We are family law practitioners at large. But our work involves not only divorce and estate issues, but also a lot real estate and corporate/investment laws.
In our daily legal researches, we notice that there are still quite a lot of cases involving frauds in real estate transactions.
For example I, a family member forged your identity card and cheated the notary…
Very often we get inquiries from foreigners pertaining to purchase of China properties in the name of their Chinese girlfriend or wife for the reason that they are not qualified to purchase properties in China (China has placed restrictions on foreigners buying properties in China ever since 2006). But they are concerned about losing the property once their…
This post is rather an effort of myself in learning property laws in common law countries.
As a lawyer, one of my main law practices is to help China’s high net worth individuals to work out their estate plan under which very often clients wishes to allocate their assets or properties in both China and offshore countries. It is critical for me to understand…
As a relatively young country with the concept of rule of law, China has a long way to go before building itself into a ripe rule of law state. In the fundamental field of property laws, there are too many controversies over many legal issues that may well vex a smart mind.
A young colleague in our firm discussed his case with me. It is an interesting situation: a piece…
It has been in place for some years from 2006 when China central government imposed restrictions on foreign individual or legal entities in buying properties in China, an move taken to rein in the then out of control price hike. This restriction is further reinforced in 2010 to the effect that each foreigner can only “buy” one piece of residential…
Many foreigners are aware that China has enacted rules restricting their purchase of real estate/houses/apartments. Foreigners are not allowed to buy more than one residential property (for self-using purpose only).
Very often foreigners asked me about whether they are allowed to own property in China as a result of gifting, inheritance from their family…
News in the media has been divided in guesstimating where the house prices are going. Very often, good news and bad news appear on the same webpage, leaving readers in sway.
Confusion is thick especially in the residential property markets with transaction volume being reported to go down sharply in May which used to be a “red month†meaning golden time for…
