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Merits & Tree Law Offices is headquartered in Beijing and partners at the firm aim to establish a law office that is "decent, professional, friendly and willed".

Asset service trusts: pros and cons for trust companies

By Li Kailun and Zhang Yanjiao, Merits & Tree Law Offices 

New regulation for wealth management trust business

By Ouyang Fangfei and Wu Xinghan, Merits & Tree Law Offices

When marriages fail, validity of family trusts can be tested

By Ouyang Fangfei and Zheng Chunjie, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Why equity family trusts require proper due diligence

By Ouyang Fangfei and Zhou Lu, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Regulatory framework, trends of insurance investment in equity

By Deng Weifang and Zhang Chu'ao, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Main legal issues of equity family trusts

By Ouyang Fangfei, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Emergence of risk disposal trustee service trusts

By Long Haitao and Wu Yang, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Application of service trusts in distressed real estate

By Deng Weifang and Yu Jiahao, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Asset management challenges of the fintech era

By Li Kailun, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Pandemic-era asset management – challenges and opportunities

By Long Haitao and Li Kailun, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Tax risks in distribution expenses of pharma enterprises

By Zhang Guohao and Xu Jing, Merits & Tree Law Offices 

Does Bolar exception apply only to generic drugs?

By Tang Huadong, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Evolution and practice of MAH system for medical devices

By Ji Fei and Xue Gang, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Pharmaceutical quality responsibilities under the MAH system

By Zhong Yueping, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Innovative drug R&D investment and financing (part 2)

By Jin Youyuan and Guo Xiaoxing, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Innovative drug R&D investment and financing (part 1)

By Jin Youyuan and Guo Xiaoxing, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Online healthcare services through pandemic and beyond

By Jiang Tao, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Patented drugs and the ‘Bolar exception’ clause

By Tang Huadong, Merits & Tree Law Offices

New insight into disputes over Sino-foreign JVs

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

Minefields in patent due diligence for high-tech financing

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

Misunderstandings about vertical monopoly agreements

By Ye Han, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Tips on VIE liquidation practices

By Ji Fei, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Abnormal LP-related risks in practice

By Zhao Liang, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Enforcement of bankruptcy adjudication by a Taiwan court

By Pang Tao, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Is a VAM debt a community debt?

By Zhao Yiping, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Redemption obligation in equity investment deals

By Ren Shanshan, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Creditors’ committees of banking institutions

By William Zhang, Zhao Jiajia, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Legal due diligence on family trusts

By Ouyang Fangfei, Merits & Tree Law Offices

P2P platforms: Status quo and issues

By Zhang Wenliang and Yuan Haibo, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Access to funds for finance lease companies

By Liu Zunsi, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Establishing family trusts with tradable A-shares

By Ouyang Fangfei, Merits & Tree Law Offices

When structured finance meets the property industry

By Li Kailun, Merits & Tree Law Offices

Developing trusts under harsh regulation in China

By Wu Yang, Merits & Tree Law Offices

An explanation of ‘extensive asset management’ in China

By Long Haitao, Merits & Tree Law Offices

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