Operations and Structures

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1、20/08/2012DoingBusinessinChina2012VivienneBathOperationsandStructuresBusinessstructuresinChina•Categorisedbyownership:•State-owned(SOEs,State-ownedcompanies,collectives)•Private(Chineseprivatecompanies,tradingenterprises,partnerships)•Foreign-owned(foreign-ownedenterprises[equityjointventures;

2、contractualjointventures;whollyforeignownedcompanies],partnerships,etc–alsoprivate)VivienneBath•Categorisedbystructure:•Corporations–CompanyLawentities(limitedliabiltycompaniesandjointstockcompanies);old-styleSOEs;DoingBusinessinChina2012FIEs•Partnerships•Others–proprietarycompanies2•Contractu

3、alstructures–VIEs,funds,etc.120/08/2012CorporateLaw-Introduction•Multipleformsoflegislationrelatingtotheestablishmentandoperationofcorporate/businessentities:•Companyandsecuritieslaws•Stateownedassetslaws•ForeigninvestmentlawsVivienneBath•Subject-specificlawsandpolicies–financialinstitutions,r

4、areearths,etc.DoingBusinessinChina2012•Lawsofgeneralapplication–contracts,civillaw,criminallaw3BUT…•Importanceofgovernment(andcommunistpartyembeddedingovernment)–multiplepossibleroles•Approval/registrationagency•regulator•overallplannerofdevelopment•ownerorpart-ownerofpartnerVivienneBath•owner

5、orpart-ownerofcompetitor•landowner/grantorofthelanduserights•presenceinorganisationthroughtradeDoingBusinessinChina2012unionand/orCCPbranch•Roleinenforcement–police,procuratorate4andcourts220/08/2012ChineseCompaniesgenerally•Basicstructure:•Sharesorregisteredcapital?•Roleofshareholdersvroleofd

6、irectors•Directors,supervisorsandseniormanagement•Stateorprivatelyowned(orboth)•Constituentdocuments:•JointVentureContract(JVsonly)DoingBusinessinChina2012VivienneBath•ArticlesofAssociation•Partnershipagreement?•Other?Contractualarrangements?•Roleofbusinesslicenceandregistrationwith5SAICChines

7、eCompanies-issuesBusinessscope:aChinesecompany(whetheraforeigninvestmententerpriseoraChinesejointstockcompany)shouldactwithinthescopeofitsapprovedscopeofbusiness,asreflectedinitsbusinesslicenceLegalrepresentative:generallytheVivienneB