Overseas Counsel & Advisers

Grounded China-law analysis, fact development and procedural coordination for overseas lawyers and professional advisers whose clients have matters in Shenzhen, Dongguan or Huizhou.

A local professional interface

Overseas counsel may need more than a general memorandum on Chinese law. The immediate task may be to understand local documents, identify the correct entity, establish what occurred, preserve evidence, communicate with a counterparty or coordinate a Chinese proceeding. The scope can be limited to the specific local work required.

Possible areas of cooperation

• Preliminary Chinese-law analysis and issue identification.
• Reviewing Chinese-language contracts, correspondence and corporate materials.
• Local fact-finding and document coordination.
• Evidence preservation, demand and negotiation support.
• Coordination of litigation, arbitration, preservation and enforcement.
• Communication with clients, counterparties and relevant local professionals.

Working arrangements

The engagement should identify the instructing party, ultimate client, jurisdictions involved, reporting line, confidentiality requirements, conflicts and whether direct client communication is authorised. Chinese-law work is provided through the relevant formal engagement; foreign-law questions remain with appropriately qualified counsel.