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Shanghai Lixiaohua Law Firm Named Shanghai Civilised Unit (2017–2018)
At the Shanghai Spiritual Civilisation Construction Work Conference held at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre on 10 April 2019, the nineteenth list of Sh…
Legal Adviser to the Trade Union Federation of Ruijin Second Road Sub-district
Shanghai Lixiaohua Law Firm, through Wang Lin and Luo Mengxuan, serves as legal adviser to the Trade Union Federation of the Ruijin Second Road Sub-di…
Client Note: Refusal to Perform a Judgment, Entrusting Enforcement to Another Court, and Retrial of a Divorce Mediation Order
Where a party refuses to perform an effective civil judgment or ruling, the court may freeze accounts, seize property, restrict the debtor's exit from…
Client Note: Exit Restrictions, the Effect of a Stay of Enforcement, and Execution Against Other Assets
Where a judgment debtor openly refuses to perform, the court may impose an exit restriction — a measure that in practice exerts more pressure than man…
Rights Within Marriage: Personal Rights, Support of Children and Disposal of Joint Property
Marriage does not extinguish individual legal personality. Rights to personal liberty, privacy, reputation and to one's own pre-marital property survi…
Foreign-related Preservation Measures and Judicial Assistance
In foreign-related matters, preservation must satisfy both the procedural requirements of the forum and the requirements of the jurisdiction where the…
Recognition of Foreign Judgments: When a Chinese Court Will Decline
Recognition and enforcement of a foreign judgment in China sits between two principles: judicial sovereignty and international mutual trust. In the ab…
Enforcing International Arbitral Awards and Obtaining Evidence Outside the Mainland
China is a party to the New York Convention. An arbitral award may be enforced by application to the intermediate people's court where the debtor is d…
Cross-border Legal Services Exchange: Shanghai Lawyers and U.S. Consular Legal Advisers
Shanghai Lixiaohua Law Firm hosted a frontier exchange on cross-border legal services, bringing together Chinese and American practitioners to discuss…
Sino-US Legal Forum Hosted by the Firm
Shanghai Lixiaohua Law Firm hosted a Sino-US legal forum, welcoming a delegation led by Ms Deborah Enix-Ross, former Chair of the International Law Se…