Foreign Direct Investment in China
Strategic partnership for the challenging Chinese growth market
Our China practice group provides entrepreneurs outside China the unique advantage of a comprehensive, multidisciplinary practice that incorporates knowledge of the Dutch and the Chinese laws and regulations, culture, language and business practices.
Our services:
- Corporate: Company formation, joint venture establishment, cash and in-kind contribution arrangements, acquisition of stakes in Chinese companies, corporate government arrangements & minority shareholder protection, shareholders agreements, financing agreements
- Commercial: Agency, distribution, sales and services contracts
- International consulting and technology cooperation agreements (attribution of profits, Chinese withholding tax, other)
- Employment: Directorship en employment agreements, bonus structures, employee handbook, employment disputes, anti-compete disputes
- IT agreements (including royalty / license fee arrangements and tax implications)
- Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) Compliance
- IP: Trademark filing, IP protection measures, unfair competition
- Real Estate: set-up retail shops, warehouse and distribution center lease agreements, acquisition or lease of land use rights
- Tax: Taxation (incl employee tax and social security), China Dutch Tax Treaty based advice regarding repatriation of profits
- E commerce: Company based or Chinese E-commerce platform web-shops, online business structuring
- Immigration: work permit, residence permit, secondments & salary split arrangements