Dispute Resolution

Guanglei Zhang and Jinhui Zhang of Jingtian & Gongcheng examine the first decision of a Chinese court in which a secret pre-IPO agreement containing a valuation adjustment mechanism based on stock market price was declared invalid.

First Chinese court decision recognizes NFT as virtual property; international commercial law standards take effect in Hong Kong; and China's private pension sector set for rapid growth

New social credit draft law raises concerns for foreign companies; CSRC lifts ban on property M&A and refinancing; and U.K. government unwinds a completed transaction for the first time.

Basic-level people's courts have jurisdiction over first instance foreign-related civil and commercial cases.

Timothy Bickham, Wendy Wysong and Ali Burney of Steptoe & Johnson review the new rules relating to the export of semiconductors from the United States and the impact this will have on tech companies' existing and future business operations and how IP contracts will be affected.

While U.S. regulators are pushing for more transparency and audit quality of Chinese firms listing on U.S. stock exchanges, some plaintiffs firms still see high risks for investors.

Shenzhen issues rules for the country's first register of personal bankruptcy administrators

The Supreme People's Court has made a ruling in what has become China's first patent linkage case. Fang Qi and Danlei Wu of Fangda Partners examine the potentially far-reaching implications of this significant decision

Zhenyu Ruan, Yangdi Zhao of Baker McKenzie FenXun (FTZ) Joint Operation highlight notable legal developments in the three main legal areas of the virtual world called the metaverse, namely cryptocurrency regulation, NFT copyright infringement and data privacy