Recorded on April 4, 2024.
Chinese Companies in the US Legal System
Date: Thursday, April 4, 2024
Time: 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. ET
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About this event
Chinese companies that operate in the US face an increasingly complex legal and political landscape. Rising geopolitical tensions between China and the US make it difficult for Chinese multinationals to comply with the laws of both countries. But they are reluctant to leave the US, having made substantial investments here. In Negotiating Legality: Chinese Companies in the U.S. Legal System, Ji Li uses interviews and survey data to tell the story of how Chinese companies develop in-house legal capacities, engage with US legal professionals, and navigate litigation in US courts.
About the speaker
Ji Li is the John & Marilyn Long Professor of US-China Business and Law at the University of California Irvine. Before that, he taught at Rutgers University. His teaching and research explores a broad range of topics including Chinese law and politics, international business transactions, contracts, comparative law, and empirical legal studies. His JD is from Yale Law School and his PhD in political science is from Northwestern University. After law school, he practiced corporate and tax law for several years in the New York office of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.