Books

Lexology Getting The Deal Through – Practice Guide for China M&A – Employment & Labour Chapter

Caroline Berube, Managing Partner of HJM Asia Law, wrote with her colleague Ralf Ho the practical guide chapter on employment issues in mergers and acquisitions transactions in China. The publication was a collaboration between Lexology Getting The Deal Through (GTDT), David Willard (Founder & Managing Partner, 52 Capital Partners) and other firms in China.  Special thanks to Gracie Ford (Senior Content Coordinator of Law Business Research Limited) for her patience and diligence all the way to the printing press!  Published in January 2020, an online copy of this handbook is available at https://www.lexology.com/gtdt/guides/china-m-and-a/

 

The Intricacies of Doing Business in China, McGill Asia Office, June 24th, 2019

McGill University Asia Office has launched a new series of profiling stories of their alumni in or from Asia as part of McGill’s Bicentennial celebrations. Caroline Berube, Managing Partner of HJM Asia Law and former alumna, was published due to her new book “Doing Business in China”. You can find more information on the following link: https://mcgillasiaoffice.wordpress.com/2019/06/24/the-intricacies-of-doing-business-in-china/

Caroline Berube, Canadian based in Asia, author of the book “Doing Business in China” and Managing Partner of HJM Asia Law was pleased to support Commonwealth Day 2019. The event was held at the historical colonial Eden Hall, British High Commissioner’s Residence in Singapore. Other major supporters included Prudential UK and Dyson. The evening was well attended by over 300 guests and officials from Singapore and other Commonwealth countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Americas, the Pacific and Europe.

Reception with the Prime Minister of Canada in Singapore, November 13th, 2018

Caroline Berube, Managing Partner of HJM Asia Law, was privileged to attend a reception hosted by Her Excellency Lynn McDonald, High Commissioner of Canada in Singapore, at her official residence, on the occasion of the visit to Singapore by The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada. Caroline is seen here presenting the Prime Minister with a copy of her new book “Guide pratique pour faire des affaires en Chine” (published by Lexis Nexis in English too and titled “Doing Business in China”).

Interview with Eckart Brodermann by Marc O. Dedman and Caroline Berube, Paradigm, International Society of Primerus Law Firms, Fall 2018

Caroline Berube, Managing Partner of HJM Asia Law, and Marc O. Dedman, Partner of Spicer Rudstrom, had the opportunity to interview Eckart Brodermann about his new published article “UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, An Article-by-Article Commentary”, Wolters Kluwer, 2018. Please click the following link to read about the interview

Dedman Brodermann Berube

World Bank Group Serie – Doing Business 2018: Reforming to Create Jobs

Covering Singapore Employment aspect in the report Doing Business 2018: Reforming to Create Jobs by the World Bank Group, Caroline Berube, Managing Partner of HJM Asia Law with offices in China and Singapore, and her team enjoyed contributing to the 15th edition of the annual series of reports. Topics like objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement was touched upon. You can view the complete report here : http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/369211510210651290/pdf/121064-WP-PUBLIC-DB18-SGP.pdf

Getting the Deal Through – Mergers & Acquisitions, June 2014

Getting the Deal Through – Mergers & Acquisitions 2014 (contributing editor Alan M. Klein), authored by HJM Asia Law’s Managing Partner Caroline Berube and associate Ralf Ho. You can purchase the book here and view our complete chapter here: MA2014 China

Getting the Deal Through – Private Equity (Fund Formation), March 15th, 2014

Getting the Deal Through – Private Equity (Fund Formation) 2014 (contributing editors: Casey Cogut and William Curbow of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP ), authored by HJM Asia Law’s Managing Partner Caroline Berube. You can purchase the book here and view our complete chapter here: HJM PE 2014 Fund Formation China

Getting the Deal Through – Private Equity (Transactions), March 15th, 2014

Getting the Deal Through – Private Equity (Transactions) 2014 (contributing editors: Casey Cogut and William Curbow of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP ), authored by HJM Asia Law’s Managing Partner Caroline Berube. You can purchase the book here and view our complete chapter here: HJM PE 2014 Transactions China

