China
As the leading China legal practice in Australia, we offer the most comprehensive and experienced team dedicated to advising Chinese clients on all aspects of investing and conducting business in Australia and globally. Our clients include state-owned enterprises, listed companies, private equity and investment funds, financial institutions, family offices, ultra-high-net-worth individuals, and emerging technology ventures with links to China.
Our integrated China-Australia advisory team brings together Chinese-speaking lawyers across key practice areas, including:
- Corporate and commercial law
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Banking services
- Capital markets and fund formation
- Real estate investment and development
- Construction and infrastructure projects
- Energy and environmental law
- Medical and healthcare services
- Litigation and dispute resolution
- Immigration
- Employment and workplace relations
- Private client and estate planning
The members of our China Practice are fluent in Mandarin and culturally fluent in both Chinese and Australian business contexts. We understand the unique regulatory, transactional and relationship-driven considerations faced by Chinese investors operating in Australia.
We maintain strong relationships with leading independent law firms in China and Hong Kong through long-standing international networks, enabling us to deliver seamless cross-border legal solutions. Our collaboration with global accounting and advisory firms further enhances our ability to support clients with integrated commercial outcomes.
Our work is consistently recognised in leading legal directories, including Chambers Global, The Legal 500, and Best Lawyers Australia.
For more information in Mandarin, please visit our dedicated 中文 page, where you can explore our Chinese legal services in greater detail, and find out details about our Chinese lawyers.
Our China experience
- Assisting Chinese clients with business migration issues and applications for business visas.
- Assisting a large Chinese developer in its series of acquisition of commercial properties in excess of A$500 million.
- Acting for the head company of a UK based family-owned global publishing business with distribution in USA, Asia and Australia. The project involved the restructure and sale of the Australian business.
- Advised ABC Pastry Holdings on its $33.7 million business sale to Nissin Foods Company Limited.
- Worked on behalf of Shaunglin Automotive Parts Manufacturing Co on purchasing Australian and Chinese operations from Geely Holdings Group worth US$500 million.
- Acting as General Counsel for an international payments-based fintech start-up, including advising on some of the largest fintech fundraising rounds in Australia at the time from international investors such as MasterCard, TenCent Holdings, and Sequoia Capital China.
Our team