China Business Law Podcast

Boon Kim Fam talks with Shirley Zhang, Global Compliance Director at Dover Fueling Solutions.  On running a global compliance program out of Shanghai for a multinational company.  On the challenges of “work-life integration” and time management during COVID-19.  And how Shirley and her team manage to stay on top of an ever increasing number of data privacy and other compliance regulations around t...

No matter your position on Chinese companies being put on a blacklist by the US government, you have to admire the due process these companies still get in court when a rule is challenged. Enter Xiaomi, which recently won a federal lawsuit to get off the black list banning US investors to buy and sell its stock. We talk with Tim O'Toole, Partner at Miller & Chevalier Chartered, who himself has app...

A joint episode with our sister show "Ganbei" with guest with Xiaohu Ma, Partner at Hui Zhong Law Firm and former partner at Morrison & Foerster. The Variable Interest Entity. Sounds like a boring term an accountant or lawyer might use. Well it is an accounting term, but it’s anything but boring when you know how its used in the real world. It’s the key to how all Chinese internet companies have b...

本期我们与复星集团法务部执行总经理Iris 袁佳丽、FMC亚太区知识产权事务负责人Leo 李灵川进行了Lawyers Unscripted. (Unscripted means free flowing conversation, not overly planned out in advanced.) 10' IP律师业务模块介绍 16' in-house工作的沟通方式 对比与在律所工作的思考方式 30' 时代背景下对职业转变赋予的自由空间 以及新兴行业的发展对于跨领域/跨界人才的需求 41' 客户对外部律师的真实需求 47' MBA对软实力的培...

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We interview Amiad Kushner, chair of the litigation practice at Seiden Law Group, a boutique law firm based in New York that specializes in complex commercial litigation, often on behalf of clients based in Europe and Asia. Amiad has a special focus on representing Chinese clients in these matters. Foreign companies sue Chinese companies and often are in disbelief at how little documentation a Chi...

Tim Klatte - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-tim-klatte-2358964/ Qiao Peng - https://www.linkedin.com/in/qiao-alice-peng-9110221b2/ Producer Jacob Thomas Follow Us LinkedIn Apple Podcasts

4:12: 标准必要专利和公平合理和无歧视原则（FRAND） 19:30: 标准必要专利全球许可费率的重要性 19:50: 美国：TCL诉爱立信 27:50: 英国：康文森无线许可诉华为和中兴 36:36: 中国：中兴诉康文森无线许可（最高人民法院） 43:00: 战狼精神 47:00: 国际化公司的全球化应对策略。 51:44: 中国：小米诉交互数字公司（武汉中级人民法院） Producer Jacob Thomas Follow Us LinkedIn Apple Podcasts

-Drafting precise language on product deliverables and specifications -Including dispute resolution language in the contract -Challenges of enforcing a US legal judgement in China -Challenges of collecting evidence and bringing a case directly in China -Alternative means to enforce a judgment -Benefits of arbitration instead of litigation -Specifying damages on breach, e.g. liquidated damages Prod...

Why do prices fluctuate so much and how much time do customers typically have to decide on a deal? How can a buyer find other ways to reduce total order costs (e.g. shipping and logistics) beyond price? How does payment work and how much must be paid upfront on orders? How to educate buyers who are inexperienced in buying PPE or buying anything from China? What kind of vetting and other due dilige...

3:10 介绍怎么选择了IPO业务领域 5:30 IPO业务领域的发展趋势  9:30 在美国、香港、大陆上市的区别，以及律师的业务重心 26:16 科创板IPO的特殊性，以及律师的业务重心 36:50 中概股二次上市 42:00 财务问题对企业的影响 46:40 IPO业务的律师流程，以及法律层面重要的问题 56:50 体育行业经验分享 Producer Jacob Thomas Follow Us LinkedIn Apple Podcasts

We are joined on our sister show Ganbei by Brian Fleming, Member at leading Washington DC law firm, Miller & Chevalier. Before joining the firm, Brian spent several years at the US Department of Justice working on national security issues related to export control, CFIUS investigations, and other compliance and enforcement efforts on international trade. Brian and Art discuss the recent Executive...

