Cross-border legal intelligence · China & the world
Pricing clauses in distribution agreements are among the most frequently overlooked exposures under the Anti-Monopoly Law.
Urgent-looking emails claiming your domain or mark is about to be lost are almost always solicitation scams.
The 2+1 rule, mandatory pre-signing disclosures and trademark localisation decide who succeeds.
Eight government departments want more than 160 dedicated tourist trains by 2030. But with household savings at record highs, the plan looks less like rail policy than a demand-stimulus experiment in tourism language — and it carries real market-access signals for foreign operators.
Read the article →Beijing is committing at least 15 trillion RMB to overhauling China's cities over the next five years. For Western construction, infrastructure and real estate companies, the plan presents a significant market opportunity and a complex legal landscape.
Read the article →The European Commission has said plainly that its trade and investment relationship with China no longer works. With a record €360 billion deficit behind it and sector-wide measures ahead, the de-risking era now has teeth.
Read the article →Over 20 years of advising international companies entering China, the difference between success and failure rarely comes down to product quality or company size. It comes down to two fundamentals that foreign companies consistently underestimate.
Read the article →Market entry, negative-list analysis and structuring inbound investment.
Deal structuring, foreign-investment screening and post-merger integration.
International arbitration, enforcement and cross-border litigation strategy.
Trademark registration, trade-secret protection and anti-counterfeiting.
Franchising, distribution, licensing and operating compliance.
Anti-Monopoly Law compliance, pricing practices and regulator engagement.
Hiring, termination, handbooks and workforce disputes under PRC law.
Governance, exit mechanics and protecting contributed technology.
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