Antitrust & Competition
We provide comprehensive legal services to our clients across the full range of PRC antitrust and competition law matters under China's Anti-Monopoly Law. Our first-hand knowledge of enforcement agency practice, together with our in-depth experience permits our team to offer creative, result-oriented legal advice to clients pursuing their strategic objectives on a local, regional, national and global basis. Our practice covers cartel investigation, e-business antitrust, health antitrust, international antitrust and competition, intellectual property and trade associations. Our team is fully integrated with the firm's other practice areas. This allows our lawyers to achieve well-informed and comprehensive global solutions to the most challenging legal problems.
Banking, Finance and Insurance
We represent business that are active in the securities, commodities, banking and insurance businesses. We provide counseling in the context of business, tax and regulatory issues raised by financial products developed, used or traded for investment, risk management, hedging and arbitrage activities. We also provide defense and litigate when needed.
Capital Markets
We represent issuers and underwriters in capital market transactions around the globe, which range from small unregistered private placements to multi-billion dollar underwritten public offerings. We advise public companies on the reporting requirements, stockholder matters, and listing requirements of the world's key stock exchanges.
Corporate
We advise on the full spectrum of corporate needs. This includes advising local, national and international organizations on Chinese and multi-jurisdictional mergers and acquisitions.
We advise on gaining entry and doing business in China, such as establishing corporate structures, including joint ventures, wholly owned subsidiaries, representative offices and newly permitted umbrella companies. We advise on the legal issues concerning international syndicate loans, private equity investment, equipment leasing, project financing, joint ventures, establishment and financing for high-tech companies, technology licensing, international arbitration and litigation, and other commercial business areas.
We have diverse and specific sector experience that covers nearly every significant regulated and unregulated industry in China, and we represent sellers, buyers, investors, financial institutions, independent director committees and management groups. We have worked on many landmark projects in China and are well versed in the challenges they present.
Labor and Employment
We provide the full range of services on labor and employment matters, including employment and labor union matters, employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions, as well as executive transfer, benefits, social insurance and employment litigation/arbitration. We are experienced in advising clients in relation to employee remuneration planning, labor contracts and employment handbooks, employment related rules and disciplines, work permits for foreign employees working in China, transfer of employees, termination of employment contracts in China and compensation issues. We focus on the responsibilities of employers and rights of employees during the employment relationship, termination of employments as well as on employment matters related to mergers and acquisitions, general corporate and commercial assignments.
Intellectual Property
We are authorized to represent both domestic and international clients in all aspects of patent and trademark matters. We advise on our clients on patent filing and prosecution, patent reexamination and invalidation, patent validity/invalidity and infringement/non-infringement analyses, patent landscape analysis, freedom-to-operate analysis, patent litigation, patent portfolio management, patent licensing and enforcement, patent due diligence and counseling. Our practice also covers trademark, trade secret and copyright infringement, antitrust and unfair competition, and research and development issues. We have extensive experience with complex Chinese court procedures and in securing successful verdicts on behalf of our clients in relation to their intellectual property rights and portfolios.
Litigation and Arbitration
We pride ourselves on providing creative advice in the resolution of disputes while representing the interests of our clients, whether tried in Chinese courts or at arbitration hearings. Our capabilities include advising on Chinese and international litigation and arbitration matters.
We appear on behalf of our clients in Chinese arbitration proceedings as well as in front of major international arbitration institutions. These include the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, the Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and the London Court of International Arbitration.
We have represented many leading corporate and financial institutions in a range of major litigation, arbitration and administrative proceedings before courts, arbitration tribunals and administrative agencies across China.
Mergers and Acquisitions
We advise leading Chinese, US and multinational corporations on numerous mergers and other business transactions involving publicly traded and privately owned companies. As one of the few law firms in China with the capacity to provide full Mergers and Acquisitions legal service, it is not surprising that many international and domestic business conglomerates seeking the advice of MWE China Law Offices in overcoming many of the challenges and obstacles involved in the complex cross-border transactions.
Pharmaceuticals, Life Sciences and Medical Products
We provide fully integrated, multidisciplinary legal services to the life sciences industry. We understand the specific needs of companies in this industry and can significantly support in-house counsel through various stages of their products and services life cycle. Our clients range in size from the world’s largest pharmaceutical and medical device companies to start-ups, as well as companies in academic medical research centres, universities, investment banking and venture capital firms.
We regularly provide service in the areas of intellectual property; corporate and corporate finance; products regulation and reimbursement; legislative and government regulations, environmental, food and agriculture regulations; health regulatory matters; and product liability; executive compensation; and labor/employment; tax, anti-monopoly and international trade.
Real Estate
We counsel clients on all aspects of the acquisition and development of real estate. We represent landlords and tenants in all facets of office, commercial, retail and industrial leasing transactions. Many major domestic and international real estate developers have sought legal advice from us regarding their land acquisition, transfer, lease, and mortgage of real estate property as well on their real estate financing in China.
Regulatory Compliance
We understand that the compliance issues facing companies are complex and require the consideration of numerous legal and business factors. We have a thorough understanding of the laws and regulations being created under them, and we provide clients with the corporate guidance necessary for compliance. Our Group includes lawyers with expertise from various practice areas, including corporate, securities, labor, professional liability, insurance, health care and life sciences, intellectual property, anti-trust, trial and white collar criminal defense.
Tax
Combined with our intimate knowledge of China’s tax laws and regulations, as well as our experience assisting foreign-invested enterprises, our insistence on a thorough understanding of a client’s business enables us to develop innovative solutions to optimize our clients’ tax position. We regularly advise clients on a broad range of corporate tax matters within China, including corporate income tax as it relates to foreign invested enterprises (e.g. holding companies), VAT, import duties, consumption tax, business tax, and various taxes related to land and property. Moreover, our attorneys possess the local knowledge essential to a successful liason with taxation authorities in order to negotiate an often uncertain and rapidly evolving regulatory environment.
Professionals in MWE China’s Tax Practice Group also work on all aspects of international tax planning and structuring, including the appropriate use of debt and equity investments in offshore ventures, transfer pricing and global tax strategies.
Venture Capital and Private Equity
We provide advice on the financing of unlisted companies. Our extensive knowledge of the private equity industry provides our clients with a unique perspective on their transactions as well as on the day to day operations of their valuable investments. Our clients include private equity funds, venture capitalists and corporate investors. We advise on the entire spectrum of financing opportunities and mechanisms, from seed and start up financing to equity financing and bridge loan arrangements.
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