The request of Alibaba, China's largest e-commerce firm, to allow a self-selected group of its past and present management known as the “partners” the right to nominate a majority of the directors in its negotiation with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for an initial public offering has...

The request of Alibaba, China's largest e-commerce company, to allow a self-selected group of its past and present management known as the “partners” the right to nominate a majority of the directors in its negotiation with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) for an initial public offering...

1. Introduction : legal transplants, convergence and regionalism in Chinese corporate law reform -- 2. Birth pangs of a market : creation and development of China's cross-border share markets -- 3. Securities, regulatory authorities and H-share enterprises -- 4. Internal governance structures...