Practical legal analysis and guidance on doing business with China, written by our lawyers.
China is a first-to-file jurisdiction. How the 2019 Trademark Law's bad-faith provisions and the opposition, invalidation and non-use cancellation routes help foreign brands fight back.
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Classification, origin, valuation, the 0.05% per-day late-payment surcharge and the dispute route that no longer requires paying the disputed duty first.
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How unit criminal liability works under the dual-punishment rule, and what a genuine compliance program must do to earn leniency from Chinese prosecutors.
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Since China joined the Apostille Convention in 2023, most documents skip consular legalization. Which route applies, who issues an apostille in China and what it certifies.
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Pre-action and in-suit preservation, the guarantee requirements, the 48-hour ruling rule and the 30-day deadline — how foreign creditors freeze Chinese assets.
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How Chinese courts read choice-of-court clauses, the three disputes they keep exclusively, and how to draft a jurisdiction clause that survives.
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Breach liability, lost-profits damages capped by foreseeability, the 30% liquidated-damages benchmark and the one-year termination window.
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The 183-day residency test, the six-year and 90-day rules, and the either-or choice between deductions and tax-exempt allowances.
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Six will forms under the PRC Civil Code, why the latest will now wins, the mandatory share rule, and which law governs a foreigner's Chinese real estate and movables.
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Derivative suits, information rights, buy-out claims and judicial dissolution under China's new Company Law.
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How foreign creditors file and prove claims, where they rank, and how foreign proceedings are recognized.
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The 18-month construction payment priority right and how foreign contractors recover payment.
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What happens when China opens an anti-dumping investigation into your exports, and how to respond before provisional duties bite.
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Every inbound acquisition of a Chinese company has to clear three gates: market access, security review and merger control. Plan them first.
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Foreign individuals can buy residential property in China — but with a purpose condition, local limits and a specific regime for what happens to it when the owner dies.
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What a foreign national faces in a China criminal case — the 37-day detention window, arrest review, the right to a lawyer and interpreter, consular notification and bail pending trial.
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China's Anti-Unfair Competition Law gives trade-secret owners strong tools — a burden-shifting rule, punitive damages up to five times and criminal liability.
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Chinese lawyer fees are usually market-priced and structured three ways — hourly, flat and contingency. Here is how billing works, where contingency is banned or capped, and who pays court costs.
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Termination grounds, severance (N), unlawful-termination damages (2N) and the arbitration-first process — a practical guide for foreign employers.
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Classification, valuation and origin errors can trigger China customs penalties. Here is how the penalty rules, the Tariff Law and the administrative-review route work.
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A prenuptial agreement can determine who owns what in a cross-border marriage involving China assets. How the Civil Code, choice-of-law rules and China real estate interact.
Read MorePractical traps foreign buyers face at every stage — and how to guard against each one.
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