By Jiang Junlu and Jin Shan  King and Wood Mallesons’ Labor & Employment Group

Li, employed by a labor dispatch service provider, has been working at Company A for over 9 years. However, he only works at the accepting company as a dispatched employee, whose wage and remuneration are quite different from the ones of regular staffs.

On December 28, 2012, the Decision Regarding the Modification of Employment Contract Law (the “Decision”) was passed by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, which will be implemented on July 1, 2013. From then, Li’s life will be significantly improved. Continue Reading The Trend of Labor Dispatch in China

【美】罗伯特•N•威尔金著，王俊峰 译 北京大学出版社出版

 “了解过去，才能把握未来。——迪克雷利”

法律职业“从哪里来，到哪里去”？

“我们是谁？我们能做什么？我们该做什么？我们该怎样做？”

相信每个法律职业人在执业期间或多或少产生过这样的困惑和疑问。该书是一个有着六十五年执业生涯的成熟法律人关于此问题的深入思考，他带着读者溯源而上，到该职业的历史源流中寻找答案。这趟精神之旅，注定将是精彩纷呈的。当最终结束这趟旅程时，读者会发现，其收获的不仅是答案，而是法律职业与生俱来的自豪感和无穷的精神力量！

了解历史，励志未来，法律人不可不读！

作者：郑志斌 张婷 金杜律师事务所破产、重组与清算组

（一）重整制度的定义

对于公司重整制度并没有一个确定而统一的定义。“重整”一词在各国法律中的称谓不同。在美国，主要规定于破产法典的第11章，被称为重整（reorganization），在法国被称为司法重整（judicial settlement），在日本被称为“更生”或“再生”，在英国被称为管理程序（administration）。在德国，新的支付不能法没有关于重整制度的单独规定，而是采用单一的破产程序。

我国学者对“重整”概念的解读不同。有学者认为，重整是股份有限公司因财务发生困难，暂停营业或者有停止营业的危险时，经法院裁定予以整顿而使之复兴的制度。[i]有的学者认为，重整是指对已具破产原因或有破产原因之虞而又有再生希望的债务人实施的旨在挽救其生存的积极程序。 Continue Reading 公司重整制度的定义和特征——公司重整制度中的股东权益系列一

作者：郑志斌 张婷 金杜律师事务所破产、重组和清算组

金杜博客节选金杜律师事务所合伙人郑志斌律师和张婷律师著作《公司重整制度中的股东权益问题》的精彩主题进行连载。

随着中国新破产法的实施，一个旨在挽救困境公司的重整制度开始在中国正式建立。重整制度是一种积极的拯救制度，以“促进债务人复兴”为目标，坚持“维护社会利益”的价值取向，更新了破产法的观念和结构，与破产清算、和解一起构成现代破产制度的三大基石。 Continue Reading 公司重整制度中的股东权益系列博客——导语

By Susan Ning and Kate Peng
 
On Jan 4th, the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC“) published that they had imposed fines in a total amount of RMB 353 million (approximately USD 56 million) on 6 LCD panel manufacturers, including Samsung and LG of Korea and ChiMei, AU Optronics, Chunghwa Picture Tubes and HannStar from Taiwan region.  This is China’s first antitrust enforcement action against international cartels.  It also imposes the highest penalties in China’s antitrust enforcement history.

According to the press releases of NDRC on its official website 1, during the period from 2001 to 2006, the 6 LCD manufacturers, which accounted for about 80% of the global LCD panel market, convened 53 meetings in Taiwan and Korea to exchange market information and negotiate the price of LCD panels.  NDRC received complaints on the cartel from major Chinese TV makers in December 2006.  The TV makers also reported non-price related misconducts of the panel manufacturers, including providing an 18-month warranty only and failing to provide high-end products in a timely manner. Continue Reading NDRC Imposed Stiff Fines on Multinational LCD Manufacturers in China’s First Antitrust Enforcement Action against International Cartels

By Susan Ning, Ji Kailun and Hazel Yin 

On December 6th, 2012, the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM“) cleared the proposed establishment of a joint venture (“JV“) by ARM Holdings plc (“ARM“), a UK semiconductor intellectual property (“IP“) supplier, Giesecke & Devrient GmbH (“G&D“) and Gemalto NV (“Gemalto“), both providers of security solutions, with behavioral conditions.  This marks the third conditional clearance of JVs issued by MOFCOM.  The JV will be engaged in providing security solutions named trusted execution environments (“TEE“) for consumer electronic devices. 

