Profile | 简介

Posted by Wang, Yi on February 12, 2020

We’re US and China qualified international trade and business counsels, and we focus on international trade, anti-corruption compliance, trade/investment control, customs matters, with significant experience in M&As in regulated industrial sectors, especially in significant joint ventures with SOEs, venture capital investments, and high-techs in their earliest stage of developments, especially those concerning US dual-use export control.

我们是中国和美国国际贸易与商业法律顾问，我们专注于国际贸易、反贿赂合规、贸易/投资管制、关税事宜，并在受监管的行业拥有显著的并购经验，尤其是与国有企业的主要合资项目、创业投资、以及高科技企业在初始/孵化阶段的企业发展，尤其是美国两用物项出口管制所涉及的领域。

We actively counsel clients at the intersection between international businesses and international trade compliance.  We have represented clients in various equity/debt transactions from early stage investment to those triggering regulatory clearance.  We have served as defense counsel in international trade and FCPA proceedings for both corporates and individuals, mainly concerning financial/accounting fraud, export control violations and national security clearance.  We also serve as country expert to international institutions to identify and advocate removal of market barriers under international trade & investment regimes.

我们积极地服务客户应对处于国际贸易管制与跨境商业交易交叉领域的挑战。我们代表了战略投资者和财务投资者筹划、架构、起草、谈判及执行各种股权/债权投资，从早期投资到触及贸易投资管制的复杂交易。我们为公司和高管在国际贸易和美国反海外贿赂法（FCPA）程序维护正当权益，焦点主要涉及财务/帐务虚假、出口管制违法以及国家安全审查等系争事宜。我们还作为国际组织的当地专家小组成员，识别并倡导消除国际贸易与投资条约视野下的市场壁垒。

With respect to M&A transactions and private equity transactions, we concentrate on the due diligence, contract negotiations, deal structuring, deal execution for our outstanding clients.  On the basis of our experience in traditional M&A/corporate financing transactions, our significant deals with social impact include 20 billion strategic cooperation agreement between SABIC and Sinopec with ESG compliance as an important element, as well as early stage investments by venture capital funds, and high-tech companies in their earliest stage of developments.

在并购与私募股权交易领域，我们聚焦于为杰出客户之利益的尽调、合同谈判、交易架构、交易执行。在传统并购/投融资经验的基础上，我们支持的有影响力的交易，既有沙特基础工业公司与中国石化200亿美元战略合作（拥有显著的环境、社会与治理元素），也包括风险投资基金早期投资项目以及高科技企业早期阶段的融资与运作。

With respect to compliance and enforcement, we have advised multinationals and their executives in the areas of anti-bribery, anti-money laundry, export control and economic sanctions, trade regulation, and national security review on foreign investment.  Recently we defended and co-counseled senior executives in FCPA proceedings and settled with Security Exchange Commission (SEC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) in US (with the first deferred prosecution agreement with an individual in SEC’s enforcement history) and then further defended the client in parallel domestic proceedings.

在合规与执行领域，我们为跨国公司及其高管处理反商业贿赂、反洗钱、出口管制与经济制裁、贸易规制、外资国家安全审查领域拥有专业的经验；近期我们代表某高科技企业高管与美国证监会（SEC）达成SEC首个与个人的和解协议以及与该调查并行的国内行政程序。我们为客户设计并执行合规与诚信政策，识别、调查并制止了在全球供应链、采购管理以及资金流等方面的合规薄弱问题，对涉嫌反贿赂违规行为和欺诈行为进行内部调查，并在销售/营销、全球供应链、客户款待以及合资/并购项目中的融入有针对性的KYC（了解客户）以及尽职调查。

With respect to international trade compliance, we have co-designed, materialized and regularized trade compliance programs from anti-dumping duty mitigation, sanctions/export controls, to import/export processes, particularly export license applications and execution with respect to dual use items in multiple factories site and at corporate level, deemed export license requirements and compliance for R&D employees, and applicability of exception requirements.  We advise clients on product and technology classifications concerning potentially sensitive products in industrial sectors in connection with JVs and China-outbound activities.

在国际贸易合规方面，我们为客户设计、改进、实质化并规范化贸易合规体系，从避免倾销管控机制、经济制裁/出口管制、进出口及海关，到涉及多个工厂与研发部门的出口许可证、针对涉及两用物项的人员与资产的合规管理，以及视为出口情形的合规要求及其例外等等。我们为客户提供与合资企业与海外投资活动相关的潜在敏感工业产品和技术分类建议。

With respect to trade policy and national security review,  we have advised clients to utilize international trade and investment rules to structure and execute business models to achieve business/strategic outcomes and remove trade and investment barriers.  We conduct trade-specific trade due diligence reviews and provided export control compliance advice to Firm clients in cross-border mergers and acquisitions or joint ventures, including customs & trade remedy duties, export embargoes / sanctions, and national security screening reviews (including CFIUS).  We have advised an international institution on public procurement initiative, a multi-year initiative to assess public procurement rules, practices and barriers to European companies and develop a thorough, systematic methodology toward evidence-based policy making to liberalize trade under WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA).

在贸易政策与投资国安审查方面，我们协助客户充分运用国际贸易和投资规则来架构、调整和执行相应的商业模式，以实现不同的商业/战略目标，同时旨在排除相关贸易和投资壁垒。我们为客户实现针对贸易的侧重于贸易管制的尽职调查，并在跨境并购或合资企业中，为客户提供出口管制合规建议，包括海关和贸易救济、出口管制/经济制裁，以及和国家安全检查审查（包括 CFIUS）。 我们为某国际机构就公共采购倡议提供专业顾问，旨在评估欧洲企业在参与政府采购涉及的规则、惯例和贸易壁垒，并根据世贸组织《政府采购协定》（GPA）推动贸易自由化。