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With a strong presence in

New York, U.S. and Tianjin,

China, we have the 

international legal team 

and extensive capabilities to provide personalized service wherever our clients' needs take us.



 

  • Corporate and Mergers

    We represented Shanghai Bao Steel Group American Branch of the largest steel factory in China for routine legal service. Legal support to handle case of steel import trade dispute, imported steel financing, bidding for airport construction. In anti-dumping case, represented Shanghai Bao Steel Group American Branch to negotiate with American government. In 1999, help Shanghai Bao Steel Group American Branch to collect loan of 8 million dollars from a Canadian company, and solved all kinds of business risks successfully during negotiation process with the Canadian company, pushed the other side to complete the legal procedure of debt redemption, dissolved the crisis of huge debt faced by Bao Steel Group.

    Long-term counsel for Waitex Group. Waitex is the largest leading enterprise in Asia, one of top ten Asian enterprises in America. Represented Waitex to handle all kinds of international investment, financing negotiation, assisted to solve some business disputes, help draw up some kinds of corporate clauses and agreements. In current stage, assisting Waitex International Group to build up world top level outlets project of 5 hundred million dollars in Wu Qing Area, Tianjin.

    During the period of China ranked first high technology & science area —Shang Hai Zhang Jiang High Technology & Science Area General Company setting up Representative Office in New York, America, represented it to purchase office building successfully near Imperial Building in Manhattan,  New York; then assisted it to represent many Chinese high technology & science companies to merge, cooperate with American companies for technical transfer, enterprises decoration and initial public offering in America.

  • Banking & Finance

    We  represented over ten banks and financial institutes of Merrill Lynch, JPMORGAN, HSBC, China Bank of Communications, Bank of China, CITIC Ka Wah Bank, Bank of East Asia, United Overseas Bank, Cathay Bank, United Bank, etc. to handle large amount loan projects and important lawsuits about business loan, legal services of investigation and evidence collection from some banks with government authorities. Included, represented China Bank of Communications to negotiate with Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to exempt from a huge amount of fine and complete credit promoting. Assisted many China banks to participate in investing American Companies of Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan & Chase, Morgan Stanley, Atlantic City Electric Company, Philip Morris Companies, Inc., Time Warner Cable Inc., etc. for a combined loan case of hundred million dollars. Represented many banks to handle business, project and credit loan cases for over billion dollars. In 1999, represented the California based Cathay Bank, when Federal Reserve Bank announced its sudden decision to close Golden City Bank within a week and the Bank was in an urgent need of a “successor”. Successfully winning the bid among forty bank bidders, taking over Golden City Bank at a thunder speed, and enabling the Bank to open for business right the next day, which avoided serious social and financial crisis and a possible “thousands of deposits bank run”. The quick move saved local community from social crisis and bank run, received praises from U.S. Federal Reserve Bank and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC). In 2007, represented Cathay Bank again to acquire Guan Dong Bank successfully with capital of 2 hundred million. During the period of international financial storm in 2008, cooperated with U.S. Federal Deposit & Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to force United Commercial Bank officially to close down and merger case with East West Bank.

  • Property Investment

    We represented Hai Nan Airline to purchase Business Airplane of Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin Airplane Company, to conduct aircraft registration in U.S. Federal Aviation Commission, do legal service and financing loan for purchasing aviation apparatus and parts; Represented its affiliate, Hai Nan America Company to litigate with American General Corporate for trade dispute of aircraft engine.

  • IPO

    For cases of initial public offering (IPO), cooperated with American mainstream lawyers to be responsible specially for risk and legal business with China. Represented securities dealers, investment dealers and Chinese companies to handle relevant merger, financing, IPO in oversea markets for many times. In 2008, represented American part successfully to acquire 6 Chinese companies, completed IPO procedure in Nasdaq Stock Exchange. Included Acquisition Case of Henan Ge Rui Steel Company, the first successful case after financial storm when Securities Exchange Act was revised strictly.

  • Dispute Resolution

    Our law firm is experienced and has advantage to dispose complex, large scale lawsuit case. In 2007, represented a Chinese company to litigate with American Microsoft Company for sales contract dispute. Among 5 Microsoft sales agents, this company was the only one with Chinese background, and annual turnover 2.5 hundred million dollars. As limited by Microsoft contract terms (If Microsoft contracts were in default, any litigation about terms dispute shall proceed in local Washington State), under the double pressure of politics and business, our law firm finally won the lawsuit of contract explanation part in Washington State Court.


  • Intellectual Property

    Handled many famous trademark, copyright cases, as the only Asian law firm to represent trademark right dispute cases. Once represented “Laffaytte 148”, “SHANGHAITAN”, “Tai Sheng”, “ Jian Li Bao” , “Victoria” cruise etc., won all litigation of the above cases, and won 7300 thousand dollars in the case of “Victoria” cruise; in cases of trademark registration, once represented some famous media, companies of “World Journal”, “China News” “ The China Press”, “ Sino Vision”, “Jian Li Bao”, “ Victoria”, “Laffaytte 148” etc. to apply for U.S. registered trademark successfully.

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