Features & Analyses

A U.S. company acquiring a Chinese company will face a multitude of regulatory restrictions and requirements. How can the U.S. acquirer manage the risk of the deal being blocked or unwound for non-compliance?

Nate Bush and Della Ding of DLA Piper and Ray Xu of Shanghai Kaiman Law Firm assess the implications for dominant firms of recent amendments to China's key anti-monopoly legislation and proposed revisions to its implementing rules.

Nate Bush and Della Ding of DLA Piper and Ray Xu of Shanghai Kaiman Law Firm review new regulations prohibiting monopoly agreements, abuse of intellectual property rights and as actions that eliminate or restrict competition, as well as discussing the potential penalties for violations.

Jianwei (Jerry) Fang and Runyang Liu of Zhong Lun Law Firm discuss the newly released rules for the transfer of data overseas and the compliance requirements provided by the Cyberspace Administration of China.

Nate Bush, Ray Xu and Della Ding of DLA Piper highlight key changes to merger control under the Amended Anti-Monopoly Law and draft regulations including increased revenue thresholds, investigation of "below threshold" transactions and clarification of what is meant by gun-jumping

Guo Yongmao and Zhang Tianyang of Haiwen & Partners highlight 2022 tax policies that support businesses, which have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic situation

While China's first-ever NFT court ruling added stricter burdens to marketplaces and led to some NFT bans, many think it is setting the stage for the growth of the digital asset market in the country.

Casper Sek, partner at Jingtian & Gongcheng, takes a close look at China's new standard contract for overseas transfer of personal information and the regulations which accompany it, and compares it with the EU equivalent

Jianwei (Jerry) Fang and Runyang Liu of Zhong Lun Law Firm discuss how to invoke reciprocity for a foreign judgment in China, and explore what recent court decisions reveal about China's approach toward recognizing and applying reciprocity.