Our attorneys have decades of experience representing many of the most prominent Chinese companies in connection with all aspects their U.S. operations, often acting as trusted outside-China general counsel, and advising major U.S. and international companies in connection with their activities and investments in China.  Our group consists of lawyers who have lived in China, worked with Chinese businesses for many years, and opened representative offices in China for multinational law firms.

We are conversant with Chinese culture, business practices, and language. We have collaborated with Chinese companies, government agencies, and local law firms, and are familiar with the law, legal system, and business environment of China. We know that in most cross-border matters, the essence of success lies in identifying and then bridging the variations in interpretation, legal and tax outcomes, and corporate strategy on each side, to bring about a “meeting of minds.” Our attorneys are seasoned practitioners who leverage their deep U.S. and China experience to help our clients navigate dynamic cross-border complexities and accomplish their business objectives.

Outside General U.S. Counsel

Partners in our China Practice are highly seasoned practitioners with deep U.S. and China experience who take a “hands-on” approach.  We act as trusted advisors to the Boards and senior management many of the most prominent Chinese companies, advising them at an enterprise level of analysis and bringing political, market, and corporate strategy, and tax, legal, and regulatory insight to their challenges and opportunities in the United States. 

Doing Business in the United States

Our attorneys have extensive experience advising major Chinese companies, investors, and state-owned enterprises in connection a wide range of transactions in the United States. We advise our clients in connection with investments, financings, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, U.S. subsidiary formations and corporate reorganizations, U.S. regulatory and compliance issues, government investigations, and other matters.

Doing Business in China

We have extensive experience guiding non-Chinese Fortune 50 companies, investors, and individuals as they invest, operate, and litigate in China.  We provide guidance in connection with PRC compliance and government investigations, technology transfer to Chinese or Asia-based companies, foreign direct investment, mergers and acquisitions, IP protection, and negotiation of OEM, manufacturing, and other agreements with Chinese companies.

Intellectual Property

Rimon’s IP team includes IAM top 300 IP strategists and seasoned patent attorneys with years of patent drafting, prosecuting, and dispute resolution experience. They regularly counsel Chinese companies on IP protection and infringement issues related to their entry into the U.S. market, and work with Chinese companies in their acquisition or licensing of patents, trade secrets, trademarks or copyrights from U.S. companies.

Our IP attorneys also advise Chinese companies in connection with technology transactions with international companies across a wide variety of industries, including semiconductor, internet, consumer electronics, energy, fintech, and life sciences, working on many different types of agreements. In view of China’s rapid rise as a strong player in the IP protection field, Rimon’s IP attorneys also help U.S. companies to protect and leverage their IP assets in China through patents, trademarks, trademark prosecution and trademark dispute, licensing agreements, portfolio management, and business contracts.

Intellectual Property Litigation, Commercial Litigation and White-Collar Defense

Rimon’s China practice is further strengthened by its litigators, who represent Asia-based clients in high-profile cases related to patent and trademark infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, copyright issues, employment dispute, class actions, complex business disputes, white collar criminal defense, and government investigation.  We regularly represent our clients in state and federal court and before the ITC, including at trial and on appeal. We also represent Asia-based clients and Chinese Americans in white-collar criminal defense cases relating to trade secrets theft, Economic Espionage Act, criminal fraud issues and dealing with U.S. government investigations relating to FCPA, fraud, SEC or tax violations. Our litigators have the resources, experience, and local connections required to handle cross-border investigations and litigations on the ground in the United States, China, and other Asian countries.

Doing Business Globally

Our Chinese clients seeking to invest, acquire, or expand in Asia, Israel, Russia, Europe, North and Latin America, and the Caribbean, also regularly turn to us to help them with their global goals and operations. With offices worldwide spanning four continents, Rimon is truly a global law firm. Our International Desks have the experience and network to help Chinese companies to clear legal hurdles and navigate regulatory systems in any major market. We have represented many Chinese enterprises in cross-border IP transactions, private equity and venture capital investments, dispute resolutions, securities offerings, equity financings, infrastructural projects, corporate restructurings and reorganizations, public and private mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance issues, and regulatory compliance in the U.S. and throughout the world.