China: Corporate/Commercial Law

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AI Didn't Replace Lawyers. It Gave Us The 48-Page Contract.
Generative AI has made producing lengthy commercial contracts effortless, but the resulting documents often contain internal contradictions and provisions that work against each other. This analysis examines how AI-generated agreements create more legal work by automating the easy part—generating language—while leaving the hard part—exercising judgment about what belongs in a contract—largely untouched.
China Commercial
HS
Harris Sliwoski
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Manus案的监管逻辑与AI企业跨境资本运作的合规路径
China's foreign investment security review office has issued its first-ever prohibition of an AI sector acquisition, blocking Meta's purchase of Manus and requiring transaction reversal. This landmark case establishes new compliance boundaries for cross-border capital operations involving strategic AI technologies, demonstrating that offshore restructuring cannot circumvent substantive regulatory oversight of technology transfers.
China Commercial
JT
Beijing Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm
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2026上半年中国创新药跨境BD交易回顾与法律观察——交易标的扩展与合作模式演进
根据国家药监局经国家医保局官网转引的数据,2026年截至6月30日,我国创新药对外授权共81笔,交易总额约1,100亿美元,已达到2025年全年总额的80%;交易覆盖肿瘤、代谢、免疫、神经等十个治疗领域,主要被许可方来自20个国家和地区。[1]前述“交易总额”是各笔交易披露的最高潜在可量化金额之和,通
China Commercial
JT
Beijing Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm
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China Issues Draft Anti-Cross-Border Corruption Law
China has released its first comprehensive draft law targeting cross-border corruption, establishing new processes for international cooperation in investigations and imposing compliance obligations on companies engaged in cross-border business. The Draft Anti-Cross-Border Corruption Law introduces a coordinated enforcement model led by the National Supervisory Commission and incorporates counter-sanctions provisions, raising critical questions about how foreign companies and their Chinese subsidiaries will
China Criminal
AP
Arnold & Porter
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Trademark Opposition: Procedures And Document Preparation
China's trademark opposition procedure offers a strategic opportunity to challenge potentially conflicting trademark registrations during the three-month publication period, before they are formally approved. This procedural mechanism enables prior rights holders and interested parties to resolve disputes at the registration stage, significantly reducing the time and costs associated with post-registration invalidation proceedings or infringement litigation.
China IP
AC
AFD China
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Key Takeaways | Leveraging China’s biotech ecosystem
A Paris roundtable examined China's transformation into a biotechnology powerhouse and the strategic opportunities this creates for European life sciences companies and investors. Industry leaders discussed how to structure cross-border partnerships that leverage Chinese innovation and development speed while navigating intellectual property protection, regulatory frameworks, and evolving geopolitical considerations.
China Healthcare
SR
McDermott Will & Schulte
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公司解聘高级管理人员,能否同步解除劳动合同?——公司法任免权与劳动合同解除权的边界
根据我国现行《公司法》第二百六十五条规定,高级管理人员是指公司的经理、副经理、财务负责人,上市公司董事会秘书和公司章程规定的其他人员。前述高级管理人员,根据《公司法》或依据公司章程规定,通常需要由公司董事会决定聘任或解聘。大部分经由董事会聘任的高级管理人员A
China Employment
AB
AnJie Broad Law Firm
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