Recently I sat in a presentation with some executives who were sharing best practices for tech companies when dealing with China and the world generally. These were companies that had great success at home and abroad but not surprisingly found China a more difficult market to tackle. Here are some of their tips, along with
My goal with this talk was never to explain the laws in various countries so that they could handle all of their clients’ foreign legal matters. More than anything, my goal was to get the lawyers in the audience to (with apologies to Apple and to grammarians everywhere) think different. I wanted to get the lawyers in the room (and I mean this literally, these talks being pre-COVID) uncomfortable about representing companies on foreign legal matters. I wanted their discomfort to get them not to lazily assume things.
China WFOE Closures Are Increasing China WFOE closures/shutdowns are rising due to China’s economic slowdown, its deteriorating relations with the rest of the world, and the difficulty and risks of sending people to China. There is an old saying about how lawyers do well in good times and in bad times, just not in times
The best time for implementing a set of China employer rules and regulations is when your China entity is being formed and you start recruiting employees. This allows you to have your first group of hires sign off on your employer rules and regulations and ensures you are fully covered. Our China employment attorneys recommend a yearly audit of every China company’s employment documents (including their rules and regulations) to ensure they are up to date with all legal and company and employee changes.
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The contracts Chinese companies provide to their foreign counter-parties are typically terrible because the Chinese company wants them to be terrible.
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Many of our lawyers and staff attended international schools or are sons or daughters of teachers or professors. I spent my junior year of high school at Robert College in Istanbul, a year studying Spanish at LAE Madrid and Taronja Spanish School in Valencia, Spain (both are excellent, BTW) and 8 months studying French at the
