Practices

Practices

Intellectual Property (Trade Secrets, Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights) Non-litigation

• Diagnosis and design of management systems for trade secrets, patents, trademarks, and copyrights.

• Negotiation and drafting of licenses/transfers of trade secrets, patents, trademarks, and copyrights.

• Counseling on other legal issues related to trade secrets, patents, trademarks, and copyrights.

Intellectual Property Litigation

Representation in civil, criminal, and administrative cases related to trade secrets, patents, trademarks, copyrights, and franchising, mainly including:

• Investigation and collection of evidence on infringers, facts of infringement, illegal proceeds, etc.

• Formulation and arrangement of litigation strategy (including legal argumentation and expert argumentation, etc., if necessary).

• Sending warning letters and attorney’s letters.

• Applying for pre-litigation or litigation evidence preservation, property preservation, injunction, etc. on behalf of the applicant.

• Prosecuting, responding to lawsuits, appealing, and applying for retrial on behalf of clients.

Intellectual Property Related Unfair Competition

• Representation in unfair competition lawsuits related to counterfeiting of registered trademarks, or counterfeiting of names, packages, and decorations of well-known commodities.

• Representation in unfair competition related to false publicity.

• Representation on unfair competition related to restriction of competition and overcharging of fees.

Franchising

• Designing and revising franchise-related contracts and management rules and systems.

• Representing franchised enterprises in filing with the commerce department.

• Counseling on other legal issues related to franchising.

Personalized intellectual property training for clients

Diagnosis and design of labor and personnel regulations

• Mainly include: labor contract, collective contract, training agreement, confidentiality agreement, non-competition agreement, labor dispatch agreement, employee handbook, employee equity incentive plan, compensation and benefit plan, layoff plan, production safety system, etc.

Consultation on labor and personnel related issues

• Any legal issues related to labor and personnel, including but not limited to: social insurance, work-related injuries and occupational diseases; female employees’ “three periods”; foreign workers in China, employment issues; trade unions, staff congresses and so on.

Emergency Response

• Provide solutions for emergencies such as work stoppages and slowdowns, as well as potential mass labor disputes and conflicts, and assist companies in implementing the solutions.

• Provide advice to enterprises to deal with senior employees’ illegal and criminal, compliance/anti-corruption and other cases, and assist enterprises to investigate and collect evidence and deal with the corresponding employees and/or pursue their legal liabilities, etc.

Representation in labor and employment related arbitration and litigation cases

Personalized labor and employment training for clients

Investigation and analysis of specific industry access

Evaluation of potential partners

Design and revision of investment and M&A programs

Legal due diligence

Participation in relevant negotiations (including with business partners or local governments)

Foreign investment/retreat related legal counseling

• Foreign exchange, customs and tax related counseling.

• Advice on establishment, change, reorganization, merger and acquisition, dissolution and liquidation.

Foreign investment/withdrawal related procedures

• Wholly-owned subsidiaries, representative offices, Sino-foreign equity joint ventures, Sino-foreign cooperative joint ventures, regional headquarters of multinational corporations, and foreign-invested/holding companies.

• Establishment, modification, reorganization, dissolution and liquidation of various types of enterprises, application, modification and cancellation of special industry qualifications.

Legal Investigations

• Investigation of compliance-related laws, regulations, policies, enforcement/judicial rules on anti-commercial bribery, anti-monopoly, unfair competition, etc. in China.

Diagnosis and design of corporate compliance system, as well as regular review and update services

• Diagnosis and design of corporate compliance system mainly refers to systematic construction services including compliance policies (e.g. anti-bribery rules for sales, anti-monopoly rules for M&A, etc.) and compliance guidelines.

• Formulation of compliance audit mechanism, procedures and itemized audit evaluation, as well as updating of compliance-related documents.

Customized compliance training

• Investigating the background of the negotiating party and the background information of the deal

• Participate in designing and optimizing negotiation strategies

• Participate in business negotiations

• Drafting and revising relevant documents

• Assisting in relevant procedures

Provide targeted annual legal counseling services for different industries and types of enterprises。