“Tax Litigation” by the European Lawyer Reference Series, October 9th, 2013

Caroline Berube, with the help of her colleagues, published the China chapter for the “Tax Litigation” book which was officially released on October 9th at the Annual International Bar Association Conference in Boston. David Chodikoff is the editor of this first addition book by the European Lawyer Reference Series. Each chapter of the book is devoted to a single country and there are 29 chapters in total. The foreword to the book was written by the Chief Justice of the Tax Court of Canada, the Honourable Gerald J. Rip. HJM Asia Law is proud to be part of this international publication and has received a hard copy of the book at IBA Boston conference. You can view HJM’s China chapter here

Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Asia, China and Singapore Chapters, August 2013

HJM Asia Law has updated the China and Singapore chapters for the “Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Asia – 2nd Edition” by Juris Publishing. The book provides coverage of more than 22 major trading jurisdictions in Asia and the Pacific on the requirements for doing business and investing in those countries, prepared by local practitioners with expertise in business transactions. Practical insights are offered on general conditions for conduct of business, business registrations, investment incentives, currency regulation, establishment of enterprises, principal business organizations, important considerations for choosing a form of business, formation of business procedures, acquisition of enterprises, acquisition of realty, guidelines for foreign transactions, import and export regulations, exchange controls, credit and security, taxation, customs regulation, competition law, intellectual property law, employment law, and banking law.  You can purchase a hard copy or a soft copy of the book online here

Getting the Deal Through – Private Equity (Fund Formation), February 15th, 2013

Getting the Deal Through – Private Equity (Fund Formation) 2013 (contributing editor: Casey Cogut of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP), authored by HJM Asia Law’s Managing Partner Caroline Berube. You can purchase the book here and view our complete chapter here: HJM PE 2013 Fund Formation China

Getting the Deal Through – Private Equity (Transactions), February 15th, 2013

Getting the Deal Through – Private Equity (Transactions) 2013 (contributing editor: Casey Cogut of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP), authored by HJM Asia Law’s Managing Partner Caroline Berube. You can purchase the book here and view our complete chapter here: HJM PE 2013 Transactions China

Getting the Deal Through – Private Equity (Fund) 2012, March 1st, 2012

Getting the Deal Through – Private Equity (Fund) 2012 (contributing editor: Casey Cogut of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP), co-authored by HJM Asia Law’s Managing Partner Caroline Berube and Associate Robyn Darley. You can read the complete HJM chapter here: HJM PE2012 Fund Formation China

Getting the Deal Through – Private Equity (Transactions) 2012 , March 1st, 2012

Getting the Deal Through – Private Equity (Transactions) 2012 (contributing editor: Casey Cogut of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP), co-authored by HJM Asia Law’s Managing Partner Caroline Berube and Associate Robyn Darley. You can view the complete HJM chapter here: HJM PE2012 Transactions China

January 1st, 2011

Getting the Deal Through – Private Equity (Fund Formation) 2011 (contributing editor: Casey Cogut of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP), authored by HJM Asia Managing Partner Caroline Berube. To read the article, please click here.

January 1st, 2011

Getting the Deal Through – Private Equity (Transactions) 2011 (contributing editor: Casey Cogut of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP), authored by HJM Asia Managing Partner Caroline Berube. To read the article, please click here.

January 1st, 2011

HJM Asia Managing Partner Caroline Berube and her colleagues Justin Ter and Shelly Chen authored a chapter on China in the “Legal aspects of doing business in Asia” published by Juris Publishing, Inc. To read the chapter, please click here.
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June 29th, 2010 (Shanghai, China)

HJM Asia & Cajola launched the book ItalyLaw at the Italian Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo. Partners Riccardo Cajola and Caroline Berube authored the chapter on Formation of Business Entities in Italy and China while 14 other Italian lawyers authored chapters on other relevant topics. To read the chapter authored by HJM Asia & Cajola, please click here.

April 1st, 2010

HJM Asia Managing Partner Caroline Berube together with Jonathan Feil from Simburg, Ketter, Sheppard & Purdy, LLP have authored a chapter in the Doing Business in Washington Handbook for the Washington Department of Commerce. This chapter was published for the Washington governor’s trade mission to China.

March 1st, 2009

HJM Asia recently contributed a chapter on “Fund Formation” in China in the annual edition of Getting The Deal Through: Private Equity 2009, by Law Business Research Ltd, the official research partner of the International Bar Association. http://www.GettingTheDealThrough.com 

January 1st, 2009

HJM Asia was proud to participate and author two (2) chapters on private equity transaction and fund formation in China published by Getting the Deal Through. To read the chapters, please click here chapter 1,  chapter 2.