14 June 2019
US-China Trade War: Re-negotiation strategies and danger zones under Singapore law
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/china/us-china-trade-war-re-negotiation-strategies-and-danger-zones-under-singapore-law

In our previous article published here in March 2019 on the US-China Trade War and its implications for contracts which cannot be performed due to the imposition of tariffs or quotas, we focused on how force majeure ...

06 February 2020
China Corporate Newsletter – Changes of the administrative management for FIE
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/china/china-corporate-newsletter-changes-of-the-administrative-management-for-fie

At the earlier stages of China's opening up to foreign investment, the Chinese Wholly Foreign-owned Enterprises Law ("WFOE"), Sino-Foreign Equity Joint Ventures Law ("EJV") and Sino-Foreign Cooperative Joint Ventures ...

08 January 2021
Update on dispute resolution for joint ventures in China
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/china/update-on-dispute-resolution-for-joint-ventures-in-china

After a sharp decline in the first quarter of 2020 due to COVID-19 lockdowns, China’s economy bounced back to grow in the second quarter and keeps growing in the third quarter pursuant to the National Bureau of ...

30 December 2020
Network connection and VPN - What MNCs need to learn for legally connecting headquarters, subsidiaries, branches and employees within or outside China?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/china/network-connection-and-vpn

A growing number of multi-national corporations ("MNCs") with multiple outlets or office locations across China will encounter a common issue of how to find a fast, secure and reliable way to share information and ...

10 May 2018
Bird & Bird bolsters its Corporate practice with appointment of James Fong as Partner in Hong Kong
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2018/hong-kong/bird-and-bird-bolsters-its-corporate-practice-with-appointment-of-james-fong-as-partner-in-hong-kong

International law firm Bird & Bird today appoints James Fong as a partner, bolstering its Corporate practice in China.

04 February 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Force Majeure Clauses
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/coronavirus-and-force-majeure-clauses

As a result of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak that originated in Wuhan, China, several cities and regions across China have announced travel restrictions resulting in full or partial lockdowns. This caused ...

02 December 2020
Bird & Bird grows its Corporate practice with the appointment of partners Sarah (Ying) Zeng in Beijing and Morten Rosenmejer in Copenhagen
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2020/denmark/partneroptagelse---morten-rosenmejer

International law firm Bird & Bird today grows its Corporate practice with the appointment of partners Sarah (Ying) Zeng in Beijing and Morten Rosenmejer in Copenhagen.

09 December 2019
Bird & Bird boosts its Private Equity and VC practices with the arrival of partner Kaichen Xu in Beijing
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2019/global/bird-and-bird-boosts-its-private-equity-and-vc-practices

International law firm Bird & Bird boosts its Venture Capital and Private Equity (VC/PE) practices with the arrival of partner Kaichen ("KC") Xu in Beijing.

24 April 2018
Anti-suit injunction update - Hong Kong grants anti-suit injunction to restrain proceedings in PRC after arbitral award obtained in Hong Kong
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/hong-kong/hong-kong-grants-anti-suit-injunction-to-restrain-proceedings-in-prc-after-arbitral-award

The High Court of Hong Kong has recently granted an anti-suit injunction restraining parallel proceedings in the courts of PRC brought by an unsuccessful party to an arbitration award obtained in Hong Kong.

24 April 2018
New requirement for Hong Kong companies to maintain a significant controllers register
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/hong-kong/new-requirement-for-hong-kong-companies-to-maintain-a-significant-controllers-register

The Companies (Amendment) Ordinance 2018 came into effect on 1 March 2018, introducing several new requirements for enhancing transparency of corporate beneficial ownership and control with a view of fulfilling Hong ...