Cross-Border Business & Disputes
U.S. market entry, commercial contracts, trademarks, and disputes between U.S. and Chinese parties—from demand letter to enforcement.
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10 SERVICESU.S. Market Entry for International Companies
A Chinese or other international company entering the U.S. market usually has the commercial plan worked out and the legal plan not. Who signs the first customer contract, which entity holds the …
International Commercial Contracts
When a cross-border deal goes wrong, the contract decides almost everything: which law applies, where the dispute is heard, how the other side is served, whether a judgment can be enforced where …
U.S. Trademark Strategy
A U.S. trademark registration is what lets you stop counterfeit listings, keep your name on Amazon and prevent a distributor from registering your brand first. For companies based outside the Uni…
Cross-Border Intellectual Property Disputes
IP disputes between U.S. and Chinese parties come in recognizable shapes: a former partner using your trademark, an ex-employee taking source code to a competitor, a licensee exceeding the licens…
U.S.–China Commercial Disputes
A commercial dispute between a U.S. company and a Chinese one is rarely won by the party with the better legal argument alone. It is won by the party that chose the right forum, served the other …
Cross-Border Contract Disputes
The supplier shipped late, the buyer refused the goods, the distributor stopped paying, the licensee kept selling after termination. Cross-border contract disputes are about facts first—who did w…
International Debt Recovery
An overseas supplier owed money by a U.S. buyer, or a U.S. company owed money by a counterparty in China, faces the same first question: is this debt worth pursuing? The answer depends on the con…
International Arbitration Strategy
For disputes between U.S. and Chinese parties, arbitration is often the only route to a decision both countries will enforce. The clause you signed decides the institution, the seat, the language…
Founder & Shareholder Disputes
When cofounders fall out, the company usually suffers before anyone reads the shareholders' agreement. Who controls the bank account and the code repository this week matters as much as who is ri…
Amazon & Cross-Border E-Commerce Counsel
Cross-border sellers run into U.S. legal problems through the platform first: an IP complaint that suspends a listing, a brand dispute with a former partner, a supplier that ships defective inven…
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