About Jessica Pieklo

Q&A: An American in China

In its quest to become a full-fledged member of the World Trade Organization, China assembled a group of foreign experts to democratize its finance and commerce laws. In 1999, Deryck Palmer of New York's Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft was asked to join the coalition as an American bankruptcy expert, and subsequently made several trips to Beijing and other Chinese cities. He details his experience in his latest book, The PRC Enterprise Bankruptcy Law: The People's Work in Progress, co-authored …