Vivien Chan & Co

Firm Profile

Managing Partners: Vivien Chan

Number of partners: 6

Languages: Chinese, English, French, Japanese

Firm Overview:

Vivien Chan & Co is a Greater China full-service law practice with long established licensed law offices in Hong Kong (1985) and Beijing (1993). We are consistently recognized as a premier law firm for and in Greater China.

With almost 40 years of experience, we have developed deep local roots in jurisdictions beyond the Greater China region and an integrated global perspective necessary to help domestic businesses and multinational companies alike seamlessly manage even the most complex local and cross border transactions.

We have advised on some of the most significant litigation, acquisitions, arbitrations, and real estate projects to date. This is particularly evident from our leading position in areas such as employment, dispute resolution, intellectual property, M&A and tax. Our ability to collaborate across practices and borders with ease allows us to bring the right team to every transaction, regardless of location.

Areas of Practice:

China Business and Trade

Commercial and Corporate Advisory

Construction

Employment and Compensation

Enforcement of IP Rights in Greater China

Family Law

Insolvency and Restructuring

Intellectual Property

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Mergers & Acquisitions

Notarial Services

Private Client

Real Estate

Regulatory Compliance

Tax and Wealth Planning

White Collar Defence and Investigation

China Business and Trade

-Trade, distribution and supply chain management

-Regulatory compliance;

-Cybersecurity and data privacy compliance

-Customs

-Foreign direct investment

-Chinese outbound investments

-Tax planning

Commercial and Corporate Advisory

-Company formation and dissolution

-Company secretarial services

-E-commerce

-Corporate governance and directors’ duties

-Commercial contracts

Construction

-Drafting and vetting building, engineering, consultancy and project contracts

-Pre-tender, procurement and contracting advice

-Professional negligence claims

-Project planning, financing and documentation

-Tax planning

Employment and Compensation

-Employee benefits and executive compensation

-Occupational health and safety

-Termination and layoffs

-Global mobility, business immigration and executive transfer

Enforcement of IP Rights in Greater China

-Customs and border enforcement

-Complex multi-channel and multi-jurisdictional enforcement

-Anti-unfair competition; trade secret protection

-E-commerce, social media, online platforms and domain names

Family Law

-Divorce and judicial separation

-Trust

-Pre-nuptial and postnuptial agreements

-Parentage issues; cohabitation; care, control and custody

Insolvency and Restructuring

-Corporate insolvency and restructuring

-Personal insolvency

-Insolvency and director’s liabilities

Intellectual Property:

-Brand protection and portfolio management

-Anti-counterfeiting and anti-unfair competition

-Patents, design prosecution and infringement

-Copyrights

-Trade secrets

-E-commerce

-Advertising compliance

Litigation and Dispute Resolution:

-M&A, listing and transaction disputes

-Family, trust and probate

-Complex commercial, shareholders/ partnership disputes, derivative actions and remedies

-Injunction, asset preservation and tracing

-Business and accounting frauds, cyber scam

-Breach of professional or fiduciary duty

-Defamation

-Cross-border judgment enforcement

Mergers & Acquisitions:

-Asset acquisition and dispositions

-Leveraged buyouts and tender offers

-Listing requirements continuance, corporate disclosure, corporate governance

-Transferable loan facilities with embedded bond options or warrants

-Privatisations and de-listings

Notarial Services

-Notarial services

-China attesting services

-Apostillization and legalisation of documents

Private Client

-Art, antiques and collectibles (digital and tangible)

-Philanthropy

-Defamation

-Immigration law

-Pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements

-Trust

Real Estate

-Cross-border acquisition

-Lease

-Real estate related tax

-Real estate development

Regulatory Compliance

-Administrative review and complaint

-Risk analysis and compliance solutions

-Contract review

-Corporate governance

-Crisis management policy

-Labelling and licensing

Tax and Wealth Planning:

-Tax efficient financing structures design and implementation

-Real estate related taxes

-Employment compensation

-Custom duties

-Wealth management and succession planning

-Trust

-Transfer pricing

White Collar Defence and Investigations

-Internal investigation

-Criminal defence

-Financial crime and tax

Clients:

The firm has developed a wide range of clientele achieved through providing excellent and reliable services throughout the years. It acts for Fortune 500 and multinational corporations, including Alticor, American Airlines, LVMH Group, Epic Games, Yves Saint Laurent, and China-based clients, including Horizon Ventures, Nam Kee Noodle, Fountain Set, Esquel Group, Aussco, etc.