Foreign Law Firms in China over Last Thirty Years
Foreign law firms started to explore China’s legal market in 1992. After a 12-year rapid growth period started in 2002, they gradually declined from their peak in 2014.
China Justice Observer
中司观察
Foreign law firms started to explore China’s legal market in 1992. After a 12-year rapid growth period started in 2002, they gradually declined from their peak in 2014.
On 21 August 2022, China Justice Observer released the 2022 version of the List of China’s Cases on Recognition of Foreign Judgments. To date, we have collected 89 cases involving China and 24 foreign States and regions.
China’s newly amended Civil Procedure Law aims to reduce the caseload and simplify the litigation procedure by, among others, promoting online litigation and supporting mediation.
Academy for the Rule of Law at China University of Political Science and Law
中国政法大学全面依法治国研究院
No, the agreement, at least the part relating to the organizational structure and internal governance matters, may not be arbitrable, says Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court in Tang v. Beijing XX Decoration Technology Company (2019).
German investors benefit from the new Chinese Foreign Investment Law.
The Supplemental Arrangement on the Mutual Enforcement of Arbitral Awards between the Mainland and Hong Kong SAR (2020) provides detailed interpretation on reciprocal enforcement of arbitral awards, and further refines the interregional judicial assistance system.
In August 2022, relevant authorities in China and the U.S. signed an audit oversight cooperation agreement, taking a big step in China-U.S. cooperation on cross-border audit oversight of Chinese companies listed in the U.S.
In August 2022, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court issued the “Handbook for Evidence Presentation of Parties in Civil Cases Involving Computer Software Copyright” in both Chinese and English editions.
In August 2022, the China Law Society released the Annual Report on the Construction of Rule of Law in China (2021), in both Chinese and English.
In August 2022, relevant authorities jointly issued the “Implementation Plan for Accelerating the Establishment of a Unified and Standardized Statistical Accounting System for Carbon Emissions”, which specifies the construction objectives of the system and four key tasks.
Can I sue Chinese companies in South Korea and then enforce a South Korean judgment in China?
Due to linguistic specificities of the Chinese language, different companies’ names in Chinese, according to their pronunciation, may be spelled exactly the same in English. It will be difficult for you to make a claim or collect a debt.
If a creditor wishes to apply for bankruptcy of a Chinese debtor, it shall submit the following materials to the court.
Can I sue Chinese companies in France and then enforce a French judgment in China?
Foreign law firms started to explore China’s legal market in 1992. After a 12-year rapid growth period started in 2002, they gradually declined from their peak in 2014.
The booming cross-border e-commerce in China has resulted in a concomitant rise in cross-border disputes among Chinese exporters, Chinese e-commerce platforms, overseas consumers, and overseas e-commerce platforms. Judges of Hangzhou Internet Court shared their reflections on the trial of cross-border e-commerce cases.
China’s Supreme People's Procuratorate shows, in its published guiding case, Jian Li No.67, shows how Chinese procuratorates review electronic data obtained from overseas.
The Chinese AML has made comprehensive revisions after 14 years of implementation. A more professional and comprehensive AML enforcement can be expected in China in the future.
In 2021, Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court granted Mr. Liang’s application for personal bankruptcy reorganization, marking the first of its kind in China.
China's Personal Information Protection Law (个人信息保护法), enacted in August 2021, draws the boundaries for Internet platforms conducting automated decision-making through algorithms.
What is the duty lawyer? Who will serve as legal aid personnel? What kind of legal services can be provided? Here’s key questions to be answered to get to know China’s Legal Aid Law.
People’s Assessors Law of the People’s Republic of China was promulgated on 27 Apr. 2018, and entered into force on the same date.
Mon, 03 Oct 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In August 2022, relevant authorities in China and the U.S. signed an audit oversight cooperation agreement, taking a big step in China-U.S. cooperation on cross-border audit oversight of Chinese companies listed in the U.S.
Mon, 03 Oct 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In August 2022, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court issued the “Handbook for Evidence Presentation of Parties in Civil Cases Involving Computer Software Copyright” in both Chinese and English editions.
Sun, 02 Oct 2022 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
Foreign law firms started to explore China’s legal market in 1992. After a 12-year rapid growth period started in 2002, they gradually declined from their peak in 2014.
Fri, 30 Sep 2022 China Law in One Minute Meng Yu 余萌
Can I sue Chinese companies in South Korea and then enforce a South Korean judgment in China?
Fri, 30 Sep 2022 China Law in One Minute Meng Yu 余萌
Due to linguistic specificities of the Chinese language, different companies’ names in Chinese, according to their pronunciation, may be spelled exactly the same in English. It will be difficult for you to make a claim or collect a debt.
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 China Law in One Minute Meng Yu 余萌
If a creditor wishes to apply for bankruptcy of a Chinese debtor, it shall submit the following materials to the court.
Mon, 26 Sep 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In August 2022, the China Law Society released the Annual Report on the Construction of Rule of Law in China (2021), in both Chinese and English.
Mon, 26 Sep 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In August 2022, relevant authorities jointly issued the “Implementation Plan for Accelerating the Establishment of a Unified and Standardized Statistical Accounting System for Carbon Emissions”, which specifies the construction objectives of the system and four key tasks.
Mon, 26 Sep 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In July 2022, China’s Supreme People’s Court introduced the main achievements of the case filing registration system of Chinese courts, which has been running from 2015.
Mon, 26 Sep 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In August 2022, the 17th conference of presidents of supreme courts of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states was held online. Focusing on judicial cooperation in multiple areas, the conference adopted a joint statement.
Mon, 26 Sep 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
By the end of 2021, benefiting from the China-Europe Railway Express, more than 49,000 freight train trips had been made, which had transported 4.432 million twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers.
Sun, 25 Sep 2022 Insights Meng Yu 余萌
The booming cross-border e-commerce in China has resulted in a concomitant rise in cross-border disputes among Chinese exporters, Chinese e-commerce platforms, overseas consumers, and overseas e-commerce platforms. Judges of Hangzhou Internet Court shared their reflections on the trial of cross-border e-commerce cases.
Thu, 22 Sep 2022 China Law in One Minute Meng Yu 余萌
Can I sue Chinese companies in France and then enforce a French judgment in China?
Thu, 22 Sep 2022 China Law in One Minute Meng Yu 余萌
This is because conflicting clauses in the different versions will be deemed to have no effect. Therefore, you should review each clause of the Chinese contract carefully.
Thu, 22 Sep 2022 China Law in One Minute Meng Yu 余萌
If a debtor files an application for bankruptcy, it shall submit the following materials to the court.
Mon, 19 Sep 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In August 2022, a Beijing court judgment indicated that Bilibili was liable for the infringement on the plaintiff’s right to information network dissemination.
Mon, 19 Sep 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In August 2022, Shanghai High People’s Court reported on financial and commercial trials by Shanghai courts in 2021.
Mon, 19 Sep 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
The Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS Convention) entered into force on 1 September 2022 for China.
Mon, 19 Sep 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In August 2022, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate issued typical cases on corporate compliance, covering a range of matters such as data compliance and information security compliance.
Mon, 19 Sep 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In August 2022, a Hong Kong decree absolute of divorce was recognized by the Beijing Fourth People’s Intermediate Court, marking the first time that the “Arrangement of the Supreme People’s Court on Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Civil Judgments in Matrimonial and Family Cases by the Courts of the Mainland and of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region” has been applied.
