Lefèvre Pelletier & associés (LPA) has hired M&A partner Raphaël Chantelot from the Shanghai office of Gide Loyrette Nouel. It has additionally…

 Jin Mao PRC LawyersHenry Mao and Alex Linhenrymao@jinmao.com.cn; alex_lin@jinmao.com.cnThe State Council has released the Decision on Revising the…

A new set of rules heralds easier access to Chinese investments for overseas private equity funds

As I write this, China president Hu Jintao is at the beginning of his four-day state visit to the US – the first one by a Chinese leader in 13 years.…

SAIC cracks down on abuse of administrative authority to eliminate or restrict competition.

Robert Ashworth has replaced Simon Marchant as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's regional managing partner in Asia. Marchant will return to the firm's…

Mofcom curbs on round-trip real property investment.

The Beijing office of Mayer Brown JSM has hired energy specialist Ping Liu from Baker & McKenzie. Liu, who is a consultant, has extensive experience…

New anti-pricing monopoly rules released