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China Contract Chops: Tencent vs. Lao Gan Ma and China Due Diligence

It is officially 2021, but don’t fool yourself that some things change just because the calendar does. At China Law Blog we often post about fraud or attempted fraud that takes place in China; companies doing business there, or with Chinese counter-parties, should consider due diligence an evergreen topic, the importance of which cannot be

China Bank Accounts and Financial Records: I See Some Bad Fraud Rising

U.S. companies’ relationships with their Chinese business partners have been strained in the past year, and that has only accelerated the past few months, as we have noted in prior blog posts (see The US-China Trade War: What’s Next?, When Will the US-China Trade War End? It’s the New Normal, and The US-China Trade War:

China Contract Damages Done Right

This must be China contract damages week. I say that because in cleaning up months of emails I came across three interesting emails on contract damages (similar to liquidated damages under common law). Before I discuss those three emails, I will explain what contract damages are and why they are so important in just about

Handle your China employee contracts with care

China Mergers and Acquisitions: When Your Due Diligence Says Don’t Do It

My law firm’s international lawyers do a significant amount of transactional work, which we call “happy law.” It’s generally happy because the buyer and seller largely know what they want from the other side and they have already agreed in principle on what the deal will look like. Both sides bring in transactional lawyers like

How to Whip Your China Employee Handbook into Shape

If it has been a while (say over a year or longer) since you reviewed and updated your China employer rules and regulations, you should get on it now. Creating employer rules and regulations (a/k/a an employee handbook) takes a fair amount of hard work, but once you have a well-written handbook, updating it should

SMEs and China: Much Opportunity but Little Room for Error

Many years ago, a friend of mine who helped head up the international division of a well-known United States multinational asked me how I thought her company should go into a Russia. I told her I would ask a very smart and sophisticated Russian friend of mine who really knew how things worked there. This

How to Avoid China Employment Law Problems: Employer Audits

I am always writing how it has become more important than ever for foreign companies in China to have China-centric employment contracts and employer rules and regulations (aka employee handbook). But to stay on the right side of China’s toughened employment enforcement and to avoid costly disputes with your employees, you need more. You need

China Employment Contracts: Do Them in Chinese

Don’t waste your money with an English language employment contract[/caption] Our China lawyers sometimes get “simple” questions from our WFOE clients regarding China’s labor law. One such question is whether they must use Chinese as the prevailing language for their employment contracts with their employees, especially with their expat employees. This question is not as

China Expat Pay: Splitting with Hong Kong is Illegal and Dangerous

As China steps up its tax enforcement against both foreign companies and foreigners, we are seeing increasing instances where expat employees working in China are having their salaries “split” by their Chinese or foreign company employers. We strongly counsel our employer clients against doing this sort of salary splitting and we even more strongly counsel

China Expat Employment Contracts: Red Flags

As part of our China employment work, our China employment lawyers are often tasked with helping expats navigate the China employee onboarding process, including reviewing and revising their employment-related documents, such as employment contracts. This involves our making sure our clients’ contracts protect their interests and achieve their goals and minimize the likelihood of confusion

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China Contract Chops: Tencent vs. Lao Gan Ma and China Due Diligence

China Bank Accounts and Financial Records: I See Some Bad Fraud Rising

China Contract Damages Done Right

China Mergers and Acquisitions: When Your Due Diligence Says Don’t Do It

How to Whip Your China Employee Handbook into Shape

SMEs and China: Much Opportunity but Little Room for Error

How to Avoid China Employment Law Problems: Employer Audits

China Employment Contracts: Do Them in Chinese

China Expat Pay: Splitting with Hong Kong is Illegal and Dangerous

China Expat Employment Contracts: Red Flags

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China Contract Chops: Tencent vs. Lao Gan Ma and China Due Diligence

China Bank Accounts and Financial Records: I See Some Bad Fraud Rising

China Contract Damages Done Right

China Mergers and Acquisitions: When Your Due Diligence Says Don’t Do It

How to Whip Your China Employee Handbook into Shape

SMEs and China: Much Opportunity but Little Room for Error

How to Avoid China Employment Law Problems: Employer Audits

China Employment Contracts: Do Them in Chinese

China Expat Pay: Splitting with Hong Kong is Illegal and Dangerous

China Expat Employment Contracts: Red Flags