Continue Reading MOFCOM cleared Joint Venture between ARM, Giesecke & Devrient and Gemalto with Conditions

作者：姜俊禄 金姗 金杜律师事务所劳动法组

小李受雇于一家劳务派遣公司，被派到甲公司工作已经有9年的时间，但是始终只能以劳务派遣工的身份工作，工资待遇与甲公司的正式员工相差甚大。他有很多抱怨，但是却无处诉说。

2012年12月28日，全国人大常委会通过了《关于修改劳动合同法的决定》(“决定”)，该“决定”将于2013年7月1日起正式实施。从此小李的命运将发生重大改变。

此次修订是针对于《中华人民共和国劳动合同法》（“《劳动合同法》”）中有关于劳务派遣的相关规定，对于劳务派遣单位的经营资质、经营劳务派遣业务的行政许可、被派遣员工与用工单位员工的“同工同酬”、可以适用劳务派遣的“三性”岗位等内容予以细化与明确。 Continue Reading 劳务派遣走向何方

作者：姜俊禄 金姗  金杜律师事务所劳动法组

每天，我们收到大量的垃圾短信、垃圾邮件、垃圾电话甚至垃圾信件。不知什么时候，我们的个人信息悄无声音地被一些机构窃取。我们每个人成为这些机构非法行为的受害者。

2012年12月28日，全国人民代表大会常务委员会通过《关于加强网络信息保护的决定》(“决定”)并于当日施行，开始了保护网络信息的工程。

1.个人信息保护

“决定”要求任何组织和个人不得窃取或者以其他非法方式获取公民个人电子信息，不得出售或者非法向他人提供公民个人电子信息。 Continue Reading 谁来保护我们的网络信息？

by Wang Ling and Zhou Jie  King and Wood Mallesons’ Finance Group

2012 has witnessed another year of growing demand and strong deal flows in the Chinese aviation market. By year end, more than 350 new aircraft will have been delivered for operation in China including commercial airplanes and business jets. Active participation of Chinese banks and leasing companies (through both onshore and offshore entities) along with innovative transaction structures developed for the Chinese market by market participants and their counsels have contributed to the robust growth.

US Export-Import Bank Guaranteed Structure

For the first time in Chinese aviation finance history, a Chinese airline is able to leverage over the credit support of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (“US Ex-Im Bank”) without a guarantee from a Chinese bank or a sovereign undertaking from the Chinese government. Continue Reading China Aviation Finance Market On the Rise – A Look Back at 2012

 By Ariel Ye  Monique Carroll and Li Li  King and Wood Mallesons’ Dispute Resolution Group

1 Introduction

Historically, Chinese parties were able to avoid, to a large extent, the consequences of adverse awards made against them by international tribunals. This was primarily because Chinese courts were reluctant to enforce foreign arbitral awards against Chinese parties. In recent years, however, the Chinese Government has made significant advances in supporting domestic and international arbitration, in particular, in respect of the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. Now international arbitration is a reality for Chinese entities doing business with foreign entities. This is reflected by the significant increase in the number of Chinese parties involved in international arbitration, however, there is also an alarming percentage of Chinese parties being unsuccessful in international arbitration. We believe the success rate of Chinese parties in international arbitration can be improved, by addressing a number of key issues set out below. Continue Reading How Chinese Parties Can Improve Outcomes in Foreign Arbitration