Latest Chinalawyer Podcast Episodes

S1E12 - Corporate Venture Capital

China Business Law Podcast - June 24, 2020 14:57 - 48 minutes
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

S1E11 - Employment Law for Expats in China

China Business Law Podcast - June 09, 2020 02:45 - 36 minutes
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 fore...

S1E10 - How a Startup Manages its Stakeholders

China Business Law Podcast - May 26, 2020 13:54 - 31 minutes
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 ...

S1E9 - Deciding to Go In-house in a Changing Legal Industry

China Business Law Podcast - May 04, 2020 01:58 - 1 hour
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...

S1E8 - Due Diligence on Suppliers in China

China Business Law Podcast - April 21, 2020 05:53 - 39 minutes
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 – Docum...

Startup Fundraising in Difficult Times

China Business Law Podcast - April 15, 2020 05:40 - 32 minutes
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...

The Current State of Data Privacy Law in China

China Business Law Podcast - March 04, 2020 00:08 - 36 minutes
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...

Force Majeure and Contract Non-performance During the Coronavirus Crisis

China Business Law Podcast - February 26, 2020 16:41 - 38 minutes
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 ...

The Legal Department's Role in Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis

China Business Law Podcast - February 17, 2020 23:08 - 38 minutes
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 departm...

Effectively Communicating With Clients - with Jon Hicks, Counsel at Netflix

China Business Law Podcast - February 12, 2020 22:54 - 31 minutes
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 ...

Terminating Employees in China - with Lesli Ligorner, Partner at Morgan Lewis

China Business Law Podcast - February 12, 2020 22:47 - 30 minutes
1:05 - Typical termination case profiles 1:55 - Dealing with termination cases already in flight 4:02 - Handling situations where no clear legal grounds for termination 5:50 - How badly should a company pay to make employee go away 10:21 - Handling employees who just refuse to go 13:15 - Ad...

The New Foreign Investment Law - with Yvonne Cheng, King & Wood Mallesons

China Business Law Podcast - February 06, 2020 16:34 - 31 minutes
1:05 - Basic principles of the law 3:40 - Implementing the law on the ground 10:30 - Sectors that could come off the "Negative List" in the future 15:15 - Impact of new corporate governance rules 19:17 - Some JVs being compelled to amend corporate governance   21:30 - Opportunities for VC f...