Baker & Daniels China Offices

BEIJING OFFICE
Room 1919, Tower 2
China World Trade Center
No. 1 JianGuoMenWai Avenue Beijing 100004, P.R. China Phone: 86.10.6505.7733
Fax: 86.10.6505.8730

QINGDAO OFFICE
Baker & Daniels
4/F, Holiday Inn Complex
No. 76 Hong Kong Middle Rd. Qingdao 266071, P.R.China Phone: 86.532.575.1051
Fax: 86.532.575.1055

China
Utilizing our relationship in TAGLaw as a basis, Leatherwood Walker Todd & Mann, P.C. and Baker & Daniels have jointly built a team of attorneys and counselors to assist companies of all sizes and individuals in seeking to understand the opportunities in China. Having been involved in international law for over 25 years, Leatherwood Walker Todd & Mann, P.C. and Baker & Daniels are prepared to help companies and individuals develop an effective strategic plan to accomplish their goals in China. American and international businesses can be confident that we understand Chinese culture, language, business deals and the role of government.

Leatherwood Walker Todd & Mann, P.C. and Baker & Daniels have experts with experience in and a commitment to understanding the Chinese market in order to best serve our clients desiring to do business in this ever-growing market. Since the 1980s, Baker & Daniels has been building relationships and expertise in China. With China's accession to the World Trade Organization and permanent Normalized Trade Relations trade status, U.S. business interest in China has accelerated dramatically. China's economic growth rate (7% - 10% per year), financial and political stability, and desire for foreign investment have opened unprecedented opportunities for foreign business investment. For over 20 years, Leatherwood Walker Todd & Mann, P.C. has assisted both South Carolina and foreign based companies of all sizes with business in the United States and abroad.

In February 1998, Baker & Daniels became one of less than 31 U.S. law firms licensed by the Chinese Ministry of Justice to be an approved foreign law firm and open an office in China. That office, located in Qingdao, a port city of seven million people in Shandong province, allowed them to become one of the first Midwestern law firms to provide comprehensive legal and business counsel to clients doing business in China.  In 2003, Baker & Daniels opened a second office in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, becoming one of less than 15 foreign firms with multiple licensed offices in China.

Serving as Business and Legal Counselors
Leatherwood Walker Todd & Mann, P.C. and Baker & Daniels provide business and legal counsel to clients on their interpretation of Chinese laws, regulations, and matters relating to how to do business in China, or with Chinese businesses, and how U.S. commercial and business laws affect them, including:

•	Foreign direct investment
•	Corporate structure, joint venture and tax law
•	Intellectual Property protection, including patent, trademark and copyright
•	Import and export regulations and foreign currency control regulations
•	Drug and medical device testing and approval
•	Commercial litigation and arbitration in the United States and in foreign tribunals
•	Land use rights
•	Environmental laws
•	Labor and employment laws
•	Commercial transactions
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Business Facilitation Activities
In addition to legal advice, both firms regularly facilitate business functions for our clients which are essential to success in an unfamiliar and uncertain business environment:

•	development of strategic plans for China investment
•	identification of business partners, manufacturing sources, key personnel and plant site location
•	strategic market analysis
•	translation of meetings and/or documents and counseling on business customs and etiquette

Working with Government and Understanding Chinese Culture
In China, success often turns on relationships including those between government and business. Baker & Daniels has established excellent working relationships and access for clients with important ministries of the Central Government in Beijing, including the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Commerce, the National Economic Planning Commission, and the State's Foreign Experts Administration Bureau. 

Baker & Daniels has developed ongoing ties with several Chinese provinces and interacts regularly with provincial governments in Hebei, Shandong, Guangdong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces as well as the major political, commercial and financial centers of Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Shenzhen and Guangzhou. In June 1995, Michael Maine, senior partner and past Chair of Baker & Daniels' International Law Team, was granted the title of Legal Advisor to Hebei Provincial People's Government. This event placed Baker & Daniels among the very few American law firms with attorneys who serve as advisors to Chinese governments at the provincial level. Baker & Daniels works closely with the American Chamber of Commerce, the U.S.-China Business Council, the All China Lawyers Association, the China national bar association, and numerous Chinese law firms.

Representative Experience
•	 Represented Shanghai Municipal Government in Universal Studios Theme Park project
•	 Represented LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES in connection with $250 million Qingdao switching facility,
 advised on employment/severance matters, and negotiated disputes with contractor and    
 subcontractors
•	Established a 3-way U.S. holding company with a U.K. subsidiary of COASTAL LUMBER COMPANY, a South African lumber supplier and an Indiana trading company, assisted in preparing a "feasibility study," and established a Chinese wholly-foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) to import lumber and resell to Chinese furniture manufacturers
•	Provided Intellectual Property/Information Technology training for the in-house staff of HAIER GROUP; represented Haier in a New York real estate purchase; general counsel for Haier's U.S. operations
•	Established a 3-way joint venture to manufacture and market animal feed supplements between UNITED FEEDS and Shandong Liuhe Group Company, Ltd., one of China's largest animal feed companies
•	Negotiated a product sourcing agreement between AUCMA and General Electric
•	Drafted FERX's model pharmaceutical testing protocol for use in testing a cancer drug in China
•	Represented VOLVO FINANCIAL in analysis of financing market in China and establishment of
 financing operation

Who to Contact
For South Carolina companies or individuals interested in further information on China or in need of assistance in any aspect of planning or developing a business in the Chinese market, contact:

Richard L. Few, Jr.
James L. Rogers, Jr.
Leatherwood Walker Todd & Mann, P.C. 
300 East McBee Avenue, Suite 500
PO Box 87
Greenville, SC 29601
864-242-6440
Working effectively with the attorneys at Baker & Daniels, through the TAGLaw network, comprehensive and cost-effective representation can be achieved