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CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL LAW
LIFANG¡¯ general corporate and commercial practice is able to provide clients with quality legal advice and business solutions covering the whole range of corporate and commercial activities. We have a group of experienced lawyers who are able to advise businesses on the legal framework in which they operate in and on the latest developments in Chinese business and corporate regulations. LIFANG¡¯s corporate attorneys are experienced in most key industry sectors, including computer products and peripherals, semiconductors, software, life sciences, information technology, telecommunications, media, financial, insurance, real estate and energy.
The services we offer include:
Corporate
Company establishment and structuring
The permitted scope of corporate activities
Corporate governance
Legal liabilities (corporate, shareholder, director, employee)
Corporate financing
Employment and social security
Corporate and individual tax
Intellectual property protection
Insolvency, liquidation and dissolution
Mergers and acquisitions
Corporate due diligence
Anti-trust matters
Commercial
Advising on the regulatory scope of commercial activities and specific business sectors
The provision of legal opinions
General contractual drafting and review (technology transfer contracts, licensing agreements, lease contracts, distribution contracts, etc.)
Assisting in commercial negotiations
Advising on the legal liabilities arising from commercial transactions
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Information Industry
LiFang & Partners is the counselor of some governmental authorities such as Department of High and New Technology Development and Industrialization of Ministry of Science and Technology, Software and Integrated Circuit Promotion Center of Ministry of Information Industry, etc. We assist relevant governmental authorities to formulate industry policy. We have established close contact with China Software Industry Association and China Software Alliance. We are also founding member of China Silicon Intellectual Property Industry Strategy Alliance.
Based on our substantial professional knowledge and industry experience, we provide long term legal services to numerous well-known multinational and domestic IT hardware, software & service companies, including EPSON, Trend Micro, VIA Technology, UFIDA, Synopsys, SurfControl Network, Harbor Network, ISTIC, CNC, BAK, Wanfang Data, CNCBB, Topsoft, Tornado Tech, VenusTech, OURGAME, Union Friend Network, XinNet, CellStar, HAN Consulting, Fractalist, etc.
Medicine Industry
LiFang & Partners has been serving as the medicine administration protection counselor for the former State Food and Drug Administration, where LiFang & Partners handled numerous medicine administration protection cases of foreign pharmaceutical companies in China and contributed to the establishment and development of medicine administration protection in China. In 2005, as the expert in medicine IPR, LiFang & Partners participated in the ¡°Medicine Area IPR Study¡±, which is one of the state IPR strategy study projects.
Based on our professional knowledge and industry experience, we provide high-quality legal services to well-known international and domestic pharmaceutical company, such as ROCHE, OTSUKA, China Nonprescription Medicines Association, Huake Medicine IPR Consulting Center, Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical Co Ltd., Guangxi Yuanantang Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, Beijing Wantefu Medical Apparatus Co Ltd. Guizhou Kangna Pharmaceutical Co Ltd.
Chemical Industry
Our firm has substantial experience in industry policy, chemical products IPR protection and WTO rules for chemical trade. We have established close contact with governmental authorities such as National Development and Reform Commission, State Administration of Work Safety and Petroleum and China Petroleum & Chemical Industry Association.
Retained by several multinational chemical corporations to advise on the legal and administrative means to protect their patented products and processes including DuPont, American Cyanamid Company, ISAGRRD Chemicals (Italy) Sumitomo Chemicals, Dainippon Ink, Chemicals Incorporated, and Rhodia Chimie S.A.S.
Culture and Publication
Based upon the comprehensive knowledge and experience, we have provided legal services for Motion Picture Association of America, Sony Music Asia, EPSN, China National Publications Import & Export Corporation, Tour-Satellite Channel Co. Ltd., Beijing Wuxianyineng Media Co. Ltd., Medoct JingWen Media Holding Group, Foreign Teaching and Researching Press, Science and Technical Documents Publishing House, Hubei Education Press, Jeboo Science and Technology Co. Ltd.
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