CORPORATES
BANKING & PROJECT FINANCING
INTERNATIONAL TRADE

REAL ESTATE
IP
Litigation & Arbitration
Financing (project finance and corporate finance)
BOT project

CORPORATE

Since the establishment of RUNHUA, its lawyers have been devoted to providing all-round and multi-level legal services for clients. RUNHUA takes pride in its experienced and skillful corporate lawyers who render such services as due diligence, participation in project negotiation, drafting of legal documentation and issuance of Chinese legal opinion and etc. in the aspects of establishment of foreign-funded enterprises, corporate restructuring, project finance and M&A for a number of enterprises

In this area, legal services provided by RUNHUA include but not limited to the following:
· Corporate restructuring and reorganization;
· Mergers and acquisitions;
· Incorporation and alteration;
· Foreign direct investment and re-investment;
· Overseas investment;
· Taxation;
· Intellectual property;
· Industrial relations rights;
· Insolvency & liquidation;
· Venture capital;
· Company secretarial services.

SECURITIES

RUNHUA, during the process of launching securities practice, it has forged sound relationship with relevant regulatory authorities in PRC, including CSRC, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the State Economic and Trade Commission, the State Development Planning Commission, and related local government authorities.

Securities lawyers at RUNHUA assist clients with affairs on securities flotation and transaction, including but not limited to:
· Corporate formation and establishment of governance structure;
· Shareholding restructuring of various enterprises;
· Issuing and listing of bonds (including local bonds and international bonds);
· Issuing of negotiable certificates of deposit;
· Securities issuing and listing or new issuance ;
· RMB shares (A shares) issuing and listing;
· Domestic issuing and listing of foreign invested shares (B shares);
· Overseas issuing and listing of foreign currency shares(H shares, N shares and etc.)
· Domestic and overseas issuing and listing of preference shares;
· Share allotment;
· Due diligence and issuance of legal opinion;

BANKING & PROJECT FINANCE

Banking & Project Finance constitute one of the core practice areas of RUNHUA, in this field , RUHUA is in possession of a group of experienced senior lawyers. Over the years, RUNHUA has been widely involved in major commercial lending transactions in Shanghai and other provinces and cities in China, Banking & Finance practice undertaken by Jin Mao include but not limited to:
· Bilateral, club and syndicated loan facilities;
· Loan facilities granted by governments and supranational financial institutions and on-lending arrangements relating thereto;
· Infrastructure project finance (power project, water treatment plant, highways, viaducts, tunnels, metros and etc.);
· Project finance for large manufacturing project;
· Trade documentation, packing finance and other trade finance;
· Guarantee, mortgage and other security arrangements;
· Debt restructuring and liquidation;
· Finance lease;
· Loan asset trade;
· Negotiable instruments, bank accounts, certificates of deposit and option;
· Incorporation and reorganization of financial institutions;
· Investment fund.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

In the area of foreign investment, RUNHUA provides legal services inclusive of but not limited to:
· Initial investment planning and due diligence;
· Establishment of joint ventures, cooperative ventures, wholly foreign-owned enterprises or other forms of corporate entities;
· Registrations and filings with government authorities;
· Design of corporate governance;
· Customs formalities, import and export of equipment and products;
· Labor and human resources;
· Tax planning, formulation of exit strategies;
· Intellectual property;
· Foreign exchange;
· Off-shore company registration and ongoing legal services;
· Import & Export;
· Relevant litigation & arbitration support.

REAL EASTATE

Compared with its counterparts, RUNHUA takes a leading position in the practice of real estate. We are capable of providing multi-faceted and multi-level legal services for property developers, banks, domestic and foreign investors, or owners, constructors and designers.

Our legal services in the area of real estate include but not limited to:

· Granting, transfer and lease of land-use rights;
· Contracting, subcontracting and construction of projects;
· Property development and conveyance;
· Pre-lease and lease of property;
· Pre-sales and sales of property;
· Housing loan against mortgage;
· Infrastructure and property development finance;
· Property management;
· Property second-level market operation;
· Prospecting, design, planning, construction and installation.

IP

RUNHUA has a team of lawyers qualified as patent and trademark agent. In the area of intellectual property and information technology, RUNHUA advises clients on intellectual property involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, anti unfair competition, trade secrets, network IP and other relevant issues, and also on private fund raising and establishment of overseas listing companies for network companies and etc.

RUNHUA provided a broad range of legal services in the area of IP including but not limited to:
· Literary retrieval, surveillance and investigation of patents and trademarks;
· Filing patent and trademark application and examination;
· Administrative, infringement and copyright litigations relating to patents and trademarks;
· Maintenance, licensing and assignment of patents, and prolongation, alteration, licensing and assignment of registered trademarks;
· Computer software registration;
· Legal consultation for domain name, and domain name registration;
· E-commerce;
· Drafting contracts concerning intellectual property;
· Operating practice with regard to customs protection for intellectual property;
· Representing arbitration cases of intellectual property contract disputes.

LITIGATION & ARBITRATION

In litigation & arbitration practice, legal services for dispute resolution provided by RUNHUA cover but not limited to:
· Commercial lending transaction, negotiable instrument, and letter of credit disputes;
· Securities & futures disputes;
· Investment disputes;
· Industrial relationship disputes;
· International trade disputes;
· Intellectual property disputes;
· Property transaction disputes;
· Contract disputes.