Cases
Experience: Compliance
FCPA: Training: . Conduct trainings for publicly listed U.S. companies operating in the PRC on the FCPA
PRC anti-bribery laws.
International Medical Device Company: . Conducted an internal investigation of potential FCPA violations involving paying bribes to Chinese health care professionals (HCPs) through distributors.
Global Fortune 100 Company: . Conducted an internal investigation of potential FCPA violations involving providing overseas travels to Chinese state-owned companies' employees.
Confidential Client: . Conducted a number of internal investigations of potential violations of both FCPA
Chinese anti-bribery laws involving such matters as offering kickbacks to employees of state-owned companies, paying bribes to government officials to avoid penalties, etc.
International Sourcing Company: . Conducted internal investigations in connection with conflicts of interests
sexual harassment in a Chinese subsidiary.
Confidential Client: . Conducted an internal investigation focused on potential violations of US export control laws.
U.S.-Listed Chinese Software Company: . Represented the Audit Committee in connection with a special investigation of claims raised by a 'whistleblower' involving allegations of FCPA violations, related party transactions, inflated earnings
fraud.
U.S.-Listed Chinese Internet Gaming Company: . Represented the Audit Committee in connection with a special investigation of claims raised by a 'Whistleblower' under the SEC's whistleblower program involving allegations of undisclosed conflicts of interest, related party transactions
fraud.
U.S.-Listed Chinese Manufacturing Company: . Represented a U.S. publicly listed Chinese manufacturing company in securities class action litigation
NASDAQ
SEC proceedings arising out of certain discrepancies
issues the auditor identified as relating to the company
its subsidiaries' financial records.
International Manufacturing Company: . Conducted an internal investigation in connection with stealing confidential information by a Chinese employee.
Technology Company: . Represented a technology company in an internal investigation focused on the improper dissemination of proprietary information to a competitor.
Confidential Client: . Represented a Fortune 50 corporation in an investigation of accounting practices by the PRC Ministry of Finance.
Dispute Resolution: Assist a China-based payment service company at a trial before TTAB, opposing federal registration of trademarks for payment services
case pending.
Assist a Chinese public company in defense of a trade secrets infringement lawsuit
case pending.
Assisted a U.S. subsidiary of a Chinese energy company in defense of an executive compensation case
won summary judgment with client paying nothing to adversary.
Assisted a Chinese public company in defense of a lawsuit involving claims of copyright infringements
case settled.
Assisted an automated driving technology company in defense of a lawsuit involving claims of trade secrets infringement, case settled.
Assisted a Chinese public company in a case asserting competing claims to ownership over a federally registered trademark
won summary judgment with client obtaining ownership over trademark
cancellation of adversary's registered trademark.
Assisted a Chinese agriculture technology company in defense of an ICC arbitration involving claims of breach of contract in which plaintiff sought damages of approx. $16 million
arbitrators awarded no damages.
Assisted a Chinese printed circuit board manufacturer in defense of a breach of contract lawsuit filed by one of its U.S.-based distributors, precluding the distributor from recovering more than 99% of the damages sought.
Corporate: Advised Black Dragon Capital in connection with its acquisition of Grass Valley, a leading technology supplier of advanced broadcast
media solutions, with operations in over 20 different jurisdictions worldwide.
Advised TTM in acquisition of Meadville printed circuit board business (total transaction value of approximately US$900 million).
Advised a U.S. cleaning equipment public company in acquiring a Chinese trading company by means of an asset sale.
Advised ADC Telecommunications in acquisition of Communication Expert Ltd.
multiple PRC operating companies.
Numerous wholly foreign-owned enterprises (WFOE)
joint ventures (JV) in various parts of China
various industries such as manufacturing, trading
distribution, logistics, marketing, engineering
construction, hotel management, etc.
Labor
Employment - contentious terminations
dispute resolution - negotiate
document for-cause severance arrangements
agreements in connection with code-of-conduct, legal
ethical violations
negotiate settlements
manage
supervise local counsel in employment arbitrations
litigations.
