Based on Chinese law and connecting with global needs—Providing comprehensive compliance support for enterprises.

Jiangsu Tianni Law Firm, with its deep understanding of the Chinese legal system, accurate grasp of international business rules, and rich experience in foreign-related services, provides foreign-invested enterprises with full-cycle legal counsel services covering “landing, operation, and cooperation.”

Serving Foreign Enterprises in Investment, Procurement, and Cooperation in China

Providing comprehensive support from the ground up for foreign companies entering the Chinese market, addressing key aspects such as:

• Investment Implementation: Assisting with the establishment and alteration of wholly foreign-owned enterprises (WFOEs) and Sino-foreign joint ventures/cooperative enterprises (including business registration, foreign exchange approval, tax filing, etc.), interpreting the Foreign Investment Law and negative list restrictions, and designing compliant investment structures (such as VIEs, equity acquisitions, asset acquisitions, etc.);
• Procurement and Supply Chain: Providing foreign companies with contract drafting and review, supplier qualification verification, cross-border payment and tax planning support for raw material procurement, equipment import, and service outsourcing transactions in China, ensuring legal and compliant procurement processes;
• Local Cooperation: Assisting foreign companies in conducting technological cooperation, market expansion, and joint R&D with Chinese partners (government, state-owned enterprises, private enterprises), drafting legal documents such as cooperation framework agreements, confidentiality agreements, and intellectual property ownership agreements, balancing the rights and interests of both parties;
• Compliance Management: We provide ongoing compliance guidance for high-frequency areas such as labor relations (employment of foreign employees, social security contributions), data security (compliance with cross-border data transmission regulations), environmental protection (environmental impact assessment procedures), and taxation (application for VAT and corporate income tax incentives).
• Core Services: One-Stop Support from Legal Compliance to Commercial Establishment
• Company Establishment and Governance: Full-process agency services for the establishment of foreign-invested enterprises (including special approvals for industries listed in the negative list), drafting of articles of association, design of shareholder agreements, and compliance review of board/shareholder resolutions, ensuring the organizational structure complies with China’s Company Law and special regulations for foreign investment;
• Investment and M&A: Participation in foreign M&A projects in China (equity acquisition/asset acquisition), conducting legal due diligence (verifying target company qualifications, debts, intellectual property, labor disputes, etc.), designing transaction structures (cash/equity payment, installment closing, etc.), and coordinating with commerce, tax, and foreign exchange departments to complete approvals/filings;
• Intellectual Property Protection: Assisting foreign-invested enterprises in applying for patents, trademarks, and copyrights in China, handling matters such as trade secret protection, commercial logo conflicts, and infringement rights protection, preventing infringement of core technologies and brands;
• Labor and Employment:Developing labor contract templates compliant with Chinese law, handling work permit and residence permit applications for foreign employees, designing compliant compensation and benefits and dismissal procedures, and mitigating labor arbitration risks;
• Government Relations and Policy Alignment: Assisting foreign-invested enterprises in connecting with local government departments (such as the Bureau of Commerce and the Management Committee of Development Zones) to apply for tax incentives, industry support funds, and high-tech enterprise certification, among other policy benefits.
• Cross-border Contract Management: Drafting/reviewing bilateral contracts between Chinese and foreign entities (such as procurement contracts, technology licensing agreements, and joint venture contracts), clarifying applicable law (Chinese law/international conventions), dispute resolution methods (Chinese arbitration/international arbitration), currency settlement, and tax liability clauses;
• Compliance Collaboration: Providing compliance solutions for high-risk areas in cross-border cooperation, such as cross-border data flows (e.g., the conflict between GDPR and China’s Personal Information Protection Law), export controls (e.g., the US EAR and China’s Dual-Use Items Export Control Regulations), and anti-bribery (FCPA and China’s Anti-Unfair Competition Law);
• Early Dispute Intervention:Quickly resolving conflicts through negotiation and mediation when disagreements arise in cooperation, and representing clients in arbitration or litigation when necessary.

Service Advantages: A Composite Capability of Professionalism, Local Expertise, and Internationalization

• Deep Understanding of Chinese Law + Adaptation to International Rules:Our team of lawyers possesses a solid foundation in Chinese civil and commercial law and international law, while also being familiar with common rules in common law and civil law systems (such as the CISG (United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods) and international commercial arbitration practices), enabling us to accurately bridge the differences between Chinese and foreign laws.
• Extensive International Experience: We have long served foreign-invested enterprises in Europe, America, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East (e.g., manufacturing, technology, consumer goods industries), as well as Chinese-invested enterprises investing overseas (e.g., new energy, medical devices, cross-border e-commerce), accumulating a large number of successful cases.
• Multilingual and Cross-Cultural Services: Some lawyers are proficient in English, German, Japanese, and other foreign languages, providing services such as bilingual contract drafting and legal opinion translation, understanding the business culture and management logic of multinational corporations.
• Highly Efficient and Flexible Response:We offer a “daily remote consultation + regular on-site service + 24-hour emergency response” model to match the different communication needs of foreign-invested enterprises and Chinese enterprises. Strong Resource Integration Capabilities: We can collaborate with the firm’s international business department, intellectual property department, dispute resolution department, and other professional teams to provide clients with a one-stop comprehensive solution encompassing legal, tax, and business matters.

Service Commitment: Serving as a “legal guide” for foreign-invested enterprises establishing themselves in China and a “risk manager” for Chinese enterprises’ international cooperation.

Jiangsu Tianni Law Firm’s international legal counsel team adheres to the principle of “professionalism safeguards cross-border trust, details create cooperative value,” and is committed to becoming a “compliance navigator” for foreign-invested enterprises entering the Chinese market and a “risk buffer” for Chinese enterprises connecting with international resources. We not only focus on the compliance of legal provisions but also deeply understand our clients’ business objectives. Through “preventative risk control + customized solutions + efficient execution,” we help clients reduce cross-border legal risks, improve cooperation efficiency, and truly achieve “simpler and safer cooperation in China/with China.”

Choose Tianni’s international legal counsel and make your cross-border business journey worry-free!