Your challenges
More and more UK enterprises are looking to invest in China. Although the opportunities are manifold, a number of obstacles can present themselves at a legal, business and cultural level. It is imperative, therefore, that you get the right advice from lawyers who understand the law and the country and can also speak the language.
Achieving your ambitions
Whatever your China requirements, we can help. Our expertise spans the corporate, education, intellectual property and technology sectors. We can and have advised on anything from the establishment of joint ventures and new university campuses to the preparation of biotech collaboration agreements and the protection of your intellectual property.
We also have excellent legal contacts in China through our membership of the State Capital Group*, and we have reciprocal secondment opportunities with Chinese law firms, as well as maintaining links through overseas visits. We have a specialist non-native speaker in the field of Chinese politics and history and are attuned to developments and opportunities in China.
Our team will proactively manage your ambitions, and can quickly gain access to specific legal advice and keep abreast of the numerous changes in Chinese legislation.
The strength you need
The China Group consists of a team of ten partners and over twenty lawyers from our Cambridge, Norwich and London offices to help you deal with your ambitions in China. With membership of the China Law Council and the Lord Chancellor’s Training Scheme, and with close associations with academic institutions, we have access to countless native speakers and relevant expertise, enabling us to help you wherever you do business in China.
Recent experience includes:
- Referrals for a major higher education client regarding the creation of an education centre in China
- Advising on a joint venture between a major higher education client with a Chinese university
- Advising on the disposal of part of a biomedical company in China
- Acting for a Hong Kong based global corporate on its collaboration arrangements with a leading UK university
- Assisting a Chinese company specialising in traditional Chinese medicine with the establishment of a UK entity and with the drafting of collaboration agreements
- Advising and project managing reports to the pharmaceutical industry in China on EU standard compliance
- Advising on joint venture arrangements with Chinese companies
*Member firms of the State Capital Group practise independently and not in a relationship for the joint practice of law.