| Our lawyers have represented a number of foreign clients on their business transactions in or with China. We offer clients expertise and a depth of experience of legal works related to Chinese law and have expanded significantly over recent years to satisfy the needs of clients. The following displays the major specialist areas we service.
Foreign Investment
Hitrust & Co. has extensive experience advising foreign companies on their investment businesses in China. Our representation in this area can date back as early as 1980's in which some of our lawyers were involved in the establishment of joint ventures (equity and cooperative) and wholly foreign-owned enterprises, mergers and acquisitions of Chinese companies by foreign enterprises. With China's access into WTO, Chinese companies are increasingly expanding their businesses abroad. We have also acted for many Chinese companies on their investment and acquisition projects in Europe, the United State and Hong Kong.
Our expertise in this area covers:
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Establishment of equity and cooperative joint ventures and wholly foreign-owned enterprises in China
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Tax advice, intellectual property protection, customs formalities, labor and human resources, arbitration and litigation support
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Shareholder's equity disputes of foreign investment enterprises
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Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) projects
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Restructuring, dissolution and liquidation of foreign investment enterprises
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Overseas invest ments b y Chinese companies
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Negotiation and preparation of legal documents, risk assessment and management, ad vice on conflict of laws among different jurisdictions
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