
{"id":12002,"date":"2019-06-18T09:12:30","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T07:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lpalaw.com\/recent-trends-in-chinese-foreign-investment-rules-and-their-impact-on-ma-transactions\/"},"modified":"2019-06-18T09:25:34","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T07:25:34","slug":"recent-trends-in-chinese-foreign-investment-rules-and-their-impact-on-ma-transactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lpalaw.com\/en\/recent-trends-in-chinese-foreign-investment-rules-and-their-impact-on-ma-transactions\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent trends in Chinese foreign investment rules, and their impact on M&#038;A transactions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In March 2019, the National People&#8217;s Congress (NPC) adopted the new Foreign Investment Law, which aims at replacing by early 2020 the current regulations on joint ventures and WFOEs and unifying the legal regime of all enterprises under the PRC Company Law. As an increasing number of Chinese private enterprises become the target of foreign companies\u2019 acquisition projects: what to expect from the new rules?<\/p>\n<p>Based on his 25 years\u2019 experience of advising foreign investors in China, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lpalaw.com\/equipe\/hubert-bazin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hubert Bazin<\/a>, member of the Paris Bar and partner at LPA-CGR avocats in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lpalaw.com\/bureau\/shanghai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shanghai<\/a>, will share his views about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The impact of these changes on the governance of existing and future foreign-invested enterprises<\/li>\n<li>The persistent obstacles and pitfalls when carrying out M&amp;A transactions in China<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information &amp; registration: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fccihk.com\/calendar\/events\/recent-trends-chinese-foreign-investment-rules-and-their-impact-ma-transactions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Date and Time: Thursday 27 June 2019 |\u00a0 8:30 &#8211; 10:00<br \/>\nLocation: French Chamber, 18\/F On Hing Building, 1 On Hing Terrace, Central, Hong Kong<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In March 2019, the National People&#8217;s Congress (NPC) adopted the new Foreign Investment Law, which aims at replacing by early 2020 the current regulations on joint ventures and WFOEs and unifying the legal regime of all enterprises under the PRC Company Law. 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