Legal

Price Cao’s China practice lies at the heart of the firm. With extensive experience in a wide variety of transactional services, Price Cao is able to offer efficient and high quality legal services to help both Chinese and foreigners navigate the legal ins-and-outs of doing business in China.

​Price Cao specializes in corporate structuring, capital raises, employment matters, commercial contracts, and intellectual property protection.

​Representative Matters:

• Established numerous entity types, including wholly foreign-owned enterprises (WFOEs), joint ventures (JVs), representative offices, and domestic Chinese companies.
• Structured, registered, and navigated the licensing requirements for companies across a broad spectrum of industries such as energy, manufacturing, food and beverage, education, consulting, raw materials, and consumer products. ​
• Provided clients with a full suite of investment documents for business ranging from the startups to later stage companies.​
• Supplied employers with a full range of employment contracts including, employee contracts, employee handbooks, offer & termination letters, and nondisclosure agreements.​.
• Reviewed and drafted purchase and supply contracts, OEM agreements, and lease contracts for companies in a variety of industries.
• Advised a China-based sports management and licensing company on their China entry strategy, managed all contractual matters between them and a major overseas-listed Chinese social media company and negotiated with overseas app companies seeking to supply sports apps to the Chinese market.
• Consulted with various Italian trading companies on their intentions to set up entities and operations in Greater China including Taiwan, Hong Kong and the PRC.
• Led negotiations for a Chinese investment in a Mongolian copper mine, coordinating with Mongolian counsel and the PRC Tax Bureau and SAFE.
• Advised US clients on manufacturing products in China and seeking trademarks and business entities in five export jurisdictions including the United States, Australia, Canada, the UK and the EU.​​
• Counseled a US athletic profiling company on PRC internet licensing, entity establishment, and marketing strategies.​​
• Assisted an Irish machine tool company on PRC trademark filing and registration after encountering similar registered trademarks and possible opposition.​​
• Consulted with a Brazilian private equity group on their discussions with PRC infrastructure SOEs to build bridges and ports for key Brazilian cities.​
• Advised a Bahamas entertainment management company on PRC business strategies including feasibility of different entity establishments and intellectual property protection for represented high profile individuals.

Price Cao’s international practice leverages the international experience and wherewithal of its team. With lawyers who have lived, practiced law, and done business in the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, Chile, Angola, Hong Kong, Singapore, and many other countries, Price Cao is able to either directly serve clients with international demands or connect them with high quality partners.

Representative Matters:

• Advised a major Canadian natural resources company on mining and commercial real estate acquisitions in Mongolia and other emerging markets.​
• Assisted a US investment company in exploring possible hydroelectric and hospitality real estate sectors in Burma.
• Advised a China-based Mongolian & US architecture firms on various real estate projects in Ulan Bator.
• Guided a Mongolian clean energy company through multiple investment rounds in preparation of a GEM listing in Hong Kong.​
• Negotiated with potential sponsors for a Hong Kong Main Board IPO of a China-based textile company.
• Setup corporate structures for companies in business centers such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Ireland, and New York.
• Established holding company structures in the Seychelles, Cayman Islands, and the British Virgin Islands.
• Partnered with local counsel to service clients with M&A deals in developing regions such as Burma and Mongolia.​
• Assisted China-based business with setting up corporations in the United States, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.

Price Cao has assisted multinational businesses and local Chinese companies with protecting their intellectual property in China and abroad. We offer comprehensive trademark and patent protection, from registration, to responding to actions from the government, to sending and responding to cease and desist letters.

We also assist companies with IP assets transfers, licensing agreements, and IP due diligence. When applicable, our international lawyers work directly with foreign counsel to provide clients with a global view of IP protection.​

​Representative Matters:

• ​Assisted a China-based travel networking platform choose classes, subclasses, submit an intent to use trademark application for US trademarks.
• Negotiated with a prominent European clothing manufacturer to persuade them not to bring an opposition action against a client’s PRC and US trademark filing.
• Enforced a client’s trademarks and design patents through grassroots evidence collection of infringing products used to win an action against the infringing parties.
• Assisted in a EU company’s patent translation and eventual filing in the PRC, using appropriate technical professionals to ensure a high quality submission.