Practice Overview
Guangming Law Firm is committed to providing support for Chinese enterprises as they venture overseas. Our cross-border investment team specializes in offering comprehensive cross-border legal services to both corporate and individual clients, covering areas such as corporate cross-border investment, individual cross-border investment, trademark and patent cross-border registration, and other cross-border investment matters. The team comprises a group of professional lawyers with extensive international legal experience and cross-cultural communication skills. It brings together experts in various fields such as cross-border investment and financing, and international commercial dispute resolution. We are proficient in multiple languages including English, German, Korean, Japanese, Russian, and French, enabling us to provide clients with full-process legal services across multiple regions and legal jurisdictions. Furthermore, we have established long-term and stable partnerships with several internationally renowned law firms, aiming to assist our clients in smoothly conducting business activities globally, ensuring their operations are legal, compliant, and successful.
Southeast Asia Hub: Malaysia Office, Singapore Office, Vietnam Office. Our business covers major economies in ASEAN, focusing on investment, trade, and dispute resolution matters in Southeast Asia.
Central Asia Hub: Kazakhstan Office. Our business covers key nodes of the Belt and Road Initiative, and our team brings together legal experts in the fields of energy and infrastructure.
Middle East Hub: Dubai Office. Covering the Middle East region, with a focus on the Dubai Financial Free Zone and the financing business of large PIF projects in Saudi Arabia.
Africa Hub: Morocco Office, Tanzania Office, Botswana Office. We have deep roots in the African market and primarily provide legal services in investment access, mining and energy, engineering contracting, and other related areas.
Latin America Hub: Offices in Bolivia and Mexico. Serving as a key gateway to the Latin American market, we specialize in corporate mergers and acquisitions, energy, and international trade.
Greater China: Hong Kong Office. Serving as a bridge connecting the mainland with the international market, it is a regional hub for capital markets and cross-border dispute resolution.
Service Scope
Business related to cross-border investment of enterprises
We assist enterprises in establishing overseas branches, subsidiaries, or joint ventures, and provide business support such as mergers and acquisitions, strategic cooperation, and alliances. Our services include but are not limited to legal due diligence, investment structure design, contract drafting and negotiation, and compliance consulting.
Representative Matters
Legal services regarding company establishment, taxation, labor and employment matters for countries along the Belt and Road Initiative
Special equity cooperation legal services for GO(AUSTRALIA) INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD and 5 STEEL POWER INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD
Advising a French enterprise on establishing Lis International Freight Forwarding (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and applying for NVOCC qualification in China
Advising a Korean enterprise on establishing Shizhong International Freight Forwarding (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and applying for NVOCC qualification in China
Greenfield investment project in Saudi Arabia for a leading photovoltaic component manufacturer based in Jiangsu
Investment project for a China-Africa used car trading platform by a leading Shanghai automobile trading enterprise
Overseas factory investment project in Morocco for a leading automobile manufacturer based in Hubei
Providing full legal services for multiple large domestic enterprises on overseas company registration, local policy compliance and labor management in Southeast Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East
Cross-border M&A services for domestic enterprises invested by foreign companies
Acquisition of a Shanghai technology company by the largest listed game corporation in South Korea
Market entry legal consulting services for a famous Korean skincare brand entering the Chinese market
Merger by absorption project between Shanghai Daehan Shipping Agency Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Hankook Tire Transportation Co., Ltd.
Overseas M&A legal services for multiple domestic investment enterprises
Acquisition of a Korean cosmetics corporation by a Taiwanese wholly-owned subsidiary
Legal services for Chinese enterprises’ acquisition of Korean cosmetics companies
Acquisition of overseas power station assets in Spain by a listed photovoltaic components enterprise in Shanghai
Overseas acquisition project of an Australian target company by a large-scale steel manufacturer in Jiangsu
International trade contract dispute resolution
Arbitration case between Grand Nord International (France) and Yantai Fuxing Food Co., Ltd. (CIETAC)
Cross-border arbitration case for a Vietnamese industrial enterprise
Sales contract dispute between COMFLEEPLATEX INTERNATIONAL (THAILAND) LIMITED and Tiffany Furniture Company
International engineering and construction legal services
Construction dispute between Mawbin United Development Co., Ltd. (Myanmar) and Huidong International Engineering Company
Photovoltaic power station construction project for local mining enterprises in Guinea undertaken by a Jiangsu group company
Saudi Arabia Jizan PTA EPC project undertaken by Sinopec Nanjing Engineering Co., Ltd.
Bridge construction project in Botswana, Southern Africa for a central state-owned enterprise
Power transmission and distribution network government cooperation project in Botswana for a central state-owned enterprise
Equity acquisition project of a mining company in Botswana, Southern Africa for a central state-owned enterprise
Construction claim dispute arising from large-scale government engineering projects in South Africa
Multiple independent guarantee payment termination disputes concerning overseas engineering projects for central state-owned enterprises
