Legal Support

Contracts

A good contract is the foundation of any business cooperation, and it is true for China as well. Do not believe those who say that a contract means nothing in China. A well composed contract can protect your interests and can avoid compliance issues in case of a dispute.

We can draft the contract based on your needs to protect your interest in the Chinese legal environment. We can also examine the contract provided by the counterparty and warn you about potential catches in the contract. We can translate the contract for you, or examine if the translation matches the original text and check if there are no minor but often crucial differences.

We want to help the most vulnerable foreigners in China as well – the workers of Chinese companies. Small local businesses as well as large corporations and institutions with international reputations often try to hire a foreign employee with a very one-sided contract. The foreign employee is often satisfied until a problem arises. Then, he finds out that he is virtually defenseless. This is especially common for sports coaches and teachers.

定金 dìngjīn a 订金 dìngjīn are pronounced the same and superficially also have the same meaning – a deposit. Actually though, one term refers to a refundable deposit, while the other one is nonrefundable. There are numerous “catches” like this in the Chinese contract law.

Administrative procedures

The Chinese administration is as extensive as Chinese markets and the Chinese government is constantly developing and improving administrative procedures. Setting up a business in China or cooperation with Chinese companies often requires various registrations. Examples range from registration into the Customs records, trademark registration or extension, notary certification of identity etc.

Such administrative procedures are often complicated for foreign companies and it can be a burden to make sense of and complete by themselves. We can assist you with swiftly completing administrative procedures.

Rules and regulations can change or can begin to be enforced selectively and suddenly. A purchaser from outside China used to import good from China, until once, the same type of goods as always got seized at the Chinese customs. The customs officers cited a non-compliance with a certain regulation as the reason. We can help you solve a situation of this type, as well as we helped the exporter.