China Transaction Due Diligence My law firm’s international lawyers do a significant amount of transactional work, which we call “happy law.” It’s generally happy because the buyer and seller largely know what they want from the other side, and they have already agreed in principle on what the deal will look like. Both sides bring
Small Debts Owed by China Manufacturers For over a decade, our China dispute lawyers have consistently received inquiries from companies that have paid between $3000 and $100,000 for product from a Chinese manufacturer and received either nothing in return or product that clearly is not up to snuff. These days, we are getting one or
United States Antidumping Cases Companies importing products into the United States from China may be unfamiliar with terms such as “non-market economy (NME),” “respondent,” and “surrogate values.” However, this quickly changes when such companies’ imported goods are subject to a U.S. antidumping proceeding. U.S. antidumping or “AD” cases are complex. This is especially true for
What are INCOTERMS, and How Important are They in International Contracts? As lawyers, we spend a lot of time fielding good, bad, weird, interesting, deep, superficial, and all types of other questions from people. We’re generally expected to be oracle-level wizards, a lot like people are treating AI now. In this series, we’ll share some
I just learned that Alvin Y.H. Cheung has died, at the far too young age of 38. Who was Alvin Cheung, and why, after nearly 20 years of this blog, is he the first person to receive a memorial here? Alvin Cheung was a true scholar. By this, I mean he was the sort of
Last week I had a Zoom call with a long-time, no nonsense, client regarding an ongoing matter. As we were wrapping up the meeting, he mentioned his company was looking to start moving the manufacturing of some of its products from China to Vietnam or Thailand, and he wanted me to tell him what his
IP Strategies for the China Plus One Era I recently had a discussion with several of my law firm’s international lawyers about how so many of our clients are expanding their manufacturing operations or product sourcing beyond China. These clients now have an “international” strategy in which China is just one component, or in some
Are Contracts Really Enforceable in China? As lawyers, we spend a lot of time fielding good, bad, weird, interesting, deep, superficial, and all types of other questions from people. We’re generally expected to be oracle-level wizards, a lot like people are treating AI now. In this series, we’ll share some of these questions that people
The Critical Role of Dispute Resolution Clauses Last week, I published an in-depth post on international dispute resolution clauses. See A Guide to Dispute Resolution Clauses in International Contracts. The unexpected volume of emails I received from that wonky post — more than I’ve gotten to a post in months — highlights both how critical
Should I Visit My China Suppliers? As lawyers, we spend a lot of time fielding good, bad, weird, interesting, deep, superficial, and all types of other questions from people. We’re generally expected to be oracle-level wizards, a lot like people are treating AI now. In this series, we’ll share some of these questions that people
