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Carlo D'Andrea

How to establish a business in Nanjing

In association with Picozzi & Morigi Law Firm. Nanjing is the second largest commercial centre in the east China region and its proximity to Shanghai makes it a very compelling natural market for foreign investors seeking to do...

Would you live at the scene of a murder?

In association with Picozzi & Morigi Law Firm. The Story If you had spent all of your savings to buy an apartment and then discovered that a murder had taken place in that same place you had just...

New Amendments to China’s Civil Procedure Law

On the 31st August 2012, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of PRC approved amendments to PRC’s Civil Procedure Law (hereinafter referred to as “CPL”) which will come into force from 1st January 2013. In addition to...

1 Seller 2 Buyers 1 Item

It is not unusual in the lawyer’s world to hear about someone selling the same goods on the same day to different buyers under separate contracts. From the times of ancient Rome, this has created a legal conundrum: who...

Chinese Capital Investment

As long ago as May 2010, the State Council issued the Opinions on Encouraging and Guiding the Healthy Development of Private Investment (Guo Fa No.13) to encourage private capital investment abroad. In order to facilitate overseas investments and...

Don’t touch my mobile

The Trial Four defendants in China were recently accused of selling refurbished BlackBerry phones for profit without permission from Canadian owners Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM). Beginning in March 2009, a Mr. Liu and three others were alleged to...

New Immigration Law

The National People’s Congress Standing Committee passed a new Exit-Entry Administration Law on 30th June this year to replace the Law of the PRC on Entry and Exit of Aliens and the Law of the PRC on Exit and...

Well known trademarks; well copied

Well-known trademark status was first defined in the original version of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Intellectual Property published on 20th March, 1883. Well-known trademark owners around the world benefit from relative advantages such as protection over...

About Me

Legal columnist Carlo D’Andrea came to China in 2005 and now heads up a boutique law firm which is a point of reference as a well-established entity in the international legal profession serving Chinese and foreign companies wishing to globalise themselves. He has been admitted to the Italian Bar Association and is Chairman of the EUCCC Shanghai Board. 法律专栏作家Carlo D'Andrea于2005年来到中国,如今正领导着一家精品律师事务所,作为国际律师界的标杆和翘楚,向中国和外国公司提供服务以助其实现全球化。他不仅是意大利的执业律师,同时还是中国欧盟商会上海分会的主席。
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