Taylor Wessing

Company profile

With our China offices in Shanghai (since 1996), Beijing (since 2008) and Hong Kong (since 2016), we are one of the leading international full-service law firms in China. Our Sino-foreign experienced lawyers based in China and Germany render a full range of commercial oriented legal services by a team easily reached in each time zone.

Advantages

Advising on the full range of legal matters, we are best-known for our corporate/M&A, intellectual property, data protection, commercial, employment and real estate work. Our clients are from a variety of industries and include multi-national corporations and medium-sized companies as well as Chinese state-owned enterprises and investment firms. With our sector-specific expertise and approach we are in the position to embrace all legal and strategic aspects of our clients’ business ventures in the most dynamic industries. 

Services Information

  • Corporate / M&A 

Corporate and Corporate Finance 
Mergers and acquisitions 
Setting up representative offices, branches and business units 
Joint ventures 
IPOs 

  • Commercial Contracts & Dispute Resolution 

Drafting of general business terms and standard contract 
Drafting and negotiating the full range of complex commercial (B2B) contracts as well as consumer (B2C) contracts 
All types of commercial litigation and arbitration 

  • Data Protection & cyber / IT 

Data protection regulatory 
Cyber security & data breaches 
Data exports 
Privacy agreements & Transactions 
Outsourcing IT Management & Cloud Computing 

  • Employment 

Staff employment and dismissal 
Restructurings, outsourcings 
Labour dispute 
Immigration & Mobility 

  • Intellectual Property  

Patents, copyright, trademarks, confidential information and data protection 
Licensing  
Enforcement and defence of IP rights 

  • Compliance 

Compliance legal audit 
Compliance check / dawn raid / compliance DD 
Compliance review 
Business partner due diligence 
Compliance Management Systems & Standards 

  • Real Estate 

Advising on the acquisition of land use rights for all kinds of use (commercial, industrial, residential) 
Procurement of construction services for major industrial projects 

  • Competition, EU & Trade 

Competition law 
International trade law (export and trade) 

Business Partner

  • Automotive & Mobility 
  • Technology, Media & Communications 
  • Life Sciences & Healthcare 
  • Machinery  
  • Manufacturing & industrials 
  • Infrastructure & Energy  
  • Consumer & Retail 
  • Cleantech 
  • Logistics & transport 
  • Chemicals