《破产法》仅规定了债务人作为继续营业机构、重整计划草案制定主体和重整计划执行主体，并没有进一步对债务人的公司治理进行界定。因此，这种类似于美国“占有中的债务人”的制度在发挥债务人经营优势的同时，也给我国的重整实践带来了该制度困扰美国破产法学界的公司治理问题的“副产品”——股东是否有“直接控制经管债务人的能力”[i]的困惑，具体而言，作为重整继续营业机构、重整计划制作人和执行人的债务人，是否仍毋庸置疑的保持与没有进入重整的正常经营状态一样的公司治理结构，是否仍以股东大会为意思机构和最高权力机关、股东管理公司的权利是否受到限制等等，这些问题立法没有明确的规定，实践中已经出现了混淆和误解，亟需澄清和明确。
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新书推介 –《国际商事争议解决，你准备好了吗？》
中国企业在走向世界的路途上都需要面对一个问题，即是否具备处理国际性商事争议的能力。金杜律师事务所争议解决部众多合伙人共同撰写的新书《国际商事争议解决，你准备好了吗？》已经由法律出版社出版。
本书分为三个章节，结合金杜经办的经典案例，就国际商事仲裁、诉讼和企业风险控制等进行了详细的介绍和论述。国际仲裁篇从国际仲裁程序进展的角度，从如何选择国际仲裁机构到最终如何执行国际仲裁裁决，讲述了如何准备和应对国际仲裁。该篇还专门讲述了投资保护仲裁，这是中国投资者们最近讨论的热点话题。海外诉讼篇主要关注在美诉讼的情况，并分析了如何执行外国法院的判决。企业控制风险篇介绍了五个广为人知的投资失败的案例，在这些案例中，投资者不仅对外投资失败，还官司缠身，如美国雪佛龙公司和帝国大厦的投资者们。特别是美国的案例，该书通过查阅美国法院的裁判文书收集了许多案件细节，更增加了文章的叙事性和趣味性。
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Proposed Change on Medical Advertisement Related Regulation Might Cease All Advertisement for Otc Medicines in Public Media
By King & Wood Mallesons’ Healthcare Group
Some recent news releases show that the PRC Ministry of Health has proposed to revise (the “Proposed Revision”) the current Measures for Inspection of Medical Advertisement (promulgated on 13 March 2007 and effective as of 1 May 2007) (the “2007 Measures”).
Among all other changes in the Proposed Revision, one hot-button issue is that, except for general information and name of the medicine, any other specific information (e.g. usage) regarding all medicine, including OTC medicines, is no longer allowed in public-oriented media, and only allowed in professional media. Compared with the 2007 Measures, which allowed OTC medicine advertisement to be used in public media, but subject to inspection by the SFDA. However, the Proposed Revision might ban this practice.
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所有对非处方药品的大众媒体广告宣传将可能因药品广告有关法规的修订而终止
作者：金杜律师事务所医疗法律事务组
近期发布的消息显示，中国卫生部已计划对现行有效的于2007年3月13日发布并于2007年5月1日生效的《药品广告审查办法》(“2007年办法”)进行修订并透露了部分修订意见(“修订意见”)。
在修订意见的所有修改中，一个热点在于除药品名称和一般信息外，禁止就所有药品包括非处方药品(OTC药品)的任何特定信息(如，使用方法)进行以公众为对象的广告宣传，而仅能在专业媒体上进行广告宣传。与2007年办法相比较，非处方药品曾可以公众媒体进行广告宣传，但是需要受限于国家食品药品监督管理局的审查。然而，在修订意见中可能完全禁止该类广告。
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PRC Food Safety Law: Food for Thought
By Mark Schaub and Chen Bing King & Wood Mallesons’ Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Group
It would be safe to say that when Hong Kong rejoined China as a Special Administrative Region in 1997 there was little thought, if any, paid to milk powder and its effect on relations with the mainland. However, recent restrictions introduced in Hong Kong on the sale and distribution of milk powder produced by mainland suppliers has become a major, and indeed emotional, issue. As the 12th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference National Committee (“CPPCC”) and 12th National People’s Congress (“NPC”) (the highest authority of the PRC) commenced on March 5, 2013, baby milk grabbed the attention of representatives in both forums.
