Whether you are looking for legal advice when, as a French client, you are dealing with a Chinese company or investing in China or, as a Chinese company, you need legal assistance under French/EU/Africa laws, our China desk is thrilled to support you in achieving your legal and strategic business goals.

Our China desk has a broad range of legal expertise and is supported by all our specialized departments (and Chinese best friends as needed for your investments in China) thus covering all legal areas that your project requires to be covered including:

• Mergers & Acquisitions, joint-ventures, partnerships, distressed M&A,
• Negotiation and drafting of contracts,
• Regulatory (foreign investments, antitrust, foreign subsidies, etc),
• Intellectual Property (patents, trademarks, etc.),
• Labour,
• Real Estate,
• Restructuring,
• Banking & Finance,
• Litigation & Arbitration,

We have a deep understanding and knowledge of various sectors of activities including among others automotive, energy, natural resources, healthcare, life sciences, retail, technology, media, telecoms, real estate, infrastructure, and defence.

Our China desk has proved to be a heavy weight partner for our clients, with respect to French foreign investment regulations, M&A, partnerships, greenfield projects and other business transactions. We also have successfully assisted our Chinese clients in complex contentious and restructuring/insolvency matters. Furthermore, we have a great deal of experience in providing legal opinions and carrying out due diligence on French subsidiaries of our Chinese listed clients.

Last but not least, taking into account sociocultural and regulatory considerations which are key in a French-Chinese transactional environment, we provide customised high-end quality services in a cost-efficient, pragmatic, innovative and business minded manner.

Please click on any of the following links for more details on our practice areas.