■ Foreign Investment/Outbound Investment

Jin Mao enjoys a long history of advising foreign investment dating back to September 2000, when the Foreign Investment Working Committee of Shanghai granted Jin Mao the qualification to provide consultation service for foreign investment projects. Staffed with our multilingual professionals capable of working in English, French, German, Korean and Japanese, Jin Mao provided comprehensive legal services for foreign investment, including Fortune 500 companies in relation to the multinational enterprises’ foreign direct investment (FDI) and re-investment of sino-foreign joint venture, sino-foreign cooperation enterprises, WFOE (Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise) , mergers and acquisitions, assets restructuring and liquidation etc.

We assisted with striking the historic, landmark deal between SAIC Motor (China) and Volkswagen (Germany). In October 2010, Jin Mao’s contribution to foreign related legal services was recognised by Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce and Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Justice as “Shanghai Leading Legal Service Unit for International Trade”. Since been selected as the Leading Legal Service Unit for International Trade, Jin Mao has been continuously awarded with government support funding. Jin Mao focuses on combining theory with legal practice. Our Firm has edited Foreign Investment Law Practice and other related monographs.

 Jin Mao assisted a great number of large enterprises including the Shanghai International Port Company, with their outbound or offshore investment, in collaboration with our Hong Kong branch office, the Iwata Godo Law Office in Japan and TaipeiLaw Attorneys-at-Law in Taiwan, China and the Philippines. We also draw support from our long-term, stable network of law firm partners across the globe, in jurisdictions like the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Switzerland, Norway, Australia, Canada, Brazil, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan, China.

■ Corporate Governance

Corporate development depends on financial performance in the short term and corporate governance in the long term. However, the theory and practice of corporate governance does not have a traditional foundation in China, and Chinese enterprises therefore need to learn from the theory and experience of corporate governance in Western developed market economies. In addition, based on the external forces formed by the governmental and social governance environment, corporate governance has become a problem that enterprises "have to" solve.

As one of the leading firms in the field of corporate legal services, in order to better provide clients with corporate governance services, Jin Mao has set up a team of experienced lawyers, consisting of lawyers who have served different types of domestic and foreign enterprises, and most of the lawyers have received legal education and training in renowned law schools abroad.

Jin Mao's corporate governance team has provided corporate governance legal services to domestic and international companies in various fields, including drafting and amending articles of association, designing shareholding structure, establishing shareholders' meeting/board of directors/management system, advising on company operation compliance and dealing with deadlocks. Jin Mao's corporate governance team is also able to provide practical and effective services to clients in the areas of introduction and capital increase of venture capital, drafting and negotiation of agreements and mediation of disputes.

■ Merger and Acquisition

Investment and mergers and acquisitions is one of the core practices of Jin Mao, which has been in a dominant position in the market and widely recognized by clients for many years. In recent years, Jin Mao lawyers have completed a series of major and complex transactions including restructuring, mergers and acquisitions on behalf of many large enterprises and listed companies. In these successful transactions, Jin Mao lawyers have demonstrated their deep understanding of China's legal and regulatory environment, as well as their ability to accurately grasp the needs of clients and provide the best solutions.

■ PE/VC Investment

Jin Mao is committed to providing clients with "one-stop legal services" in the field of corporate legal services. Jin Mao has provided full legal services for a number of companies accepting PE/VC investment projects and have extensive experience in assisting clients in negotiating with investment funds, drafting and reviewing legal documents, and finalizing the delivery. In recent years, Jin Mao has also provided full legal services for a number of medical, semiconductor and high-tech companies in all stages of investment and financing from angel round to IPO.