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The A-List 2019: China’s elite lawyers

CBLJ presents a list of top private practice lawyers for China-related business

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

Tech transition

How law firms tailor services for Hangzhou’s fast development

More than half the sky

Senior women lawyers share personal stories of challenges and success

A legal legacy

Exclusive interview with Chris Stephens, ADB's outgoing general counsel

Outbound hard ground

Geopolitical risks impact Chinese investment

Arbitration evolution

Internationalizing China's dispute resolution system

The gameplan

China deploys reforms to buoy its economy

Grand design

What legal services will Greater Bay Area require?

Metamorphosis

Law firms in China are evolving and transforming

A new SOE-ra

Changing of the guard for newly compliant SOEs

Connecting the dots

How legaltech can help in-house counsel

Legal eagles

What are the qualities required for a capable in-house counsel?

Fair prey

Regulators will step up their regulation of monopolistic behaviour

The draft amendment to patent examination guidelines

By Duan Xiaoling and Sun Zhanhua, Wanhuida Peksung IP Group

The long game

Chinese investors need far-sighted overseas IP strategy

Legal challenges in the internet age

Talking tech with Anna Xue, the IP director at Perfect World

Crossing the divide

Su Yanan, the legal director of Chinalife Capital, talks about her in-house role

Technified

Shanghai's tech exchange board to rival NASDAQ

Foreign favours

Legal experts analyze the new Foreign Investment Law and how it will impact foreign investors in China

The internet IP of things

By Helen Gu, Sina Corporation

Maintaining an edge

By Grace Kwok, TINAVI Medical Technologies

Internal, external and global

By Meline Huang, Goldpac Limited

Protection and compliance

By Peter Su, Tsinghua Tongfang

Nurture innovation

By Eric Xie, Golden Concord Holdings

The smart warrior

Fighting clever over IP in China

An ounce of prevention

Your data are both precious and dangerous.

Straight and narrow

Avoiding the long arm of US enforcement

Pooling resources

New regulations prompt resurgence of M&A in China

China Business Law Awards 2019

CBLJ presents the law firms that stand out with their performance in the past year

Enter the dragon

Reform of Hong Kong listing rules welcomes new economy companies

New year, more compliance

Existing challenges and new regulations in the Year of the Pig

Deals of the Year 2018

CBLJ selects outstanding China-related deals and cases in 2018, applauding remarkable legal efforts

Survey of Chinese law firms’ billing rates in 2018

Fees rise but quality, professionalism count more

The A-List 2018: China’s elite lawyers

CBLJ presents a list of top private practice lawyers for China-related business

Lean to green

China's market-oriented approach to green regulation

Family wealth management

Managing your own personal dynasty

Data overdrive

Hot issues in data security and management in China

Nature of perpetual bonds

How much do you really know about perpetual bonds?

Shared justice

Common ADR mechanism connects Belt and Road countries

Yin v Yang

Mediation can help turn conflict into consensus

Navigating the VUCA world

MNC in-house counsel must adapt to a more turbulent world
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Against the flow

Domestic and foreign law firms strive to develop in China

In-house focus

New trends and challenges facing corporate counsel

Levelling up

It’s a critical moment for China to further open up

Into the storm

Overseas regulators are buffeting Chinese investment

Testing the defences

Key cybersecurity requirements for WFOE private fund managers

New wave

Offshore jurisdictions are riding the tide of fintech

Guided growth

New rules are shaping the development of PE/VC funds

China’s pollution war

Technology can help China enhance environmental law enforcement

Capital makes port

China’s capital markets are further integrated with the world

Rising in the East

The second of our series on Africa focuses on countries in the continent's east

Heads or tails?

Are Europe’s GDPR and China’s Cybersecurity Law two sides of the same coin?

