Commercial and Regulatory Compliance

Over the years, we have provided legal services and supports to well over 100 multi-national clients doing business in China and the neighboring region. Many of these clients are Fortune Global 500 corporations, industry leaders and large scale state-owned companies.

We provide on-going legal advice to all aspects of business operations. Our commercial practice mainly includes the following services:

Inbound and Outbound Investments

We work on a daily basis to provide legal services to foreign companies investing in China as well as Chinese clients forming business ventures and investing overseas, such as advice on:

Choosing the appropriate investment vehicle
Searching potential sites for setting up operations and facilities in China
Purchasing land use right, conducting environmental assessment and obtaining preferential incentives
Designing the investment structure
Joint venture contract preparation and negotiation
Takeovers and minority buyout
Legal due diligence
Drafting documents
Obtaining government approvals
Providing consultancy services
Completing registration procedures
Regulatory compliance
Corporate restructuring
Drafting and reviewing investment/business contracts

China Customs

We are experienced in dealing with China Customs-related legal issues.

The advice we provide to clients in this area includes:

Tariff classification
Rules on country of origin
Duty assessment
Import and export permits
Import of used machinery or materials
Transaction in and out of free trade zone
Processing trade
Customs investigations
Administrative review and litigation on Customs’ decisions

Antitrust and Unfair Competition

We have helped clients to successfully pass the antitrust reviews of the PRC MOC and SAIC in M&A transactions.

We have participated in a number of major antitrust notification and review cases including the first case in which the PRC MOC conditionally approved the transaction.

Our legal service in this area includes: