JSM Mayer Brown JSM

Major Asian practice with Hong Kong head office offering advice on all commercial matters including Aviation, Banking, China and Indochina Trade and Investment, Corporate and Commercial, Construction, Corporate Finance, Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency, Employment and Employee Benefits, Financial Services, Hospitality and Leisure, Mergers and Acquisitions, Insurance and Professional Indemnity, Intellectual Property, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Probate, Property, Securities, Shipping, Taxation, Telecommunications and Internet, Trusts and Succession.

New Administrative Rules Facilitate BOT Wastewater Treatment Projects in Shenzhen
Kevin H. Y. Tsen, November 20, 2009
Until July 2008, there was no national legislation that governed public utilities projects and more specifically, wastewater treatment projects, financed under the BOT model. In July 2008, the Shenzhen Municipal Government promulgated and implemented China's first set of local rules for...

China's Burgeoning Solar Power Sector
Queenie K. Y. Cheng, Kevin H. Y. Tsen, November 18, 2009
Although solar power projects pale in comparison to the scope of hydropower and wind power projects in China, a series of announced solar power projects have created a new interest in this sector by domestic and foreign power developers. The recent solar power projects include: (i) First Solar's 2...

Procurement Law - Rejection of Late or Incomplete Tender Submissions not Disproportionate, Even if IT Problems are the Cause
Kevin R. Owen, November 18, 2009
The recent decision of the English High Court in JB Leadbitter & Co Ltd v Devon County Council confirms that it is only in exceptional circumstances that proportionality will require a public body to accept a late or incomplete tender submission even where IT difficulties are responsible for...

Return to the JSM
Mayer Brown JSM Firm Overview