Green and mean

As authorities step up law enforcement for protection of the environment, manufacturers are advised to prepare themselves for better compliance

IP protection in China

China is prioritizing a network of strong and effective new IP protection mechanisms

Hands on Africa

Part one on the continent’s longstanding partnership with China

Runny money

Why asset securitization is an effective new financing tool in China

Resisting temptation

Practical tips for anti-bribery compliance in the corruption-averse China

The big picture

Exclusive interview with the UN's top legal figure

China Business Law Awards 2017-18

CBLJ presents the law firms that stand out with their performance in the past year

Deals of the Year 2017

Legal efforts in outstanding deals and cases

Compliance alerts

Chinese companies must watch rising US regulatory pressure

Survey of law firm billing rates in China

PRC law firms reveal their hourly billing rates for the first time in this unique report on legal fees

The A-List 2017: China’s top 100 lawyers

CBLJ presents a list of top private practice lawyers for China-related business

China’s Green Lanterns

Opportunities and risks with growth of green finance

Navigating abroad

Experienced corporate counsel share insights into topical outbound investment issues

In the pipeline

Long-term implications of China's Belt and Road initiative and a new regional legal landscape

En garde!

Battles for intellectual property are turning fierce in China

A common language

A universal arbitration framework can help connect Belt and Road markets

In the interest of fairness

Cherie Blair QC's thoughts on global standards for rules-based commerce

Offshore treasure

Old days of havens for tax gains replaced by rigid regulatory regimes

Solutions: ABS

How the fast-growing asset-backed securitization model in China may help open new channels for financing

Fintech revolution

Rapid development of fintech brings new legal challenges

Money rules

PE/VC fund managers face more tough rules on investment

Knowledge is power

Functions of reputational due diligence

Tangled web

Challenges to IP protection in internet era

Think big

First in a special series on the Belt and Road initiative

From the top

IP legal and judicial updates in PRC

Trend setter

Overseas IP issues facing Chinese companies

The D&O defence

What does D&O insurance mean to multinationals?

One in a million

Tips on how to stand out from the regular in-house crowd

Your best defence

China’s exporters and the battle against global trade protectionism

Rise of the replicants

Will predictive coding take your job?

China Business Law Awards 2016

Well done to all our winners in 2016!

New dawn

Rooster heralds year of uncertainty for corporate counsel

Greater tax connection

CRS implications for Chinese entities

Deals of the Year 2016

The very best deals showcasing Chinese economic activities in a global market

The heat is on

More fuel for the fire on global antitrust enforcement

One step forward

Foreign investment regulation further liberalized

A fraction too much friction

Chinese exporters face uncertainty amid increasing trade frictions

Building blocks

Infrastructure development in China

Unity in Asia?

Interview with Singapore's Chief Justice

The A-List: China’s Top 100 Lawyers

China's top 100 lawyers

China in check

Should arbitration accede to Western norms?

A big bite of apple

EU’s decision against Apple’s tax benefits

Melding spear & shield

GC of Souyidai discusses the roles of in-house counsel

Brain Campaign

What companies need to know about exploiting foreign tech ideas

M&A: Hot & Cold

M&A challenges facing domestic and foreign investors

Eagle eyes

Compliance tips for US-listed Chinese companies

Steady hand on the tiller

Regulators seek to calm fickle economic climate

Homes away from home

Chinese real estate investment in overseas markets gathers pace

Tough times

International firms in China refuse to give up

Changing tack

New aims of PRC law firms

Embracing a new self

Corporate counsel need to reshape their role

Balancing act

Tighter China regulation tests PE/VC investors

Performance artistry

Former GC shares views about the value of in-house counsel

Lots more offshore

Role of offshore centres in outbound investment

Midas magic

Securities that turn assets to gold

Under the microscope

The safe way to do internal probes

Frayed trade

WTO reports impacts China-EU trade

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CORRESPONDENTS

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FEATURES

Research, recalibrate, repeat

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

Key issues in confidentiality agreements

Guard your secrets

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

Criminal Risk Prevention for Enterprisesvideo

Guide to criminal risk for enterprises

By Xia Yu, Kangda

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