Cross-Border Investment and Trade

Dacheng's cross-border investment and trade services cover multiple jurisdictions, languages, and cultures. With our extensive global legal services network, the Cross-Border Investment and Trade Practice Group is capable of providing one-stop legal services for all investment and trade activities of clients worldwide, ensuring seamless integration across businesses and regions.


The Group offers a comprehensive range of services with a high level of professionalism. In various cross-border business areas such as foreign investment, cross-border investment, and cross-border trade, Dacheng boasts top-tier professionals handling all aspects involved in investment transactions. Our professionals are proficient in multiple languages such as English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean, and some of them are qualified to practice in countries or regions such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong SAR, and Australia.


The Group has long been committed to research in cutting-edge policies and theories, possessing rich experience in forward-looking judicial practice. Our professionals have participated in the drafting and writing of the Export Control Law and the White Paper on Compliance Management of Chinese Enterprises’ Cross-Border Operation. By closely following the research on the current cross-border investment environment, the Group is able to efficiently mobilize resources and provide timely, comprehensive, and professional legal services to clients.


Over the years, Dacheng has been highly recognized by clients and has been listed on the rankings of Chambers multiple times in the areas such as maritime and admiralty law, and international trade/WTO. Dacheng has also been consistently recognized as China Firm of the Year in international trade by professional rating agencies such as Asialaw Profiles, China Law and Practice and China Business Law Journal. Dacheng International Arbitration has been ranked on Benchmark Dispute Resolution in Asia-Pacific Area and China; Dacheng team of international arbitration has been ranked on The Legal 500 Private Practice Powerlist 2023 (Arbitration:China) and Dacheng Arbitration has been ranked on The Legal 500 2023 Greater China and 2022 Asia-Pacific; Dacheng has been ranked as the 11th in 2023 GAR 100 and has been ranked as the 20th of the 30 Best International Arbitration Team ranked by GAR 2019.


Practice Areas and Services

Foreign Investment

  • Advising on foreign fund access policies

  • Investment structure design and feasibility analysis

  • Legal due diligence related to foreign investment

  • Document drafting and negotiation related to foreign investment

  • Antitrust review related to foreign direct investment

  • Establishment of various types of foreign investment entities

  • M&As of domestic enterprises or assets by foreign investors

  • Reinvestment, restructuring and integration by foreign-invested companies in China

  • Daily operation and localization of foreign-invested enterprises

  • Reorganization, dissolution and liquidation of foreign-invested enterprises


Overseas Investment

  • Research and analysis of foreign fund access systems of the host country

  • Assistance for the establishment of overseas enterprises

  • Overseas joint ventures and strategic cooperation

  • Acquisition of overseas equity or assets

  • Overseas infrastructure and public private partnership projects (PPP projects)

  • Restructuring and integration of overseas investments

  • Transfer and divesture of overseas equity or assets


Cross-Border Trade

  • Export control and economic sanctions compliance

  • International trade remedies and WTO matters

  • U.S. Section 337 investigations matters

  • Trade compliance

  • Maritime and admiralty law matters

  • International treaties consultation and dispute resolution


Cross-Boarder Dispute Resolution (International Arbitration and Cross-Border Litigation)

  • International construction dispute

  • Cross-boarder investment and M&A dispute

  • Cross-boarder corporate governance dispute

  • International sales of goods dispute

  • Cross-boarder financial dispute

  • International Commercial, Maritime and Sports arbitration

  • Public law arbitration

  • International investment arbitration

  • Recognition and enforcement of arbitration award made by foreign arbitration institution

  • Setting-aside of arbitration award made by foreign arbitration institution

  • Recognition and enforcement of arbitral award issued by Chinese arbitral institutions worldwide

  • Cross border recognition and enforcement of court judgments

  • Global assets investigation and preservation


Cross-Border Compliance

  • Anti-bribery

  • Cybersecurity and data protection

  • Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing

  • Antitrust compliance

  • Cross-border ESG compliance

  • Cross-border tax compliance


Import & Export Legal Service

  • Compliance services of import and export enterprises and AEO certificate

  • Drafting and amending international trade contracts

  • Early investigation and identification of potential risks of import and export enterprises

  • Solutions to difficulties in classification of commodity tariff codes

  • Legal and tax consultation of cross-border e-commerce and other Internet commerce

  • Frame design, actual implementation, and dispute settlement of bulk goods trade

  • Legal consultation for affairs related to the bonded area

  • Protection of the persons' rights when entering and leaving the Customs territory

  • Legal consultation of affairs related to international trade financing, letter of credit, letter of guarantee and foreign exchange

  • Legal consultation for affairs related to shipping, insurance, rapid customs clearance and intellectual property protection of import and export goods

  • Criminal defense of smuggling cases in the stage of investigation and trial

  • Import and export enterprises’rights protection at the stage of inspection, investigation, trial, appeal, and execution of Customs administrative cases


Other Cross-Border Services

  • Sale or divestiture of cross-border asset or business

  • Cross-border business or asset restructuring

  • Cross-border financing and guarantees

  • Cross-border tax planning and structuring

  • Cross-border strategic cooperation


Honors and Awards
Relevant Articles
Media Commentaries

Dacheng Law Offices' esteemed WTO/international trade team offers advice on a broad range of trade mandates. The team demonstrates a flair for advising on compliance issues in relation to export control and economic sanctions. It is experienced in representing domestic companies in anti-dumping and countervailing investigations. Dacheng has notable expertise acting on cases involving the USA, the EU, Egypt and India.


Dacheng Law Offices has a solid offering with expertise across wet and dry shipping matters, frequently acting for a range of clients such as transportation companies, P&I clubs and banks. Its areas of expertise include collision, cargo claims and insurance issues. The team offers additional capabilities in ship financing matters, involving mortgages and ship sale and purchase.


——Chambers Greater China Region Guide 2024

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