Very helpful post over at the always helpful International Business Law Advisor Blog. The post is appropriately entitled, The 5 Key Factors You Must Consider When Establishing a Foreign Corporation and it lists out the following: Decide on Corporate Form: The post talks of determining the right corporate form for the country in which you will be… Continue Reading
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Forming A China WFOE. How Long Will That Be Going On?
Posted in China Business, Legal NewsMore from the Doing Business in China Seminar I co-moderated last week. My law firm does a considerable business in forming China WFOEs. Unlike forming a company in the United States, which costs very little in out of pocket costs (always less than USD$1000) and takes almost no time at all (a few days at… Continue Reading
Forming a China WFOE — Getting Started
Posted in Legal NewsCheating a bit here, but since I am on the road, I cannot help it. I’m cheating because this post is nothing more than the typical email we send to our clients at the commencement of our work for them in forming a China WFOE. But I don’t feel bad because what better way to… Continue Reading
Leasing Requirements For A China WFOE To Be
Posted in Basics of China Business Law, Legal NewsI have always had trouble getting my head around the fact that to secure approval of a Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise (WFOE or WOFE) in China, the WFOE must first lease appropriate space. But how can a yet to exist entity do anything, much less lease space? In my email box this morning was an… Continue Reading
Forming A Chinese Company. Do It Right Or Do It ALL Wrong, But Don’t Do A Rep Office.
Posted in Basics of China Business LawEvery couple of weeks my firm gets an email or a phone call from a small business that is seeking to justify forming a Rep Office in China instead of a Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise (WFOE). These small businesses typically go into advocacy mode explaining why their business can and should be a Rep Office… Continue Reading
What It Takes To Get A WFOE/WOFE Registered In China.
Posted in Legal NewsThere are some excellent China company formation companies and there are some where you are all but guaranteed to waste your money. Some of these company formation firms (truly, always the better ones) call my firm in to assist when they are facing a new or unusual or difficult situation. Sometimes a foreign company using… Continue Reading
Doing Everything Right In China, Part II — Form A China WFOE
Posted in China BusinessAs our regular readers know, we are big fans of foreign companies entering China as a Wholly Foreign Owned Entity (WFOE). We blogged on this initially in “China WFOE v. JV” and then again in “To Succeed In China Know The Now.“ In “Chinese Company Formation — Forming a Wholly Foreign Owned Entity (WFOE) in… Continue Reading
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