Vision Deal, a special purpose acquisition company backed by former Alibaba CEO David Wei, saw three firms advising in the HKD1 billion (USD127 million) transaction

Antitrust enforcement are continuing to crack down on outlawed resale price maintenance (RPM), with a multinational dental medical device manufacturer’s Chinese entity recently fined RMB9.12 million (USD1.35 million)

The antitrust authority will be stepping up oversight over the platform economy, technology development, data security and livelihood sectors such as utilities, healthcare and medicine

The Supreme People’s Court (SPC) has identified relevant factors from an Anti-Monopoly Law perspective when assessing pay-for-delay settlement agreements

Laura Cha Shih May-lung will continue her role as HKEX chair for two more years after being re-elected to the post she has held since 2018

Judiciaries from Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Britain and the United States have established the International Judicial Dispute Resolution Network 

Su Hao has joined the Haiwan & Partners in the firm’s Beijing and Hong Kong offices as a partner

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has amended the Companies (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities) Amendment Rules, 2022, requiring Indian entities to reveal if investments are made by a company that is incorporated in a country that shares a land border with India

The Hong Kong SAR Government has submitted an amendment bill to the Legislative Council to propose three new fee agreements to allow lawyers to charge arbitration cases by the principles of "no win, no fee" and "no win, low fee"

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