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lient Nationality: Finnish
Location: Fushun City, Shenyang Province
Turnaround: 4 months
- Consulted client on joint venture governance in China.
- Attended joint venture shareholder meetings and drafted memos to be signed by both parties to protect client’s interests.
- Provided interpretation on China joint venture related laws and regulations.
- Identified the legal consequences of moves taken by the joint venture’s shareholders and/or its board.
- Issued independent opinions in attorney reports over complex legal matters and answered relevant inquires via e-mail.
- Offered actionable opinions based on experience in solving possible conflicts and/or disputes between shareholders, board of directors.
- Drafted relevant documentation and followed up the registration process to assist client’s in gaining more control of its invested business in China.
Client Nationality: Dutch
Location: Beilun District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang
Turnaround: 2 months
- Secured trustworthy Chinese partner
- Negotiated investment (US$1,300,000).
- Negotiated favorable equity for client.
- Drafted Articles of Associates (i.e., bylaws, in accordance with Chinese Corporate Law).
- Got Certificate of Approval to set up joint venture by local governing authority.
- Registered joint venture with Administration of Industry and Commerce.
- Got certificate from various governing bureaus that a manufacturing joint venture requires including but not limited to Environmental Impact Report, Tax Registration Certificate, Organizational Code Certificate, Foreign Currency Registration Certificate, and so on.
- Signed attorney as registered Supervisor (in sense of PRC corporate law) to continue protecting client’s interests in joint venture.
Client Nationality: French
Location: Nanhui District in Shanghai
Turnaround: 3 months
- Form FICE (Foreign-Invested Commercial Enterprise) for the main purpose of selling client’s packaged foods.
- Secured lease of storage space to meet local government requirements.
- Applied for Food Circulation Permit.
- Applied for alcohol permit.
- Trademark registration.
- Introduced cost-effective accountant for daily accounting affairs.
- Negotiated employment contracts with both foreign and Chinese employees.
- Provided training on PRC labor law.
Client Nationality: Russian, Indian
Location: Jiangshan City, Zhejiang
Turnaround: 6 month
- Provided consultancy on PRC corporate law, verbally and in writing.
- Negotiated JV Equity Shareholders Agreement that favors client.
- Conducted due diligence to verify good standing of Chinese partner.
- Worked as coordinator and supervised formation of JV.
- Translated bylaws and shareholders agreement for Chinese partner’s verification.
- Prevented trademark dispute by addressing issue in shareholders agreement
Client Nationality: American
Location: Former French Concession in Shanghai
Turnaround: 2.5 months
- Formed a F&B management WFOE as parent company.
- Applied for food and beverage license for first restaurant and showed client how to do it for subsequent restaurants.
- Secured all certificates needed for running restaurant business.
- Helped prepare business to become franchiser.
- Drafted employment handbook and standard employment contract.
- Helped hire local labor and provided training on PRC labor law.
- Introduced agent to secure working permits for management team.
- Developed solid trademark protection strategy and applied for copyright and registered trademark.
Client Nationality: Chinese
Location: Jing’an District in Shanghai
Turnaround: 9 months
- Conducted due diligence on purchase of Chinese clinic company.
- Laid out transaction framework for approval from HK company board of directors.
- Negotiated acquisition of assets, trademarks, labor resources of Chinese company.
- Advised on contribution method of registered capital of WFOE.
- Advised on liquidation of Chinese company and returned profits to Chinese company’s shareholders.
- Advised on restructure of business operations, including but not limited to expansion of registered business scope.
- Negotiated new employment contracts with acquired work force.
Client Nationality: American
Locations: Suzhou and Beijing
Turnaround: 2 months
- Represented American client in trademark dispute.
- Contacted client’s Chinese partner and identified cause of dispute.
- Facilitated improved communication, avoided potential IP infringement.
- Registered trademark and copyright for client’s brand in China and franchised those rights to joint venture and affiliated entities.
- Became ongoing liaison between shareholders of joint venture.
Client Nationality: Singaporean
Location: West Nanjing Road in Shanghai
Turnaround: 2 months
- Registered WFOE for image consulting business.
- Helped register trademark.
- Helped hire both foreign and local labor.
- Drafted employment contracts and services contracts.
- Expanded business scope and turned the consulting WFOE into a trading WFOE.
- Changed Office Address, Articles of Association, Business Licenses and so on.
- Introduced cost-effective accountant for daily accounting affairs.
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