A quick guide to the resources in the China anti-bribery and anti-corruption topic collection which includes resources to help lawyers qualified in jurisdictions within and outside China to advise on anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance and investigations in China.
Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Topic Collection
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Resources under the Anti-bribery and anti-corruption topic collection help lawyers advise on matters concerning anti-corruption compliance, investigations and due diligence into counterparties and potential M&A targets within China.
This collection includes:
Standard documents including an anti-corruption policy, employee code of conduct and standard operating procedures, anti-corruption and anti-bribery due diligence questionnaire and report, anti-corruption and anti-bribery covenants and warranties and memorandum to board of directors on bribery and corruption compliance obligations.
Practice notes explaining the practical impact of anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws and regulations, including detailed overviews of the legal framework, how to advise on internal and external investigations into allegations of corruption, what to do during a dawn raid from the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) or the MPS, the implications of China’s state secrets laws and a comparison of the US, UK and Chinese regimes.
Q&A overviews of China’s anti-bribery regime and its impact on doing business in the country.
Articles with in-depth analyses of anti-corruption and bribery-related issues, and recent enforcement trends in China standard form documents with integrated drafting notes, including anti-corruption policies, covenants, warranties and standard operating procedures for an employee handbook.
Tailored in-house content including a general guide to an in-house lawyers' compliance and investigations management responsibilities and a standard form memorandum to brief the board of directors.
Glossary definitions of key government bodies and important concepts.
All standard documents and standard clauses are available in English-Chinese bilingual versions. For a full list of the bilingual resources, see Practical Law China bilingual content.
To download the Word version of each standard document and standard clause in Chinese:
Follow the link to the English version of the document that you want.
Click the Chinese language version link at the bottom of the abstract of the English version.