Effective legal services are vital for doing business in China.

We are a team of Chinese lawyers dedicated to offer clients with solutions for their direct investment and trade businesses in China. Our team has extensive in-country experience advising Chinese and foreign clients including clients from U.S. and European on law matters of
Standing Counselor and Non-Controversy, Transnational investment, Mergers and acquisitions, International Trade, Maritime and Admiralty, and commercial and civil matters throughout mainland China.

Standing Counselor and Non-Controversy --

To offer legal services for enterprise(s) daily operation and inner management, and act as a standing counselor for enterprise(s), with following jobs upon the enterprises requirements and/or authorizations:
1. To draft Lawyers Letter to third partyies;
2. To draft and publicize legal affiche(s) in public medias;
3. To offer latest news over certain law amendment and latest governments regulations aperiodically;
4. To offer staff in the enterprise with basic Chinese law knowledge training;
5. To offer law advices for the enterprises business plans and/or certain business operations;
6. To draft, look through and revise the enterprises inner management documents, including employment contract, training agreement and/or non-disclosure agreement, etc;
7. To assist the enterprise with negotiation and/or communication with government bureau(s), and/or business partner(s).
8. Company law affairs
9. Merger and acquisition of enterprises;
10. Help client (enterprise or individual) to buy or sell real estates;
11. Law affairs of property lease, mortgage, lend/borrow, entrustment and consign for sale on commission, etc;
12. Law affairs of issuance and/or subscription of securities and underwriting;
13. Application and transferring of intellectual property of trademarks and patents;
14. Public bidding and invitation of public bidding of construction and installation engineering projects, public bidding of enterprise contracting, lease managements, etc;
15. Liquidation of business-closing and bankruptcy;
16. Draft, revision and examination of feasibility studies of civil and economic projects and agreements;
17. Investigation affairs of market and/or commodity information, and enterprise credit information;
18. Law opinion letter or law opinion suggestion letter of all sorts of economic actions;
19. Signing and/or termination of labor/employment agreements;
20. Debt collection via non-litigation methods;
21. To help clients to publish announcement, position, or point of a certain law affair or law action on public medias like newspaper and magazines, broadcasting and television;
22. Accept the application from individuals and/or enterprises and witness a certain law affair or law action;
23. Other non-controversy law affairs for attorneys;

Transnational investment --

1.To assist clients in local investment policies and laws;
2. To assist clients in negotiation with governmental responsible departments;
3. To assist clients in analyzing the investment risks and related solutions;
4. Due diligence or basic registration file investigation of partners and/or suppliers;
5. To establish foreign invested enterprises, including Chinese-foreign Equity Joint Venture, Chinese-foreign Contractual Joint Venture and Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise, and to establish Standing Representative Office, and help clients with missions related to working visa (Z visa) and residency permission;
6. To draft, look through or amend related agreements/contracts and article of association;
7. To assist clients with transferring right of stock and other investment rights and interests, and in arrangement of company policy and management system;
8. To act as a standing lawyer for the newly established enterprise.

Mergers and acquisitions --

1. To designing and optimize transaction structures and tactics;
2. To conduct legal due diligence investigations;
3. To draft and negotiate terms, drafting equity and asset acquisition, merger, spin-off and split-up and related agreements;
4. To assist in information disclosure, governmental filings, approvals, and registrations.


International Trade --

1. To offer legal advices and views related to International Trade business;
2. To offer legal advices related to local International trade laws, regulations and policies;
3. Due diligence or basic registration file investigation of partners and/or suppliers;
4. To act as a standing lawyer for enterprises related to International Trade;
5. To act for and on behalf of clients in the litigation, arbitration in China concerning
A. negotiation, performance, breach and dispute of International Sales / Purchase Contract;
B. payment(s) of International Trade, such L/C, D/A, D/P, T/T etc;
C. product transportation, including carriage of goods by sea, by air, by train and by international multi-transportation;
D. products responsibility and insurance;
E. other transnational arbitration and litigation.

Maritime and Admiralty --

1. Bills of lading, sea waybills and through bills;
2. Bareboat charters, time charters and voyage charters;
3. Coastal transport;
4. Arrest of ship, lien on cargo and maritime security;
5. Agency agreements, shipping agency and cargo forwarding;
6. Logistics and multi-modal transport;
7. Salvage contracts and towage;
8. Marine engineering contracts;
9. Repair, Sale & Purchase of Ships;
10. Ships collision, contact and grounding;
11. Oil pollution and environmental damage;
12. Personal injury, professional negligence;
13. General and particular average;
14. Manning, crew manning;
15. Port operations.

 

 

 

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