Our team in China advises clients when settling locally; it provides them with comprehensive and continual legal support by helping them choose adequate structures for their investments, drafting and negotiating contracts and handling the procedures required to establish businesses.
- Representative offices, joint ventures, wholly foreign-owned corporations, holding companies, business corporations, feasibility studies, drafting/translating/negotiating joint venture agreements, company statutes, licensing and technology transfer agreements, etc. administrative procedures for approvals and registrations.

The China practice is regularly involved in reorganisations, mergers and acquisitions of domestic or foreign-owned companies, whether listed or unlisted. The team also assists clients with strategic purchases of stakes in the course of floatations.
- Legal and tax due diligence, drafting/translating/negotiating acquisition agreements and contracts for subscriptions, mergers and reorganisations, shareholder agreements, purchases of stakes in the course of floatations.

The China practice has excellent knowledge of domestic and international tax laws applicable to investments and the expansion of foreign businesses into China.
- Tax studies, tax due diligence, negotiation of preferential tax and customs status, out-of-court negotiations with tax authorities, tax ruling procedures, registration formalities, tax planning.

The China team has substantial experience with concessions and BOTs (Build-Operate-Transfer) and has been involved in “pilot” BOT projects and in most infrastructure projects carried out in China since the market was opened up to foreign investment (especially relating to the 2008 Olympic Games). The Team has thus developed specific expertise in public-private partnerships (PPP).
- Water, electricity, nuclear energy, waste treatment, energy, transport, sports infrastructures and seaports.

The China team advises clients at all stages with intellectual property-related procedures.
- Registration of patents, models, trademarks, and rights over new plant species.
- Technology transfers, concessions and licensing of intellectual property rights, enforcement of copyrights, know-how, software, projects for R&D, counterfeiting prevention and assistance with litigation related to patents, designs and trademarks.

The China team advises clients on all areas of social security and employment law.
- Human resources management, collective and individual labour relations, local and expatriate employment contracts, legal aspects of corporate reorganisations.

In close co-operation with the Brussels Office, the China team frequently advises clients on issues arising from China’s accession to the WTO. The team represented the Chinese government in its first lawsuit before WTO authorities.

The China team has substantial experience with antidumping measures, whether initiated by the European Commission or Chinese authorities.
- Industry areas: sulfonic acid, glasses, cigarette lighters, pencils, wood/plated wood, tombstones.

The China team advises clients on the legal implications of their retailing projects.
- Expansion of distribution networks, creation of store/hypermarket chains, sale, distribution, and customer service.

The China team advises clients on regulations in these areas.

- Telecommunications, TV & radio, online publications, Internet, advertising, computer technology.

Together with local law firms, our China team handles proceedings at every stage in commercial litigation. The team represents litigants before Chinese and foreign arbitration courts.

The China team provides regular support to Chinese, foreign and international banking and financial institutions, as well as Chinese and foreign corporations.
- Compliance advice, credit transactions, payment transactions, electronic payment methods, granting and implementing guarantees, financing, bankruptcy, debt, insurance, implementing financial or insurance schemes, implementing projects financed by multilateral organisations, project finance.

With substantial experience in these industries, the team assists companies throughout their construction projects from their inception. The team also has significant experience in mining law.
- Assistance with tender offers, setting up adequate structures for construction projects, drafting/translating/negotiating contracts for services, turnkey construction contracts, setting up consortia, advice on property law and real estate tax, acquisition of land use rights, expropriation procedures, leases, mining and exploration.