PRACTICE AREAS

Corporate & Commercial

In this area, Henry Zhuang & Partners is able to provide the following services to the clients:

• establishment of domestic companies and enterprises, Sino-foreign equity joint ventures and cooperative joint ventures, wholly foreign-owned subsidiaries and branches, or setting up of representative offices;
  
  
• merger and acquisition of companies;
  
  
• division of companies;
  
  
• contracting by foreign contractors in China for construction and installation projects, or for management and operation of hotels or other companies;
  
  
• increase and reduction of company's registered capital;
  
  
• alteration or restructuring of form of companies;
  
  
• share transfer, restructuring, pledge and other alteration;
  
  
• winding-up, liquidation of companies;
  
  
• franchising, technology transfer or licensing, technical assistance;
  
  
• export and import trade, agency and distributorship;
  
  
• compensation trade, barter trade, processing supplied materials, and assembling supplied components;
  
  
• drafting in Chinese and English various related contracts and agreements, including but not limited to:
  
  
  • Sino-foreign equity joint venture contracts, cooperative joint venture contracts, shareholders' agreements, share transfer agreements;
    
    
  • acquisition agreements, merger agreements, division agreements, dissolution agreements;
    
    
  • shareholder's loan agreements;
    
    
  • franchise agreements; technology transfer agreements, trademark transfer agreements, licensing agreements and technical assistance agreements;
    
    
  • equipment export (import) contracts, commodity sale & purchase contracts;
    
    
  • construction and renovation contracts, design agreements, project management agreements;
    
    
  • hotel management agreements;
    
    
  • compensation trade agreements, barter trade agreements, contracts in respect of processing of supplied materials, assembling of supplied components;
    
    
  • agency agreements, distributorship agreements, consultancy agreements, and commission agreements.

   

Banking & Finance

In this area, in respect of commercial banking facilities, international syndicated facilities, project finance and financial leasing projects, Henry Zhuang & Partners is able to provide legal services as follows:

• assisting clients in negotiation, giving advice on project structure;
  
  
• drafting in Chinese and English various loan facility documents, including facility agreements, syndicated loan agreements, financial leasing agreements, etc.;
  
  
• drafting in Chinese and English various banking security documents, including various letter of guarantees, mortgage contracts, pledge contracts, assignments, etc.;
  
  
• carrying out related registrations and filings for various loan projects, such as foreign debt registrations, external security registrations, mortgage registrations, pledge registrations, etc.;
  
  
• handling various loan project restructuring;
  
  
• issuance of legal opinions in Chinese and English.

Conveyancing & Property

In this area, Henry Zhuang & Partners is able to provide clients with legal services in the following respects:

• giving advice on real estate development, including land development, housing property development, industrial park development, hotel and resort development, etc.;
  
  
• setting up of real estate development companies;
  
  
• obtaining of land use right for related real estate development;
  
  
• obtaining of various licenses and permits for related real estate development;
  
  
• design, project management of property development projects, contracting or sub-contracting related building and construction projects;
  
  
• construction project financing;
  
  
• property pre-sale;
  
  
• property sale and purchase, title transfer;
  
  
• end user financing;
  
  
• property pre-lease and lease;
  
  
• property mortgage;
  
  
• property management; and
  
  
• other real estate development and conveyancing matters.

Taxation

In this area, Henry Zhuang & Partners provides following services:

• giving advice on company tax planning;
  
  
• giving advice on tax planning in respect of share acquisition, transfer, merger, division, dissolutions, liquidation of companies;
  
  
• giving advice on personal tax planning;
  
  
• giving advice on other taxation matters.

Litigation & Arbitration

In this area, Henry Zhuang & Partners provides the following legal services:

• litigation and arbitration in respect of various corporate & commercial disputes;
  
  
• litigation and arbitration in respect of various banking and financial disputes;
  
  
• litigation and arbitration in respect of various property and conveyancing disputes;
  
  
• litigation and arbitration in respect of various contract disputes;
  
  
• lawsuit and litigation in respect of various infringements;
  
  
• applying for recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral award in China.