Practice Highlights
- Multi-disciplinary team with extensive international experience
- Close interaction with other advisors, government officials and business leaders in China and the U.S.
- Strategic alliance with the Xue Law Firm of Shanghai, China
Practice News
- August 11, 2010
Events
- The Penn Club of New YorkFebruary 7, 2012
Publications
- December 6, 2011White and Williams China Business Alert
China Business
The landscape has never been more promising for cross-border transactions between American and Chinese companies. These opportunities, though, come with challenges related to regulatory structures, financing, business formation, human resource requirements and contract negotiation and enforcement. Fortunately, a growing number of professionals with a deep understanding of the rules of the game in both countries are available to help.
For more than a decade, the China Business Group has offered a multi-disciplinary team of lawyers who assist publicly and privately held businesses and private equity firms with comprehensive domestic and international strategic planning. We provide a wide range of services to United States clients doing business in China, as well as China-based clients doing business in the United States. We advise on a broad range of business matters, including:
- U.S. and international business transactions, tax and regulatory compliance
- Preparation of formation documents
- Preparation and negotiation of contracts including joint venture, manufacturing, supply, confidentiality and non-competition agreements
- Tariff and other compliance advice
- Litigation and alternative dispute resolution
We have developed strong relationships with an expanding network of professional advisors in China and throughout the world to help clients pursue business and establish ventures abroad. The firm's strategic alliance with the Xue Law Firm, a ten attorney commercial practice firm based in Shanghai, allows us to better serve our U.S. clients, including publicly and privately held companies and private equity firms, to pursue opportunities in China. And, it provides a venue for serving China-based companies seeking access to the consumer and capital market of the United States.
An Experienced and Involved Team
We regularly participate in, and present to, a number of organizations and conferences, including the annual China Private Equity International Forum (CPEIF) in Tianjin, China, the World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia China Operations Club and the U.S. Patent Trade Organization China Road Show. This enables us to closely interact with other advisors, government officials and business leaders in China and the United States; thus allowing us to assist businesses interested in forming strategic partnerships and pursuing business opportunities in that region.
Gary Biehn has participated in several trade missions to China and is a member of the Mid-Atlantic District Export Council. He was recently appointed to the Board of the World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia. Gary is regularly asked to speak on issues relating to business in China and global transactions generally. His international experience also includes serving as lead counsel in significant international business transactions throughout the world.
Chunsheng “Tony” Lu is fluent in Chinese and is licensed to practice law in China and the United States. Dividing his time between two offices—Philadelphia and Shanghai—Tony is able to represent corporations seeking to do business in China and elsewhere overseas with the drafting and negotiation of international contracts. Tony regularly assists clients with the establishment of joint ventures and wholly owned foreign enterprises, as well as other equity transactions. He has frequently presented at seminars to the World Trade Center China Operations Club and has taken part in many China-related symposia, including the Wharton Global Business Forum and the CPEIF. Recently, he was invited by China's Ministry of Commerce, World Trade Organization Committee to participate in a conference in Beijing on China's first Antitrust Law.
News
- August 11, 2010
- June 10, 2010
- February 1, 2010China Business Law Journal
- November 7, 2009
- September 18, 2008
- May 14, 2007
- March 27, 2007
- Meeting with China Ministry of Information Industry officer in Beijing regarding pending enforcement of the new China RoHS regulations.March 19, 2007
- Meeting with Shanghai Supreme Court and First Appellate Court Judges regarding Hong Kong judgment enforcement in Chinese courts.March 15, 2007
- Meeting with Shanghai Custom, Shanghai Port, and Shanghai Industry and Commerce Bureau officers regarding pending enforcement of the new China RoHS regulations.March 8, 2007
- White and Williams host Christopher To, Secretary General of Hong Kong International Arbitration CenterApril 24, 2006
- March 16, 2006
Events
- The Penn Club of New YorkFebruary 7, 2012
- Going Global Series: Doing Business With Asia (Temple University)November 16, 2011
- China International Private Equity ForumTianjin, ChinaJune 2011
- June 22, 2011
- Private Equity: Facing New Challenges in Investing AsiaWharton Global Business Forum, Philadelphia, PA
- How to Organize, Evaluate and Invest in ChinaFirst China Private Equity International Forum (Tian Jin, China)
- How to Invest and Do Business in the United States: U.S. Stock Markets, IPOs and Reverse MergersJi Nan Development Forum (Ji Nan, China)
- China Road Show: Protecting Your Intellectual Property in China and the Global MarketplaceThe United States Patent and Trademark Office Road Show (Philadelphia, PA)
- China Business: Challenges, Strategies and SuccessesThe Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance and the U.S. Commercial Service (Wilkes-Barre, PA)
- Philadelphia, PASeptember 18, 2010
- China International Private Equity ForumJune 2010
- Union League (Philadelphia, PA)March 11, 2010
- February 18, 2010
- China International Private Equity ForumTianjin, ChinaJune 2009
- Due Diligence and Labor Law Issues in ChinaWorld Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia, China Operations ClubMarch 3, 2009
- China International Private Equity ForumJune 2008
- Current Legal Issues and New DevelopmentsEast Asia Business Symposium on Taiwan and Hong KongApril 2008
- USPTO China RoadJuly 2007
- Global Economic SummitThe Big Talker 1210 AMJune 2007
- China International Private Equity ForumJune 2007
- April 11, 2007
- White and Williams Host World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia CEO's China Operations Club Luncheon Seminar in Human Resources issues in ChinaMay 25, 2006
- May 2, 2006
- April 13, 2006
- World Trade Center's 36th General AssemblyShanghai World Trade CenterSeptember 2005
- Hong Kong Turning China Into OpportunityHong Kong Trade Development CouncilJune 2005
- Exporting to China: Seizing Opportunity and Managing RiskPhiladelphia U.S. Export Assistance CenterMay 2005
- Live from Hong Kong; Strategies for Trade and Investment in ChinaJune 2004
- How to Best Form Partnerships, Joint Ventures and Structure Other Agreements with Chinese NationalsWillow Financial Bank Executive Forum
Publications
- December 6, 2011White and Williams China Business Alert
- November 15, 2011White and Williams China Business News Alert
- Chinese First Antitrust Law to Take Effect in August: Impact on Foreign Investors Who May Engage in Mergers and Acquisitions in China
- China's Controversial Draft Labor Contract Law Promises Changes to the Employment Landscape
- January 2011China Business News Alert
- June 17, 2010
- February 2010
- October 22, 2009
- September 21, 2009White and Williams China Business Alert
- September 9, 2009
- August 27, 2009
- July 17, 2009
- February 9, 2009
- September 24, 2008
- March 26, 2007
- March 23, 2007
- Doing Business in ChinaMarch 2006Smart Business Magazine
Practice Contacts
- Gary Biehn, Chair
215.864.7007 | Email | vCard - Chunsheng Lu, Co-Chair
215.864.7006 | Email | vCard
Lawyers
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- Litigation and Dispute Resolution

