Company: ZLAB
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001628280-25-008409
Chunk: 149

Company: Zai Lab Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 149
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 the effect that any such actions would have on us or our industry. We conduct pre-clinical and clinical activities and have business operations both in the United States and mainland China, and any unfavorable government policies on international trade, such as capital controls or tariffs, may affect the demand for our products, the competitive position of our products, the hiring of scientists and other research and development personnel, and import or export of raw materials in relation to drug development or may prevent us from selling our products in certain countries. If any new tariffs, legislation, executive orders, and/or regulations are implemented, existing trade agreements are renegotiated. or the U.S. or Chinese government takes retaliatory actions due to recent U.S.-China tension, such changes could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. 

It may be difficult to enforce against us or our management in mainland China any judgments obtained from foreign courts.

Zai Lab Limited is a company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands, and a substantial portion of our assets and operations are located in mainland China. In addition, some of our directors and officers are nationals and residents of countries or regions other than the United States or Hong Kong, and a substantial portion of their assets is located outside of the United States and Hong Kong. As a result, it may be difficult to effect service of process within the United States or Hong Kong upon these persons, or to bring an action against us or these individuals in the United States or Hong Kong in the event of a disagreement, under federal securities laws, or otherwise. Even if a third party successfully obtains a foreign judgment against us or these individuals, the laws of the Cayman Islands and mainland China may render them unable to enforce a judgment against our assets or the assets of our directors and officers. There is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the Cayman Islands or mainland China would recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. courts against us or such persons predicated upon the civil liability provisions of securities laws of the United States or any state. 

Although there are some protections with respect to enforcement in mainland China of judgments rendered by Hong Kong courts as a result of reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgment arrangements, mainland China does not have treaties or agreements providing for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments awarded by courts of the United States, the United Kingdom, most other western countries, or Japan. In addition, according to PRC Civil Procedures Law, mainland China courts will not enforce a foreign judgment against us or our directors and officers if they