The International Business Committee has a young but internationally experienced and professional lawyer team, and most of them have studied or work abroad for several years, with rich international working experience. As the foreign business window of Hiways, by a team oriented working approach, the International Business Committee has not only undertaken a large number of foreign clients or foreign businesses in China (including litigation and non litigation business), but also assisted clients to deal with their overseas legal affairs.

In the field of trade remedies, Hiways has one of the most powerful professional teams in China. In the past 20 years, our lawyers have represented Chinese enterprises in over 100 anti-dumping and countervailing cases in United States, the European Union, Brazil, Canada, and other countries and regions, most of which are very famous. In additional, Hiways is also famous for representing Chinese enterprises in filing anti-dumping and countervailing appeals, we are the only law firm recommended by “Chambers” for both the response and appeal.

Customs business is a brand of Hiways, and we have been highly praised by the industry and clients due to our professional capabilities and skills to resolve legal issues. Led by senior partners with many years of legal service experience in the field of import & export trade, customs and commodity inspection, our customs and international commercial transaction team also employed some senior customs legal experts with decades of experience in customs work. Over the years, our clients have expanded to Fortune 500 enterprises, well-known multinational corporations, international accounting firms and law firms, large state-owned enterprises, and we have established the “First brand” in many business fields.

Hiways has helped a large number of foreign clients with their trade and investment affairs in China. In many cases, we are generally involved when the clients determines their investment intentions, and then help them carry out due diligence, take part in business negotiations, draft or modify the related legal documents, and deal with the company establishment and related matters. After that, we will serve as the perennial legal advisor to prevent and resolve legal and other risks in their daily operations. In recent years, we have assisted many Chinese clients in “developing globally”, established overseas investment strategies and processes, found and determined the proper third party service agencies, and review different kinds of contract documents for them, we have done a good job as a general consultant for their “developing globally”.

While helping foreign clients enter the Chinese financial services market in financial field, we also help Chinese clients raise funds from overseas. Moreover, the composite background of our team members also helps us analyze and deal with different kinds of trade or investment challenges, as well as tax planning comprehensively.

To effectively resolve conflicts and handle disputes through various measures is our advantage. Generally, the Directors of International Business Department and Dispute Resolution Department will carefully review each case, and then find the most qualified lawyers as well as the most effective solution. Some of our colleagues have been judges, police officers, prosecutors, arbitrators and professors in law school, who can intervene in cases at any time and assist in consulting cases, so as to provide clients with the highest quality service.

Business scope

• Trade remedies

• Customs business

• WTO legal affairs

• Cross-border intellectual property

• International investment

• Cross-border financing