Foreign-related Business

Hengtai, while rooted in China, holds an international perspective. Our foreign-related business team is composed of lawyers with foreign legal education background, overseas lawyer's license, familiar with various cross-border businesses, and excel at handling foreign-related legal matters for domestic and foreign clients, including foreign investment in China, Chinese enterprises going global and international trade. The foreign-related business team provides professional and international legal services to clients based on the service philosophy of "Professionalism and Dedication".

Hengtai has extensive experience in the field of foreign investment in China, including but not limited to establishment of Sino-foreign joint ventures, wholly foreign-owned enterprises (WFOEs), acquisition of enterprises and assets in China by foreign investors, investment and restructuring, technology transfer, and liquidation. The investment projects to which Hengtai provides service involve many industries, such as clothing, biotechnology, real estate, chemicals, machinery, and construction materials. Our legal services cover all aspects of foreign investment projects, including structure design and due diligence in respect of legal feasibility prior to project implementation, as well as drafting and negotiating project-related legal documents.

With a network of law firms located throughout major economies in the world, we are able to provide full-range and efficient solutions on a global perspective as well as quality, efficient and timely professional and localized services to Chinese clients engaging in outbound investments, solve clients' knotty problems during foreign investments, as well as handle various routine legal problems. Our services include legal environment investigation and risk assessment, transaction structure design, due diligence and post-implementation daily operation, compliance support and dispute resolution, covering all stages of outbound investment such as tax, foreign exchange, compliance, IP, anti-trust, and employment issues. We strive to maintain the interests of our clients to the greatest extent by applying the latest international trade rules and the most effective remedies.

Foreign Investment in China

Investment structure planning and related due diligence

Establishment of joint venture, cooperative enterprise and WFOE

Change of registration items of foreign-invested enterprise (expansion of business scope, capital increase, etc.)

Design of corporate governance structure

Foreign exchange matters, foreign debt registration and extension

Customs formalities, import & export of equipment and products

Labor and human resources

Registrations and filings with the relevant government authorities

Providing continuous legal services to foreign-invested enterprises

Restructuring and liquidation

Share and asset acquisition

Support in litigation and arbitration

Overseas Investment by Domestic Enterprises

Legal environment investigation and risk assessment of destination country

Due Diligence on overseas investment projects and target companies

Consulting services for and assistance on domestic examination and approval, filing and registration in relation to overseas investment

Consulting services for and assistance on examination and approval, filing and registration of investment destination country

Arrangement and coordination of overseas legal counsels and other intermediaries

Post-implementation daily operation of and compliance support for overseas investment projects

Cross-border financing and security

Resolution of cross-jurisdiction conflicts of laws

International Trade

Drafting, modifying and reviewing international trade contracts, domestic trade contracts and foreign trade agency contracts,

Trade financing, letter of credit and guarantee

Collection of domestic and overseas commercial debts

Commodities inspection, foreign exchange, customs, and bonded zone affairs

Customs protection of intellectual property rights

Legal and tax solutions relating to cross-border e-commerce and other internet commerce

Development of trade compliance system