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Cross-Border M&A – Checklist for Successful Acquisitions in the U.S.
By WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ：Adam O. Emmerich Robin Panovka David A. Katz；King & Wood Mallesons：Wang Kaiding Jing Gang Wang Lianghua
More than 40% of global M&A in 2012 involved acquirors and targets in different countries, including $170 billion of acquisitions in the U.S. by non-U.S. acquirors. Given the continuing accumulation of U.S. Dollars in emerging economies, many expect the trend to continue as Dollars are re-invested in the U.S. Natural resources will continue to be an important part of this story, including in the U.S., where substantial non-U.S. investment has been an important trend, as well as in resource-rich developed nations such as Canada and Australia, where non-domestic investment has lately been highly controversial.
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跨境并购：在美国成功并购的要点
作者：WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ：Adam O. Emmerich、Robin Panovka、David A. Katz；金杜律师事务所：王开定、景岗、王良华
2012年的全球并购有超过40%的交易涉及不同国家的收购方和目标公司，其中境外收购方在美国进行的并购交易总额达到1700亿美元。由于新兴经济体持续累积美元，很多人预计该趋势将继续保持，因为这些美元将会重新投资于美国本土。自然资源仍将是并购大潮的重要部分，这包括美国，来自境外的大量投资已成为美国并购市场的一个重要趋势，也包括加拿大和澳大利亚这样资源丰富的发达国家，近期来自境外的投资在这些国家备受争议。
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SIPO Releases Consultation Draft of Regulations on Service Inventions
By Cecilia Lou Ding Xianjie and Yao Di King & Wood Mallesons’ IP Legal Group Shang Hai Office
On November 12, 2012, the Consultation Draft of Regulations on Service Inventions (“Draft Regulation”) was released by the State Intellectual Property Office of China for public comments with immediate effect. The Draft Regulation was formulated for the purpose of protecting the legal rights and interests of the inventor-employee and the employer, to stimulate and improve the ability to innovate. For those companies which have Chinese service inventions in China, they should be aware of this Draft Regulation as it places additional pressures on employers.
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中国国家知识产权局发布了《职务发明条例草案》的征求意见稿
作者：楼仙英 丁宪杰 姚迪 金杜律师事务所知识产权组上海办公室
2012年11月12日，中国国家知识产权局发布了《职务发明条例草案》的征求意见稿，并从即日起面向社会征求意见。该条例的立法意义是为了保护职务发明人和单位的合法权益，充分调动创新积极性，提高创新能力。对于在中国拥有职务发明的企业而言，本条例对于其经营有十分重要的意义，因为它给雇主一方施加了较大的压力。
该征求意见稿的主要内容包括：单位需建立知识产权管理制度的义务；发明的所有权和报告；职务发明的奖励和报酬；职务发明知识产权的运用实施、监督检查和法律责任等。
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Five Issues You should be Aware of the Latest Draft of Revision of PRC Trademark Law
By Cecilia Lou Ding Xianjie Yao Di King and Wood Mallesons’ IP Legal Group
The current PRC Trademark Law (“Law”) was implemented in 1983, and revised in 1993 and 2001, and it has played a significant role in supporting the development of the PRC social economy since its implementation. However, the current Law is complained a lot in practice mainly because the registration procedure is fairly complex and time consuming, bad faith registration is common and difficult to stop and it provides insufficient protection against trademark infringement. Thus, The latest draft of revision of PRC Trademark Law Draft (“the Draft”) has been released and is currently open for any public comments until January 31, 2013. Generally speaking, the Draft addresses to the above mentioned issues.
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