By Roberto De Vido* The Economist recently noted in a column headline that Forced labour in China presents dilemmas for fashion brands. The writer introduced the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), which he described as “a nearly 3m-strong paramilitary-style business in western China” founded in 1954 to provide economic incentives for recently demobilized soldiers
صياغة التعويضات التعاقدية في الصين: الخبرة والفن والحكمة: بينما كنت أراجع صندوق بريدي الإلكتروني المكتظ بالرسائل في نهاية الأسبوع الماضي، لفتت انتباهي بشكل خاص ثلاث رسائل تتعلق بالتعويضات التعاقدية. ولكن قبل أن أتطرق إلى هذه الرسائل، سأحاول أولاً توضيح مفهوم التعويضات التعاقدية وشرح سبب أهميتها الكبيرة لـ
International contract writing is complex. A good contract will ensure that your foreign manufacturer meets your requirements and protect your company when things go wrong. This post can help you understand what goes into the drafting of an effective international manufacturing agreement. International Manufacturing Agreements Our international manufacturing lawyers use a fairly standard initial questionnaire when
The below post is by Renaud Anjoran, CEO of Sofeast, a leading Asia-focused quality assurance, product engineering, and supply chain management solutions company. Our law firm’s international manufacturing lawyers have worked with Renaud on countless Asian sourcing and manufacturing transactions over the last fifteen or so years. Most China commentators have been focusing on the
Contents of this Article: 1. Legal Structure 2. Local Partner 3. Choosing the Right Deal Structure 4. Protect Your School’s Intellectual Property Demand for English-based and Western-style education is still running high in many countries around the world. An ever-increasing number of wealthy locals want to prepare their children to attend elite universities abroad and
Not so long after the fall of the Soviet Union, I, along with others in my law firm, had to spend considerable amounts of time in fairly remote places in Russia — places like Vladivostok, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Things were very uncertain in that part of Russia back then, and we developed certain rules to
When our China lawyers are tasked with drafting a China NNN Agreement, they start by sending the client a tailored questionnaire. Then once they have the answers they draft the NNN Agreement in English (for the client) and in Chinese (the official version). Most of the time, our clients at that point take the NNN
يجب على أرباب العمل في الصين إبرام عقود عمل مكتوبة مع كل موظف من موظفيهم العاملين بدوام كامل. ويؤدي عدم وجود عقد عمل مكتوب إلى تعرض أرباب العمل لعقوبات (تُدفع لموظفيهم)، وغرامات إدارية، ومخاطر اعتبارهم قد أبرموا عقد عمل غير محدد المدة مع الموظفين الذين لا يوجد معهم عقد مكتوب. وتدرك معظم الشركات ذلك الآن، ولكن
This is Part 3 in a long-running series by Scott Holbrook and Adam-Paul Smolak on how the United States and the rest of the world can take back much of the manufacturing they sent to China and thereby bring high-level manufacturing jobs to the United States and to allied countries. Go here for Part 1,
لقد مر محامونا المتخصصون في الشؤون الصينية بالعديد من فترات الركود في الصين خلال العشرين عامًا الماضية، لكن لم تكن أي منها بمثل حدة الركود الحالي. فالعلاقات الصينية مع بقية العالم تشهد تدهورًا حادًا، كما أن الاقتصاد الصيني يعاني من صعوبات. وكلما حدث أي من هذين الأمرين، تكثف الصين جهودها في تحصيل الضرائب وفرض الامتثال ضد
