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Jack, a US national, is a middle-level manager of a foreign-funded hotel management company and used to work in Tianjin. In 2004, the company set up a new hotel in Ningbo, Zhejiang and offered favorable subsidies to employees that were willing to accept position adjustment. Being attracted by the subsidies, Jack volunteered to work in Ningbo. At first, he was more than satisfied with his life there. However, he has become more and more regretful about that decision over the past two years.
Continue Reading “Residing in China” Is No Longer Difficult

The statistics show that Chinese investment into the Spanish market during the past four years had seen an increase of over 800% than the figure during the period of 2009 to 2013, which means more Chinese investors investing into Spain. To provide some insights for the investors, Property Investment in Spain – Different Ways of Acquiring Property 2019 produced by the KWM Spain office gives them an access to better understanding the local investment laws and rules.
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Energy – the new renewable energy future
Despite coal’s dominance as Australia’s primary energy source, there has also been a steady uptake in renewable sources of energy, primarily in wind and solar. With increasing momentum to meet Australia’s renewable energy target by 2020 and technological improvements, there are growing opportunities for investment in Australia’s renewables sector, particularly for investors willing to take greater price risks. In 2016 alone, 17.3% of Australia’s electricity was generated from renewable energy sources and large-scale renewable investment was five times greater than 2015, representing an investment of over A$4 billion.
Continue Reading Doing Business in AU丨Sector Study: Energy and Resources

Q2 2019: missed the key litigation news of the last quarter? Fear not as all you need to know is here, from jurisdiction to service, as massive class actions and parental liability suits stand pending in the English Courts, UWOs turn out to have multiple use cases and arbitration awards continue to be hard to challenge.
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Q2 2019: missed the key litigation news of the last quarter? Fear not as all you need to know is here, from jurisdiction to service, as massive class actions and parental liability suits stand pending in the English Courts, UWOs turn out to have multiple use cases and arbitration awards continue to be hard to challenge.
Continue Reading KWM’s UK Dispute Resolution Round-Up – Q2

Written by Stanley Zhou, Andrew Fei and Keith Huang

A few days ago, the Chinese government announced a series of measures to further open up China’s financial markets and financial services sector to foreign investment and participation. This article provides an overview of the announced measures and their key implications for foreign financial institutions and investors.Continue Reading China’s 11 measures to further open up its financial sector

On 30 June 2019, the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) and the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) jointly issued the Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) for Foreign Investment Access (2019 Edition) (“2019 Negative List”), the Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) for Foreign Investment Access in Pilot Free Trade Zones (2019 Edition) (“2019 FTZ Negative List”) and the Catalogue of Encouraged Industries for Foreign Investment (2019 Edition) (“2019 Encouraged Catalogue”) for the purposes of further promoting the reform and opening-up of the service industry, relaxing the restrictions on the access to the mining, agricultural and manufacturing industries, and continuing to facilitate Free Trade Zones’ role of the opening-up test field . These new policies will take effect on and from 30 July 2019.
Continue Reading Foreign Investment in China CBM Industry – Restrictions Removed