Joey tells us about his story of moving to the US as a young kid and learning through mentors and internships to find what he loved to do in life.  Art Dicker joins the discussion as well, and Joey and Art discuss how people can make wise career decisions and avoid mistakes when deciding to enter professional fields like finance or law. Producer Jacob Thomas Follow Us LinkedIn Apple Podcasts

2:10 How prior government experience helped Kim in her compliance role today. 3:13 What kind of compliance issues are unique to a retail business? 4:26 Is the scope of a typical compliance role becoming broader now to cover things like data privacy? 8:20 How do you get your message across in training the business teams? 12:04 How do you do trainings for 3rd party business partners such as vendors...

Art Dicker, host of China Business Law Podcast, joined Xnode to give a live webinar about corporate venture capital. Producer Jacob Thomas Follow Us LinkedIn Apple Podcasts

Jeffrey has a decade of experience at JunHe LLP, and specializes in China's employment and sports law. In our first episode co-hosted with the American Chamber of Commerce Shanghai's China Voices podcast, we spoke with Jeffrey about some of the key employment law issues that have arisen for foreigners in China during the COVID-19 pandemic, including if a company can force you to be tested or quara...

A startup has numerous "stakeholders" - investors, advisors and mentors, employees, customers, media, and the government.  We lay out what makes good stakeholders, how they work together, and how there can be potential for conflict. Our panel discussion includes: -Barbara Ex is the founder of Whitespace -Julian Mintzis is a startup investor and CEO of Panda Eagle Group -Helen Han is a startup inve...

1:58 – How has the legal industry changed in the last few years? 8:38 – How “biglaw” came about and how it is hit now in a recession. 11:30 – Clients questioning what they’re paying for from firms and how firms will adapt? 15:56 – How is this affecting people’s decision to go in-house? 21:00 – Law firms integrating into clients and self-disciplining on fees and work scopes. 24:20 – How are in-hous...

3:50 – Basic product quality and safety due diligence 9:40 – Engaging third party inspectors in China 11:50 – Engaging third party agents for sourcing product 15:55 – Anti-bribery and fraud prevention 20:06 – Diligence requests to and background research on your counterparties 25:18 – Documenting the terms of the transaction in your contract (and getting a lawyer) 30:31 – Identifying red flags and...

1:45 – What kind of funding environment are we in now? 4:08 – Will and how would VC funds try to back out of deals? 7:05 – Why VCs may be reluctant to put in more capital to existing portfolio companies. 12:15 – Alternatives to VC funding 14:48 – Investor veto rights – fundraising, change in business models, redemption threats 22:45 – Legal issues for startups trying to reduce costs 25:50 – Predic...

1:35 Introduction to the Cybersecurity Law 5:00 Which regulators are competing for jurisdiction? 7:14 How much adaptions do companies have to make to localize their policies? 9:00 How do smaller companies try to comply in a cost-efficient way? 15:20 Coming up with a policy doesn’t have to be rocket science. 17:20 Where do company policies break down? 22:55 Problems of the “ownership” of data polic...

3:00 - What is force majeure? 5:28 - Are force majeure clauses always in contracts and what’s standard? 8:48 - What if the contract is silent on this issue and how does governing law matter? 11:26 - Force majeure often doesn’t totally excuse the party to perform the contract 14.16 - Chinese trade association issuing force majeure certificates now, what value do these have? 17:50 - How should forei...

1:15 – How today’s situation compares to Kenny’s time as Legal Director at Kodak China during SARS. 4:00 – What other kind of types of crisis can we look to for guidance here? 9:25 - How can companies use a crisis management framework to respond? 15:08 – The specific role of the legal department in responding. 21:58 – Might the Legal Department actually be one of the best equipped BU’s to address...

3:00 - The most common disputes with employees at companies. 4:00 - How Jon handles disagreements with colleagues/internal clients 5:45 - Does a legal training get in the way of good communication? 11:15 - Why you should never surprise someone with your decision 12:10 - Coaching managers to communicate well on terminations 13:45 - How to impart legal concepts using non-legal language 16:00 - Lawye...