Recently, DeHeng received a decision from the Supreme People's Court that there was no work-for-hire contract between Singaporean company A (the shipowner) and PRC company B, and that B was not a joint contractor and does not need to undertake joint liabilities, and rejected the retrial application of A.

Recently, regarding a case between Shipyard A, Ship Trading Company B and Shipowner C on disputes over shipbuilding and sale contracts, the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) of Malaysia held in favor of the client represented by DeHeng.

On November 2, the Hong Kong Representative Office of ICC International Court of Arbitration issued a ruling on the cross-border contract dispute over agricultural products in respect of a major seed breeding enterprise in western China ("Company A") suing the U.S. Seed Distributor Company ("Company B"). The ruling upheld the principal and interest of payment for purchase and sale of goods claimed by Company A and required Company B to compensate most of the arbitration costs and lawyer's fees incurred by Company A.