BEIJING OFFICE
Located in Northern China, the Beijing office handles the full range of King & Bond transactional practice, including foreign direct investment, capital markets, venture capital, intellectual property rights, technology licensing and private equity transactions.
The Beijing office is also the focal point for a diverse range of matters including private equity investment, overseas IPOs by Chinese companies & foreign direct investment transactions. King & Bond is also able to handle in-depth tax portfolios, both local and international.
With its location in China's capital, the Beijing office is the natural focus for matters that involve regulatory actions by either the Chinese or foreign governments. On the Chinese side, we assist multinational corporations in obtaining the numerous central government approvals and licenses required to transact business in China.
With an in-depth experience in matters of Intellectual Property Rights, we are able to offer invaluable advice and consultation to Chinese and foreign clients concerned about the future protection of their products, both at home and overseas. Our service is tailor made to ensure a full in-depth consultation is given for patent & trademark registration.
The Beijing office also helps corporations comply with the numerous foreign governments’ directives that apply to their businesses in China, including export controls and other legal issues surrounding trade regulations.
Furthermore King & Bond offices handle many adversarial matters for both Chinese and multinational corporations that arise in the course of investment in and trade with China, including arbitration and mediation, both in China and other jurisdictions and assistance with litigation.
Our lawyers are often asked to advise on litigation strategy or to give advice on particularly complex issues that arise in transnational litigation, such as intellectual property matters, conflict of laws issues and the application and interpretation of international legal agreements, e.g., the various WTO agreements and the Convention on the International Sale of Goods.
King & Bond also assist Chinese companies with legal matters in the United States and Europe. This includes assistance in obtaining listings in capital markets; such as the New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq, London Stock Exchange & Hong Kong Hang Seng. Alternatively our representation covers representing Chinese exporters subject to trade investigations in the United States and Europe.
King & Bond have both Chinese and foreign partners and many highly qualified and skilled associates. Almost all of the office's professionals and support staff are fluent in both Mandarin Chinese and English.
SHANGHAI OFFICE
Situated on China’s eastern seaboard, Shanghai is the economic powerhouse and largest city in China. King & Bond has been ever present in the city since 2004. The main practices of the Shanghai office includes a diverse list of practices, such as; foreign direct investment, mergers & acquisitions, banking & finance, intellectual property rights and dispute resolution.
King & Bond has participated in a large number of disciplines over a wide range of sectors, including real estate, technology, finance, retail, energy, sourcing and logistics.
Our Shanghai team consists of professionals from a wide diversity of backgrounds and expertise. Representing investors both foreign and Chinese who are selling or acquiring assets; compiling detailed and structured legal documents; developing innovative solutions to complex negotiations on foreign direct investment transactions and providing clients with meaningful and comprehensive ideas to their needs is all part of our daily schedule.
The Shanghai team has concluded detailed due diligence and feasibility studies on sophisticated financial and investment transactions, including private equity, venture capital agreements and structured financing.
The Shanghai office, in conjunction with the firm's other offices, also assists Chinese companies that have legal needs in the USA, Europe and other overseas jurisdictions through our network of affiliates and sister organisations. This includes securities offerings and listings in the US/EU and Hong Kong capital markets & acquisitions of overseas companies.Our Shanghai office has ten resident partners with a combined experience of nearly seventy years in China. We also have many other professionals who are graduates of the best Chinese law schools and nearly all of the Shanghai office's legal professionals and support staff are fluent in both Mandarin Chinese and English.