Discussion of Listed Companies in China issuing GDR

2023-02-23

Abstract: On 12th October 2018, China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) issuedRegulatory Provisions on the Interconnection Depositary Receipt Business of the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange (for Trial Implementation), officially established the mechanism of “Shangh...

The Preliminary Exploration for Parties of Arbitration in the Hong Kong SAR to Apply for Interim Measures in Mainland of China

2022-08-29

On 26th September 2019, the Supreme People’s Court announced theArrangement Concerning Mutual Assistance in Court-ordered Interim Measures in Aid of Arbitral Proceedings by the Courts of Mainland of Chinaand of the HKSpecial Administrative Region(hereinafter referred as “th...

Post-training Service Term and Penalty Mechanism under PRC Law

2022-04-18

Imagine an issue: a Chinese company spent considerable costs in offering a training opportunity to some selected staff to perfect their capabilities during a one-month program in London, but one staff among them resigned by serving a notice shortly after the training, how may the company do anything against the employee to recover its expenses/losses in respect to the costly training? The PRC Labor Contract Law 2008 officially addresses such problem under its Section 22:...

Post-PDPA Compliance Challenges for SaaS Providers (2/2)

2021-10-21

In respect to the newly passed PRC Personal Data Protection Act ("PDPA"), also translated as “Personal Information Protection Law”, I provided an internal seminar in late September to colleagues from product, department, HR, and legal departments of a well-known HR-tech company in Shanghai. The seminar’s topic is how a SaaS provider can achieve compliance for its products and services in terms of PDPA. This previous article ‘Post-PDPA Compliance Challenges for SaaS Providers (1/2)’ summarizes the key rules of the seminar. The article below is on the impact and suggestions....