Explainers
Every page answers one question, states the answer first, and separates what China can do from what must be handled elsewhere.
Property in a Vietnam-connected divorce
The recurring asset in these cases is a home built with remittances, and proving who paid is what decides the outcome.…
Vietnamese documents for a Chinese court
The Apostille only became available in September 2026, so documents prepared earlier followed a different route.…
Business interests in a Vietnam-connected divorce
Where records are thin, valuing a business is harder than dividing one — and valuation is what the negotiation turns on.…
Dividing US property in a Chinese divorce: what the court can and cannot touch
The community-property versus common-law distinction between US states is the single fact that most changes what a client is entitle…
US documents for a Chinese court: which office certifies what
State and federal documents follow different certification routes, and mixing them up is the most common avoidable error.…
US company equity in a divorce decided in China
Delaware incorporations and LLC structures mean the shares are usually governed by a US state's corporate law, which a Chinese court…
UK property in a Chinese divorce: discretion versus rules
English financial remedy orders are discretionary, which is structurally different from the rule-based approach Chinese courts apply…
UK documents for a Chinese court: FCDO legalisation and what follows
The Apostille certifies the official's signature, not the document's content — a distinction that matters when a court queries subst…
UK company interests in a divorce decided in China
An English company's articles and any shareholders' agreement are the real limit on what can be transferred.…
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