Shanghai

Experience and stability

The Shanghai office is staffed by 2 partners who have built up significant experience throughout China over almost 20 years.

Under the supervision of the latter, a team of a dozen Asian and European associates and lawyers is able to intervene in all areas of business law in China. An ” Asia Desk” in Paris completes this geographical coverage.

A bicultural team, a long-standing professional practice rooted in knowledge and mastery of Chinese constraints, and the experience of the partners in charge of the Shanghai office are all assets that enable UGGC Avocats to provide its clients with international-standard services that meet the exacting standards of European clients.

The firm’s working languages are French, English and Chinese (Mandarin and Shanghainese).

Skills

UGGC Avocats is able to assist its clients with all their projects in Asia. The long-standing presence of UGGC Avocats’ teams in Asia has also enabled us to develop a reliable and structured network of correspondents in Hong Kong, Seoul and South-East Asia.

International investments

UGGC Avocats assists and advises its clients as they approach the Chinese market in all aspects of business law, foreign investment and taxation.

The firm is involved in all stages of its clients’ move to China, providing strategic expertise in tax location, company incorporation (with or without a Chinese partner through a joint venture, a WFOE – Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise) or the creation or establishment of representative offices or branches, as well as the administrative formalities required to set up these operations.

Mergers & Acquisitions and equity transactions

The firm has many years’ experience in carrying out equity transactions in China(i.e. equity investments, acquisitions of local listed or unlisted companies, capital investments, etc.).

The firm’s lawyers assist their clients at all stages of these transactions (letters of intent, legal and tax audits, acquisition memoranda, acquisition financing, shareholders’ agreements, etc.).

The firm has also established partnerships with auditors, bankers and technicians, enabling it to carry out comprehensive audits prior to acquisition operations.

Intellectual property

The partners have extensive experience in protecting inventions, trademarks, designs, copyrights and know-how in Europe and Asia, and have assisted leading French and European private companies with their technology transfers.

UGGC Avocats offers comprehensive strategies for the creation, defense and enhancement of intellectual property rights in China.