Dispute Resolution

China's IPO reform expands the registration-based system to main boards; Australian court refuses to deny Chinese arbitral award on public policy grounds; and China allows 12 market makers in the bond market to boost liquidity.

2022 regulatory trends in China, including data protection, TMT, capital markets, PE/VC, IP, dispute resolution, healthcare, banking & finance, sanctions and antitrust.

China opens treasury bond futures to foreign bank; no protection for crypto investment; and ORFS bring Hong Kong in line with other major arbitration centers

Pinduoduo and Full Truck Alliance continue to list in the U.S.; Chinese companies raised far more money in Europe than U.S. in 2022; and official reports show promising improvements to China's IP systems

Jianwei Jerry Fang, Runyang Liu and Dianmeng Zhu of Zhong Lun Law Firm discuss the year's major legislative and judicial developments in civil and commercial dispute resolution in China.

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.