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29 Aug 2026
Navigating Outbound Greenfield Investments in Southeast Asia: ODI Approval Time-Lags, Vietnam Land Title Risks, and Indonesian Labor Red Lines
Executive Summary & Tactical Overview As global manufacturing supply chains decentralize, Southeast Asia has emerged as the primary destination for greenfield investments by new e…
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29 Aug 2026
Structuring Greenfield Investments in Southeast Asia: Resolving ODI Approval Gaps, Vietnam Land Rights, and Indonesian Labor Red Lines
Executive Summary & Tactical Overview As global manufacturing supply chains decentralize, Southeast Asia has emerged as the primary destination for greenfield investments by new e…
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06 Aug 2026
EU Merger Control, FDI Screening and the Foreign Subsidies Regulation: Clearance Strategy for Cross-Border Deals
A cross-border transaction touching the EU now runs three parallel regulatory workstreams: merger control under the EU Merger Regulation, national foreign direct investment (FDI)…
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06 Aug 2026
NDRC Filing or Approval? The ODI Sequence Before a Chinese Company Remits Funds for an Overseas Acquisition
Before a Chinese buyer can remit funds for an overseas acquisition, it must complete a three-track sequence: project filing or approval with the NDRC, enterprise outbound investme…
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06 Aug 2026
Buying a UK Company in a Sensitive Sector: NSI Act Clearance and SPA Risk Allocation for Chinese Acquirers
A Chinese buyer that acquires a UK company in a sensitive sector must clear the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSI Act) before completion, then allocate the residual r…
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05 Aug 2026
Asset Isolation and Wealth Structuring for China-Connected HNW Families
Asset isolation means designing ownership, control, and liability so that operating risk, personal claims, and succession events do not automatically collapse the entire balance s…
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05 Aug 2026
Offshore Family Trusts for China-Connected Families: Legal Risk Orientation
Offshore (and some domestic) family trusts are used for succession, governance, and creditor-planning discussions. For China-connected families, enforceability, forced-heirship co…
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05 Aug 2026
SAFE Circular 37: SPV Registration for Chinese Resident Founders (2026)
Not legal or tax advice. SAFE bank practice on Circular 37 changes. This page is individual SPV registration — not enterprise ODI and not the personal 50k quota.If a China-residen…
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04 Aug 2026
Advanced Manufacturing and Agritech Outbound for Chinese Groups
High-end equipment, automation and agricultural technology exports combine export controls, product safety certification, project contracting and — for farming tech — biosecurity…
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04 Aug 2026
Overseas Factory Employment & Expatriate Planning for Chinese Companies
Chinese manufacturers going global hire local workers, second Chinese expatriates, and sometimes face unions and strikes under host-country law. This guide is written from the out…
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04 Aug 2026
Multi-Jurisdiction Merger Control for Chinese Outbound Acquisitions
Outbound M&A by Chinese groups often triggers merger control / competition filings in parallel with foreign investment screening (for example CFIUS). This guide maps a multi-juris…
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04 Aug 2026
Transfer Pricing and Related-Party Transactions for Chinese Outbound Groups
Subject to further legal review and update. This guide is published for research orientation on China Legal Portal. It is not formal legal advice. Statutes, procedures, thresholds…
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04 Aug 2026
ODI Filing in China: NDRC, MOFCOM and SAFE Roadmap for Outbound Investment
Legally reviewed by: Peter Ye, Outbound Investment & Foreign Investment Counsel, for mainland PRC FDI, ODI/FX and corporate structuring scope. Last legally reviewed: 7 August 2026…
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02 Aug 2026
Ningbo Legal Guide for Foreign Businesses & Individuals
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02 Aug 2026
Xi'an Legal Guide for Foreign Businesses & Individuals
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