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March 2020

Remote controls

With the deadly COVID-19 virus forcing businesses into shutdown mode, PRC labour laws are scrambling to regulate a new norm for work conditions and payment standards.

Three big views

ere we glean the opinions of three elite GCs from different industries, who share their observations and strategies on team management and communication

Patent applications on inventions for pharmaceutical use

By Wu Xiaoping and Zhang Mengqian, Wanhuida Intellectual Property
If a Chinese medical research institute applies for the patent of a US brand-name drug that might cure COVID-19, as a ‘secondary use’ invention does it constitute squatting?

Planning personal wealth under economic globalization

By Fu Zhongwen and Zhu Changying, Long An Law Firm
In a new era, High net worth individuals and China’s 'mass affluent' can now manage legal risks with once exclusive products and wealth strategies

Culture in the courtroom

The process of assessing demeanour can be difficult for a judge when the witness is from a different culture

Issuing bonds abroad during the pandemic

By Jason Cheng and Mao Shengdi, Dentons

Overseas project applications by Chinese enterprises (Part 2)

By Selena She and Kenneth Kong, Llinks Law Offices

Impact of revised Securities Law on compliance and insider trading

By Du Lianjun and Chu Zhilin, East & Concord Partners

Patented drugs and the ‘Bolar exception’ clause

By Tang Huadong, Merits & Tree Law Offices
Chinese investors

Online lending: Chinese investors get second chance

By Santosh Pai and Vinu Peter Immanuel, Link Legal India Law Services
India has growing internet penetration and a large unbanked population, but Chinese investors need to be wary of much tighter regulations when entering this market

Strategies for countering online infringement

By Frank Liu and Jerry Huang, Tiantai Law Firm,

Does OEM use constitute trademark infringement?

By Lian Chenghe and Xing Keke, Yuanhe Partners

Application of punitive damages in TM infringement cases

By Mi Tai, Sanyou Intellectual Property Agency

Points for SOEs transferring commercial bank equity

By Yang Guang and Wang Yao, Lantai Partners

Developing a pre-reorganization system in China

By Xu Bangwei and Zhang Xiaotong, Jingtian & Gongcheng

China Business Law Awards 2020

We launched the “Golden League” award this year to reflect the market situation, and to encourage the firms on the list, and their peers, to improve their overall quality and level of service

Compliance risk management under Cybersecurity Law

By Sharon Shi and Shin Feng, AllBright Law Offices

Gains and losses during transition periods in M&A

By Gong Ruozhou, Grandway Law Offices

Opportunities and risks in Jordan’s energy market

By Wang Jihong and Steven Wu, Zhong Lun Law Firm

‘Transplant’ of the arbitration agreement

Is the arbitration agreement entitled to be “transplanted”? And would the transplanted one still be recognized as an effective arbitration agreement?

Fiduciary duty in asset management transactions

The legal relationship between a client and a manager in asset management transactions should be dealt with under the analytical framework of the fiduciary duty.

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CORRESPONDENTS

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FEATURES

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Market shakeups lead to increasingly complex dispute issues and novel investor strategies to resolve them

Key issues in confidentiality agreements

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Nuctech’s legal director decodes confidentiality agreements

Anti-Unfair Competition Law rev up platform duties

No more wild west

Revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law steps up platforms' gatekeeping duties

PRACTITIONERS' PERSPECTIVES

Cross-border debt recovery: Lessons from a guarantee dispute

By Armstrong Chen and Wang Xin, Dacheng Law Offices
Nominated Subcontractor Risks Real Estate

Countering RE dilemma of ‘nominated subcontractors’

By Tony Wang and Hussein Hu, Wintell

This article systematically analyses prevailing judicial trends and compliance essentials, offering practical strategies for risk isolation and contract management

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Guide to criminal risk for enterprises

By Xia Yu, Kangda

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