New Trade Law and its effect on business

In our last issue, (Volume 10 Issue 3) we brought you an overview of the key changes to the CIETAC Rules 2012 in “Moving the CIETAC goal posts…for the better.” Here, Harry Liu and Yue Qiu of King & Wood Mallesons guide us through the major differences between the CIETAC Beijing Rules and the CIETAC Shanghai Rules, enlightening us as to how these distinctions have a bearing on choice of venue for the
parties involved.

China’s continued focus on technology and innovation will have a critical impact on intellectual property protection and enforcement …

In this month’s edition of ASIAN-MENA COUNSEL, we provide you with a Mekong Region Update. Industry experts from Gide Loyrette Nouel offer up a comprehensive overview on the current status of infrastructure in these largely underdeveloped countries bound together by the Mekong River. We learn that some of these countries are seeing sweeping economic and legal changes and here we discover how this has impacted the landscape in terms of foreign investment and new projects in the pipeline.