Our firm is staffed with professional lawyers with rich experience in international trade areas, constituting a professional team well experienced in such fields as anti-dumping, countervailing, anti-monopoly, safeguard mechanism and trade barrier on technology.  Our services and achievements in these areas are at the forefront and our trade lawyers provide professional legal services with regard to trade matters to the PRC＊s governmental departments, enterprises and multinational companies.  Our firm in succession represented Chinese enterprises in anti-dumping and countervailing initiated by the EU, the US, Canada, India and Malaysia directed toward different Chinese industries and most of the cases ended in exempting the Chinese enterprises from the countervailing duty or imposing a lower countervailing duty on the Chinese enterprises. In addition, our firm also represented numerous European and American corporations in investigation of anti-dumping and safeguard initiated by the P.R.C.

    Our firm is the counsel of record for several internationally well-known banks, domestic banks, trust investment corporations and other financial institutions. Our firm provided legal services for the first Chinese Securitization of Assets case overseas. Our main practice areas are as follows: project financing, syndicate loans, import and export loans, investment fund, disposal of assets of financial asset management companies, planning various trust investment framework, drafting and reviewing the documents for transaction.

    Corporate and Securities Legal Service is one of the major practice areas of our firm, and we possess a strong team of experts in various practice areas to meet different legal service needs of companies spread across a variety of industries. During the course of providing comprehensive legal services to diverse domestic and overseas enterprises, we have accumulated extensive experience, allowing formation of mature, pragmatic and highly operable service standards and process. At the same time, we have received gratification and trust from our clients. The main services we provide in corporate and securities areas include: setting up various companies and enterprises; restructuring joint-stock system for enterprises spread across a variety of industries; domestic and overseas IPO and issuance of additional stock; setting up and collecting  securities investment fund; issuing corporate bond and convertible bond; takeover  and anti-takeover of listed companies; mergers and acquisitions of private limited companies; investment, financing and reversing acquisition outside the PRC＊s borders; designing management incentive scheme; setting up operation of industrial investment fund; disposal of financial assets and State-owned assets; bankruptcy and liquidation; project financing; and, legal services in relation to the routine operation of companies.

Since the inception of our firm in 1993, we have been acting for many large and small businesses from Europe, North America, Japan and South Korea with respect to their investment and trade activities in China.   In this process we have gained the first hand knowledge and experience.  We believe we understand the mentality and needs of foreign businesses.   Thus whenever a foreign client comes to us for legal assistance, be it an employee dismissal, a joint venture dispute, due diligence or debt collecting, we not only give advice, but also get results. 

Lawyers of East Associates have been involved in many representative transactions such as:

步 A British equity firm＊s investment in China;
步 A Canadian transportation giant＊s joint venture business in China;
步 A German firm＊s equity investment in a Shanghai company;
步 A North American drug company＊s equity joint venture in Shanghai;
步 A U. S venture firm＊s investment in some Chinese IT companies;
步 A Hong Kong conglomerate＊s investment in power plants in China.

Service for foreign businesses remains one of our major practice areas.  In addition to our ongoing legal advice for multinational corporations, we have targeted international small and medium sized companies as our core clients.  Our service includes:

步 Advice on the entry and exit strategy of foreign businesses;
步 Advice on the choice of investment vehicles and investment zones;
步 Due diligence of Chinese business partners, suppliers and contractors;
步 Establishment of representative offices and wholly foreign owed enterprises;
步 Establishment of equity joint ventures and cooperative joint ventures;
步 Counseling on labor and employment issues and drafting employment rules and contracts.
步 Counseling on various PRC tax issues for foreign businesses and individuals;
步 Counseling on import and export rules and regulations;
步 Collecting unpaid accounts.

    Intellectual property (※IP§) is another major practice area of East Associates.  Our lawyers represent clients on protection of trademark, patent, copyright, software and internet-related intellectual property. The main services we provide in Intellectual Property areas include: investigation of infringing products and counterfeit products; investigation and dealing with the infringer and infringing products through the relative administrative departments including the Customs; registration of IP rights; representation of our clients on litigation with regard to all areas of IP rights; drafting and reviewing of license agreements with regard to trademark and patent; addressing legal inquiries about protection of IP rights.

    It is worth noting that East Associates Law Firm is one of the earliest law firms in China to emerge in the practice of U.S. Section 337 Investigation (IP cases in relation to international trade). Heading the area of Section 337 is a partner qualified to practice in both P.R.C. and U.S. and specializing in Section 337 Investigation.

    East Associates is the first law firm in the PRC to provide services in finance lease, and it is generally accepted as the best service institution of this specialty both in and outside this industry. Thus far, we have provided the following services to a vast array of international and domestic leasing corporations and leasing projects: planning leasing transaction frameworks, preparing all transaction documents and  subsequent services of the leasing projects, including but not limited to repossession of leased equipment, restructuring of leasing rights, and dispute resolution. We have undertaken and completed several hundreds of lease related matters.   East Associates Law Firm was invited to participate in drafting and revising finance lease chapter of the Contract Law of PRC and a series of laws and regulations with regard to finance lease.  

    East Associates Law Firm possesses one of the best litigation teams within the nation, with lawyers who possess many high profile cases and extensive experience in representing domestic and foreign companies at every level of civil courts and across many arbitration bodies.

    The litigation lawyers provide services in the following areas including disputes of varying commercial contracts, IP rights, foreign investments, and real estate. We are not only able to protect the clients＊ lawful rights and interest to the greatest extent during the course of litigation and arbitration, but also protect and achieve the clients＊ lawful rights and interest by means of mediation. 

East Associates is one of the first PRC law firms that have distinguished practice in media, entertainment and sports industry in China. We have provided many innovative solutions for media and sports programs with Chinese and foreign participation. We were the PRC legal counsel for the largest golf course operator, Missions Hills which sponsored Tiger Woods golf tournament in China in 2003. .
 
We provide the following services:

步 Counseling on the production of film producing in China and cooperative programs between foreign and Chinese companies;
步 Counseling on the organization of sports and entertainment events;
步 Counseling on Sino-foreign film and television production programs;
步 Counseling on merger & acquisition in media and entertainment sectors;
步 Counseling on lawsuits involving right of reputation, right to portrait and other contract disputes among entertainment celebrities.

East Associates was one of the first law firms in Beijing to provide legal services on real estate transactions. Since our inception in 1993, we have participated in the implementation of more than hundred real estate projects, with many large scale projects included. Our lawyers can provide the following legal services: planning real estate investment and financing framework; development, sales, leasing and management of real estate; mortgage and enforcement of real estate; management on contract and construction for construction projects; legal responsibilities concerning real estate taxes; real estate management; auction and bidding for real estate projects.

Our services in this area are as follows:

步 Counseling on establishment of large retail enterprises;
步 Counseling on establishment plan and procedures;
步 Documentation of application materials;
步 Counseling on the potential risks;
步 Due diligence of retail projects;
步 Qualification review;
步 Participating in commercial negotiations;
步 Counseling on operation of retail enterprises;
. Advice on industry integration and reorganization of retail enterprises;