China lawyers

Why NDAs Do Not Work for China

The other day, I did a post, China NNN and NDA Agreements, on why China NNN Agreements are so important for those doing business with China. Within a few hours of that post, one of my law firm’s China lawyers pointed out that if we are going to encourage China NNN Agreements over non disclosure

China WFOE versus Joint Venture

China WFOE or JV?

Just got the below comment (#63 on our post, China: First Let’s Clear Out The Long Time Foreigners) posing important questions and leaving hanging some common misconceptions about doing business in China: So here’s my question albeit already bounced around but no solid answer given…. JV or WFOE for a new foreign company launching in

China's new Company Laws

China Company Law: The 101

On January 1, 2006, China implemented its New Company Law. At around that same time, Harris Sliwoski’s own Steve Dickinson wrote a scholarly article on the new law for the Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal, entitled, Introduction to the New Company Law of the People’s Republic of China. At around the same time, Steve