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Foreign Investment
Attracting foreign investments into China is one of the critical policies Chinese government issued in early stage of China¡¯s economy reform. The regulations concerning foreign invested enterprises (¡°FIE¡±) in China - Sino-foreign equity joint venture, co-operative joint venture as well as wholly foreign owned enterprise have been promulgated accordingly. Along with the economy reform, Chinese government has recently issued new policy to encourage overseas investment by Chinese domestic companies. In such cross-border investment area, we have been standing in the forefront of legal practice and is fully experienced in planning investment, conducting feasibility study, negotiating contract, obtaining government approval as well as processing business registration.
Our experience and capabilities include:
• Participating foreign investment projects¡¯ overall structure design, advising on various issues such as investment form, contribution methods, equity stake, land use right, technology licensing, custom procedure, employment contract, government approval, environment and tax preferential treatment on FIEs, etc.;
• Assisting clients on whole process of establishing a representative office as well as FIEs in China, including MOU negotiation, due diligence, legal documentation, contract negotiation, government approval as well as business registration;
• Assisting on tax planning for foreign investments and residences in China and applying tax preferential treatment for FIEs;
• Acting as external PRC legal advisor after FIEs¡¯ establishment in China, advising on daily operational related legal issues, such as product liability, intellectual property, labor management, etc.;
• Providing legal advice and assistance on overseas investment of China domestic companies, including investment structure, project contracting, labor exporting, technology transfer, risk management, legal document drafting and reviewing, as well as contract negotiation;
• Providing high quality legal document translation and other value-added services as required.
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