Acquisition of companies and equity: Feasibility study of projects, due diligence, memorandum of understanding, acquisition agreement, asset and liability warranty, contract and related documents
Acquisition of assets
Assistance in negotiations with Chinese, Taiwanese and foreign partners
Tax regulations
Tax optimization
Negotiating with tax authorities
Establishment of legal entities: representative office, branch, wholly foreign owned enterprise (WOFE), Joint Venture companies (JV), joint-stock companies, holding companies
Assistance on the company’s corporate changes (statutory changes, capital increase)
Shareholders’ agreements
Selective and exclusive distribution
Franchise agreements, commercial agency agreements, etc.
We define the strategy to be adopted with the client.
We assist in the negotiations and in drafting domestic and international contracts (supply contracts, partnership agreements, trademark license, outsourcing contract, etc.).
Registration of rights (patents, designs, trademarks)
Registration of copyrights, software
Registration of domain names
Litigation related to the registration of rights
Protection of trade, technical secrets and know-how
License, development or technology transfer
Actions with Chinese and Taiwanese customs
Administrative actions before the Administration of Industry and Commerce
Legal and criminal action related to the violation of rights (trademarks, patents and designs counterfeiting, unfair competition)
PRC and Taiwan Market Access
Standards, Labeling and Packaging
Traceability
Counterfeits, parallel importation and unfair competition
Product Liability and Consumer Protection Law
Civil, Corporate and Criminal Liabilities
Drafting and negotiation of insurance contracts
Acquisition in the related sector
Civil, commercial and professional liability
Health insurance, life insurance
Litigation related to insurance law
Drafting employment contracts, bylaws
Social security, health
Collective or individual work relationships
Assistance in negotiating employment termination
Litigation of labor law
Staff mobility, labor law and worker’s Social Security
Maritime transport, international multimodal transport, coastal and river transport
Charter and supply contracts
Transportation logistics contracts
Ship construction, repair and conversion
Operating and maintenance contracts
Port construction, maritime engineering contracts, contracts for dredging waterways
Attachment of ships and release actions
Sale of ships by auction (auction sale)
Defense for shipping agents, marine insurance brokers
Maritime privileges and mortgages
Shipbuilding and repair
Marine surveys
Maritime piracy, smuggling and fraud at sea
Administrative litigation relating to maritime matters (disputes between owners, operators, charterers, insurers)
Management and resolution of navigation issues between commercial companies, shipping agents, port authorities and logistics companies
Representing clients before maritime courts and administrations in all cases of admiralty disputes : ship collisions, oil pollution, fire, sea rescue operations, recovery of wrecks…
Due diligence in real estate investment
Mergers and acquisitions of land and buildings
Allocations and transfers of land rights
Supervision of development and construction operations of real estate projects
Sales, purchases and lease of real property
Mortgages, loans and financing