Electric carmaker Tesla’s plans to enter China stall over a trademark claim

After Indonesia and India, Malaysia appears to be next in the crosshairs of investors, says Stuart Grudgings of Reuters

Macau casinos bet on China's rising middle class, finds Farah Master of Reuters

Zombie borrowers are haunting China's shadow banks, finds Gabriel Wildau of Reuters

Despite being one of China’s wealthier coastal provinces, Fujian has a relatively lagging legal market. Liu Zhen explores the Western Strait Economic Zone to gauge if lawyers there can make a breakthrough from the self-enclosed regional culture, integrate their capabilities, and get clients to make advanced demands.

With China’s economic growth slowing down and a bevy of changes in policies, non-payment of debts and mortgages, defaults in honouring contracts, infringements and other related risks are looming larger than ever before; threats which could eventually develop into lawsuits. In such circumstances, real estate financing, private lending and private equity investment are the areas to keep an eye on for such defaults. Liu Zhen reports

In August, two highly publicised events – a Chinese court ruling and the conclusion of a price- fixing investigation conducted by China’s National Development and Reform Commission – have underscored China’s hardening stance against anti-competitive behaviour. The emergence of several global companies on the list of offenders, as well as the severity of the penalties imposed, indicate that foreign firms are no longer insulated from antitrust investigations. Kanishk Verghese reports

Ben Hirschler of Reuters investigates how GlaxoSmithKline missed all the red flags in China. Michael Martina of Reuters finds that compliance is now the buzzword for foreign firms in China after Glaxo. And Ben Hirschler, Ransdell Pierson and Kazunori Takada report on why China pays too much for medicines. Also, a timeline of the GSK scandal.

Financial vehicles based in offshore locations have long been attracting Asian clients with their innovative means to manage business and wealth. They are available in an array of legal structures suited in varying degrees to different businesses and individuals. Their operational versatility prompts wealthy Asians to stretch their entrepreneurial skills. Raghavendra Verma reports

Earlier this year, the Hong Kong government proposed changes to the city’s investment laws to allow private equity funds to enjoy the same tax exemptions as offshore funds. These incentives are set to lure Chinese private equity funds, encourage more hedge funds and private equity firms to set up in the city, and seriously bolster Hong Kong’s potential to become a regional private equity centre, finds Ranajit Dam