Helen WONG
PRC Lawyer
Practices: Foreign Direct Investment, M&A, Corporate, Governance, International Dispute Resolution, Labor & Employment, Divorce and Inheritance
Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications:
PRC Bar
Working Languages:
Chinese, English
Social Activities
Representative Cases
Provided a series of legal services to a well-known Indian budget hotel chain for its investment in Shenzhen, China, covering its pre-establishment, company establishment, compliance review, commercial contracts drafting, review and revision, and the establishment and operation of its online platform.Provided a series of legal services to a major Portuguese football club for its joint venture project in China, including advice on foreign exchange, taxation and other corporate investment issues, negotiating with its joint venture partners, and reviewing relevant legal documents, including shareholders’ agreement.Provided a series of services to a Canadian airline for its divestment from a Sino-foreign joint venture in Zhuhai, including due diligence, negotiation, advice on risk control, asset evaluations, equity transfers, etc. and drafting relevant legal documents.Provided legal services to a Malaysia food chain and catering brand enterprise in relation to carrying out franchising business in China and setting up subsidiaries in China.Provided legal services to a French company with a leading position in the waste sorting technology industry for its establishment of a wholly foreign owned enterprise in Guangzhou.Provided whole-process services to a French company in its acquisition of a packaging equipment company in Guangzhou.Advised an Indian agrochemical company in its establishment of a wholly foreign owned enterprise in China. Advised a Hong Kong investor in the acquisition of its China partner’s shares in their Guangzhou Joint Venture.Advised two Israel investors in the transfer of their shares in a Dongguan company to a Hong Kong Company.Provided legal services to a U.S. payment services company for its establishment of a wholly foreign owned enterprise in Guangzhou.Provided legal services to a South American company engaged in commercial house leasing and integrated management business for its establishment of a wholly foreign owned enterprise in Foshan and its e-commerce business on major e-commerce websites in China.Advised a well-known overseas software cloud service company on providing software services to domestic customers through cloud services.Provided comprehensive legal services to a Hong Kong paper manufacturing company for the liquidation and restructuring of its subsidiary in Guangdong.Advised a multinational information company on network content, ICP operations and copyright compliance.Advised an Israeli company on its IPR protection and network operation rights.Provided legal services to foreign invested enterprises on the arrangement and follow-up of the whole incorporation procedure, their changes of registration including increase of registered capital, and change of business scope, address, directors, supervisors, etc., and preparation, review and amendment of relevant documents.Providing a series of legal services to a Malaysian trade company for its investment in Guangzhou. DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Represented a well-known German electrical appliance company and its Hong Kong affiliate in a dispute with a well-known Guangdong electrical appliance manufacturer over a contract for international sales of goods, with a subject matter of around RMB 10 million.Represented a French food trading company before CIETAC in a dispute over a contract for international sale of goods, with a subject matter of approximately RMB 4.5 million.Represented a Shenzhen-based foreign-invested enterprise in a dispute with a Beijing-based company over a contract for the sale and purchase of goods, involving an amount of approximately RMB 4.3 million.Represented a subsidiary of a Hong Kong-based environmental management company in various litigation cases in China, including a contractual dispute with a Guangzhou paper products company involving over RMB 3.4 million. Represented an Australian multinational electrical appliance company in a dispute over an international contract for the sale and purchase of goods, involving over RMB 2 million.Representing a large lighting company in Foshan in tort liability disputes with various enterprises and individuals in China involving over RMB 8 million.Represented a Mauritius company in a dispute with a Zhuhai company over transfer of equityRepresented a textile company in Sihui, Guangdong in a dispute over payment for goods involving over RMB 2 million.Represented an Italian leather products company in a dispute with a Xiamen trading company over a contract for the international sale of goods.Advised a well-known Italian shoe company in a trade dispute with a shoe enterprise in Guangzhou.Assisted a world-renowned Japanese electronics company in its internal compliance and anti-corruption investigation in Guangzhou.Assisted a wholly owned escalator subsidiary of a French group with a history of over 150 years in its internal compliance and anti-corruption investigation.Acting on behalf of a Hong Kong company in its guarantee contract dispute with two Chinese companies.Acting on behalf of a Turkish company in its unjustified enrichment dispute with a Chinese company.Advising some foreign clients on their international goods sales contract disputes with Chinese companies. RETAINER / LONG-TERM SERVICES
an American cross-border payment institutiona well-known British oil company and its subsidiariesa well-known Sino-foreign cooperative paper company in Huizhoua well-known Hong Kong chain restaurant group a well-known American plumbing equipment company and its Chinese subsidiarya well-known Malaysian coffee company and its Chinese subsidiary the world’s largest chewing gum manufacturer and seller and its Chinese subsidiariesIsrael’s largest furniture manufacturer and seller an electronic limited company in Dongguan wholly owned by a well-known Italian electronics companyan Israeli-invested Shenzhen electronics companya children’s product company in Shenzhen established by a multinational children’s product company a large lighting equipment company in Foshana Guangzhou subsidiary of an international freight forwarding companya USA software development company an escalator company wholly owned by a well-known French escalator group companya Chinese subsidiary invested by a leading French environmental protection company a French company with a leading position in the waste sorting industry technologya small Czech home appliance manufactureran internationally renowned Indian hotel management and operation online platform companya Chinese packaging group in Shenzhena Malaysia trade company and its subsidiary in GuangzhouLABOR & EMPLOYMENT
Provided a series of legal services for a German electronics company in laying off more than 150 employees in its China subsidiary, including plan development, documents drafting, on-site announcement, group negotiation and discharge, and termination of employees under special circumstances such as pregnancy.Advised a French company in Guangzhou on laying off more than 80 employees at its subsidiary in China.Provided a series of legal services for a Japanese shipping company in terminating a senior executive, including plan development, on-site negotiation, and follow-up.Represented a subsidiary of a leading international hotel company in China in a labor contract dispute with one of its senior executives, involving around RMB 1.6 million.Represented a British national in a labor contract dispute with a Guangzhou company.Advised an Italian in a labor contract dispute with a foreign trade enterprise in Guangzhou.Represented a paper products company in Huizhou in a labor contract dispute with a Hong Kong executive, involving around RMB 5.3 million.Provided long-term labor and personnel legal counseling to certain international companies in China.Advising and acting on behalf of a foreign invested company on their labor disputes with its former employees.Advising some foreign-invested companies on their daily labor issues.
DIVORCE & INHERITANCE
Advised a foreign couple on their divorce in Guangzhou, Guangdong.Advised a French national on his divorce from a Filipino national in Foshan, Guangdong.Advised a Germany national in his divorce with a Chinese in Dongguan, Guangdong.Provided a series of legal services to six Americans in their inheritance of three houses in Taishan, Guangdong.Advised an American in the inheritance of a house in Guangzhou, Guangdong.Advising some foreigners or oversea Chinese on their inheritance of houses and other properties in China.Advising some foreigners on their divorces with Chinese and also some Chinese on their divorces with foreigners.