China Factory Scams
China factory scams are rising. These are the three most common China factory scams.
Dan Harris Testimony Before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
U.S. and China are decoupling. Get used to it and start acting accordingly.
Reviewing China Contracts
The contracts Chinese companies provide to their foreign counter-parties are typically terrible because the Chinese company wants them to be terrible.
China LOI and MOU: Don’t Let Them Happen to You
At least once a month, an American or sometimes a British company will come to one of our China attorneys after having spent considerable time negotiating a complex transaction with a Chinese company. They then show us a Letter of Intent (LOI) or a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that sets out in great detail the
China Contracts That Work: Get the Company Chop Right
Avoid China contract problems with the proper company chop or seal.
How Do I Decide Which Type of Foreign Entity to Use When Taking My Company Overseas?
In two recent posts, How To Succeed When Taking Your Company Overseas and Do I Always Need to Form a Company in a Foreign Country?, I discussed some common issues companies need to wrestle with when deciding whether and how to take their company overseas. Among those are the pitfalls of having a foreign entity
Splitting Salaries of Non-Chinese Employees: The Legal and Tax Issues
Our China lawyers are often asked whether it is legal to pay non-Chinese employees from both their China WFOE and from a company outside China (usually their home country parent company). The answer is an easy yes, but the tax issues that arise from doing so are where things get really difficult and why we