Founded in February 2005, Tong Law Firm is a
Houston-based China-boutique Firm, serving clients ranging
from emerging and mid-market companies to Fortune 500
companies. The Firm's practice is principally transactional,
focusing on China-related cross-border transactions,
corporate restructuring, privatizations and international
dispute resolution. Recent transactions include acquisitions
and divestitures of Chinese state-owned or private companies,
joint ventures (JVs) and wholly-owned foreign enterprises
(WFOEs), purchases of state-owned assets, and the establishment
of JVs and WFOEs in many sectors.
Team.
The Firm has a dynamic team with decades of combined
China experiences, in-depth knowledge and different
talents while sharing the common values of integrity
and professional responsibility. Each professional is bilingual
and capable of drafting and negotiating in both English
and Chinese. As a group, the Firm professionals are fluent
in English, Mandarin, Taiwanese and several Chinese
dialects.
Value-added
services.
The Firm professionals' ability to understand and appreciate
the differences of the business and legal cultures
and practices between China and the U.S. enables us
to provide clients with value-added, high-quality
and cost-effective services. We are creative yet practical
in meeting clients' commercial objectives.
China-focus.
The Firm professionals regularly advise multi-national corporations
and mid to small-market companies on China-related
corporate, finance, contract manufacturing, technology
licensing and protection, real estate, labor, intellectual
property, foreign exchange and other issues, and handle
arbitration and other dispute resolution matters.
The scope of the Firm's work includes due diligence
and dual-language negotiation and drafting, either
during initial setup, for ongoing maintenance, for
regulatory compliance or in connection with major
transactions. Clients the Firm professionals represented
have been from a wide variety of industries, including
manufacturing, chemical and water business, automotive,
technology, engineering, venture capital and private
equity, media, jewelry, consumer products, real estate,
oil and gas, import and export, retail and wholesale.
Cross-culture
negotiation and dispute resolution.
In representing U.S. companies doing
business in China or Chinese companies involved in
international commercial disputes, we are well versed
in the 'language' clients can understand. We are experienced
in putting the differences between the two systems
and practices in perspective. We have accumulated
valuable experiences in interviewing and preparing
foreign witnesses not familiar with U.S. style dispute
resolution process, and formulating resolution strategies.
The Firm professionals' bilingual and cross-cultural capabilities
combined with the Firm's decades of collective experience
in China practice ensure effective communication with
clients, which is key to achieving satisfactory results
for either negotiation or dispute resolution in cross-border
contexts.
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