Best Practices for Managing the Liquidation/Downsizing of a China Business

May 20, 2019 | Articles, Publications

Table of Contents Challenge to be Managed by Management Comprehensive Approach to Managing China Company Liquidation and Downsizing Transitions 2.1 Corporate Preparation 2.2 Finance and Banking for Company Liquidation and Downsizing 2.3 Regulatory Approvals 2.4...

Negotiating Effective Contracts & Dealing with Disputes: Advice from Outside Counsel

Apr 11, 2019 | Articles, Publications

Jian Zhang was featured in a report titled “Negotiating Effective Contracts & Dealing with Disputes: Advice from Outside Counsel”, published by IR Global. This report features contributions from several IR Global members and was distributed in the...

Identifying and Managing Partner Selection Risk in China – IR Digital with Pamir Law Group

Dec 12, 2018 | Articles, Publications

Juan Carlos Madrigal spoke with the IR Digital team about the importance of identifying and actively managing partner selection risk in China. He also provides several examples of cases where poor partner selection decisions by foreign investors can threaten the...

Gateway to Asia Pacific: A Guide to Doing Business in Asia and the Pacific Region

Sep 26, 2017 | Articles

Juan Madrigal contributed to a report titled “Gateway to Asia Pacific: A guide to doing business in Asia and the Pacific Region”, published by IR Global. The following excerpts from Juan Madrigal’s answers to the questions in connection with China...

Is Your Company a ‘Boiling Frog’? What Should Be Done Before It’s Too Late?

Jul 21, 2016 | Articles

There is a popular metaphor in business circles about a 19th century experiment in which researchers concluded that frogs, when thrown into a pot of boiling water, would jump out to survive; but if the frog was placed in a pot of cold water where the temperature was...

Juan Madrigal Delivers Presentations in Spain and Portugal

Feb 24, 2016 | News

Juan Madrigal delivered a series of presentations to various audiences in Spain and Portugal in early February. In Spain, Juan delivered presentations about attracting Chinese outbound investment at ESADE Business School in Barcelona and the chamber of...

The First Word You Ever Learned. The Biggest Word of All: LOOK

Dec 30, 2015 | Articles

Many Chinese companies wish to expand business internationally. Some are already operating overseas and some are new explorers. Looking, seeking and finding good opportunities and cooperators that can supplement existing business or create opportunities for new...

Wanderers At the Ends of the Earth

Dec 30, 2015 | Articles

We are wanderers at the ends of the earth. But to meet each other here, why must we have met before? In the 1970’s, in New York City (“NYC”) Chinatown, I met a famous Chinese-American folk-singer and story-teller. His name is Charlie Chin, and he began a song...

Turning Lemons Into Lemonade – The Trend of Direct Foreign Investment

Dec 30, 2015 | Articles

The Chinese government must support the private sector companies at home and abroad as a priority reflects great changes coming, some which may bring hardship, but some will bring long-term sustainable growth for many others. Falling red is not without feeling, it...

The China Government Turns: A Milestone for Chinese Private Companies

Dec 30, 2015 | Articles

The iron tree blossoms, the cockerel lays eggs, and the rope on a seventy two year old cradle suddenly snaps. The above Song Dynasty poem refers to something extraordinary and difficult that happens suddenly. Since the founding of new China, the country’s...