By Will McCosker Stanley Zhou King & Wood Mallesons’ Finance & Capital Market Group
Late last week China’s State Council announced its approval of the hotly anticipated Qualified Domestic Individual Investor program (referred to as “QDII2”). QDII2 offers an unprecedented channel for Chinese investors to invest offshore and promises to be a significant step in
By Andrew Gray Paul Schroder King & Wood Mallesons’ Sydney Office
The political impasse over the labour mobility provisions of ChAFTA has been resolved by the Government and the Labor party agreeing to additional labour safeguards. This article examines what has been agreed and the implications and opportunities for business under the labour mobility provisions
By Deng Yong Lin Jia and Wu Wei King & Wood Mallesons’ Dispute Resolution Group
The problem of delayed payments to builders is ancient and is one of the most frequent litigation actions. Article 286 of the Contract Law and the “Official Reply on Issues Concerning the Construction Lien” issued by the Supreme People’s Court
By Yang Xiaoli and Jiang Limei, King & Wood Mallesons IP Group
Key issues: The requirements for recognizing whether a prior trade name has certain fame can be lowered under the condition that the relevant party acts in bad faith.
Lexani Wheel Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “Lexani” or “plaintiff”) has been using “LEXANI” as its trade name since 1996. 
(Lexani & design) is a leading brand in the field of custom wheel hubs and wheels. In China, Lexani has authorized third parties to produce “LEXANI” branded wheel hubs in its name since 2005.
On February 5, 2007, a Ms. Wang applied for the registration of trademark “
” (hereinafter referred to as “the opposed mark”) under No. 5888878 in respect of wheel hubs, wheels, and other car related products in class 12.
Continue Reading How to Recognize “Certain Fame” of a Prior Trade Name
By George Zhao, Wang Zhen and Pan Peng King & Wood Mallesons’ Corporate & Securities Group
At the 2015 World Economic Forum in Davos, Premier Li Keqiang stated that China is entering a “new normal” status in which its economy grows at a slower but healthier pace. However, the slowing GDP growth rate has caused concern that China’s outbound investment in Africa will decrease as a result of this ‘new normal’ and some African countries have reportedly already experienced such effects.
Continue Reading Where to?-The “New Normal” and the Impact on China’s outbound investment in Africa
By Malcolm Brennan, Paul Schroder, Jin Xiong and Michael Ting King & Wood Mallesons
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he Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Legislation Amendment Bill 2015 (“FATLA Bill”) is currently before the Australian Senate as part of a package of reforms to Australia’s foreign investment framework set to be introduced on 1 December
By Malcolm Brennan and Intan Eow King & Wood Mallesons
The 
Foreign Investment Regime continues to be the centre of attention. The reform package is currently before the Federal Parliament and is expected to commence 1 December. The package is very much about the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
A lot of
By Xiaodan Xu Kaitian Luo King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory Group
On 30 July 2015, the Standing Committee of the People’s Congress of Shanxi province deliberated and passed the Shanxi Provincial Regulations on the Labor Protection of Female Employees (the “Shanxi Regulations”). The Shanxi Regulations took effect on 1 October 2015. As the
By James Walsh Manuela Finger, LL.M. King&Wood Mallesons
In
a verdict that could affect thousands of companies, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) has ruled that the so-called “Safe Harbour Agreement”, a pact that allowed data transfers between the US and EU, is invalid. According to Europe’s highest court personal data is not sufficiently protected
By Jiang Junlu and Zhu Yuting King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulation Group
In recent years, with the employment situation becoming gradually grim, some employees tend to “embellish” their resumes to enhance their competitiveness in a job interview. After signing the employment contract with the employee, once the employer discovers that the employee’s resume
