Corporate and Commercial Law

Corporate and Commercial Law

As one of Hongan Xinchen's core practice areas, corporate and commercial legal services are based on domestic and foreign commercial legal systems and regulatory frameworks. Centered on the full-life cycle needs of enterprises, they provide clients with comprehensive legal services from startup establishment to strategic expansion, and from compliant operations to dispute resolution, with particularly profound experience in corporate governance, investment and financing structure design, and complex commercial transactions.

In recent years, Hongan Xinchen has provided multi-level solutions for domestic and foreign enterprises, financial institutions, investment funds, and government departments, leading or participating in hundreds of cases involving corporate establishment, equity restructuring, cross-border joint ventures, compliance system construction, and major commercial disputes. Relying on precise interpretation of commercial laws, forward-looking insight into industry trends, and deep understanding of business logic, the team's lawyers have served as core legal advisors in benchmark projects across internet technology, new energy, high-end manufacturing, financial asset management, consumer goods, real estate, and other fields, assisting clients in balancing risks and opportunities. Especially in complex scenarios involving multi-jurisdictional compliance, control rights games, and business model innovation, Hongan Xinchen helps clients break through legal bottlenecks and achieve business goals with creative thinking and efficient execution.

Through long-term accumulation, Hongan Xinchen maintains regular communication with regulatory authorities such as market supervision, taxation, foreign exchange management, and commerce, and participates in the demonstration of pilot commercial rules in multiple free trade zones. Meanwhile, it has established a strategic collaborative ecosystem with domestic and foreign accounting firms, investment banks, evaluation institutions, and industry think tanks to provide clients with cross-disciplinary resource integration support.

Our Advantages

Cutting-Edge Legal Research and Practical Innovation

Hongan Xinchen continuously tracks global commercial legal reforms, publishes research results such as Practical Guide to Corporate Control Rights Design, VIE Structure Compliance White Paper, and Judicial Adjudication Trend Report on Valuation Adjustment Mechanism Agreements, and hosts industry events like the "New Economy Enterprise Compliance Summit" and "Cross-Border Investment Legal Risk Forum". Team lawyers have deeply participated in the revision and discussion of laws and regulations such as the Company Law of the People's Republic of China, Foreign Investment Law, Partnership Enterprise Law, and Enterprise Compliance Management Measures, and provided professional opinions for supporting policies such as the Regulations on Company Registration Administration, Credit Supervision Rules for Commercial Entities, and Measures for Security Assessment of Cross-Border Data Flow. They have led the compilation of monographs including 200 Questions on Company Articles of Association Design, Practical Manual for Equity Incentives and Partnership Systems, Comprehensive Explanation of Key Points for Commercial Contract Review, Guide to Building Enterprise Compliance Management Systems, and Cross-Border Investment Legal Risk Map, and participated in the case commentary on the Company Law Judicial Interpretation by the Supreme People's Court and the formulation of national business environment evaluation standards.

Full-Industry Coverage and Ecological Services

Clients cover industries such as internet platforms, intelligent manufacturing, biomedicine, new energy, cultural entertainment, financial technology, retail chains, logistics transportation, education, and healthcare, including start-ups, growth companies, listed companies, multinational groups, and government-guided funds. Aiming at the legal needs of enterprises at different development stages, it provides customized solutions covering the entire scenario of equity design, financing mergers and acquisitions, compliance risk control, bankruptcy reorganization, and crisis response.

Full-Cycle One-Stop Service Capability

The team provides full-process support for domestic and foreign clients from company establishment, operation, expansion to exit, including:

- Designing corporate equity structures and partnership systems

- Handling foreign capital access, VIE structure establishment, and red chip return

- Formulating dispute clauses in company articles of association and shareholder agreements

- Designing employee stock ownership plans and executive incentive schemes

- Building group control systems and governance models for branches and subsidiaries

- Responding to antitrust filings and concentration of undertakings reviews

- Handling company dissolution, liquidation, and bankruptcy reorganization

- Representing in commercial cases such as corporate control rights disputes and shareholder derivative lawsuits

Global Resources and Localized Implementation

Relying on Hongan Xinchen's global collaboration network, the team has rich experience in cross-border investment, offshore structure design, and international arbitration, assisting clients in establishing operating entities and handling cross-border compliance disputes in regions such as North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia. For legal differences in countries along the "Belt and Road", it provides country-specific legal risk assessments and localized compliance solutions to ensure seamless integration of clients' business strategies and legal compliance.

Business Types/Service Content

Hongan Xinchen's corporate and commercial legal services cover all dimensions of enterprise operations, specifically including:

Business Areas:

- Corporate establishment, modification, cancellation, and branch management

- Equity structure design, option pool reservation, and dynamic adjustment mechanisms

- Foreign investment access, negative list analysis, and joint venture negotiations

- Corporate capital increase and expansion, capital reduction, and share repurchase plan design

- Shareholder rights protection and corporate control rights dispute strategies formulation

- Related party transaction compliance review and prevention of corporate personality denial risks

- Commercial contract drafting, performance disputes, and breach of contract relief

- Corporate bond issuance, asset securitization, and guarantee structure design

- Mixed ownership reform of state-owned enterprises, employee stock ownership, and state-owned property rights transactions

- Corporate dissolution and liquidation, bankruptcy reorganization, and debt restructuring

- Commercial arbitration, shareholder dispute litigation, and execution objections

- ESG compliance system construction and green financial product design

- Data compliance, network security, and platform economy rules adaptation

Work Content:

- Legal due diligence and business feasibility analysis

- Customization of company articles of association, shareholder agreements, and governance documents

- Cross-border investment structure design and round-trip investment compliance review

- Tax optimization for equity incentive plans and prevention of exercise disputes

- Review of corporate resolution validity and compliance with shareholders'/board of directors' procedures

- Risk isolation for related enterprises and optimization of corporate governance structures

- Commercial contract performance risk early warning and dispute negotiation

- Assistance in handling foreign capital filing, foreign exchange registration, and cross-border payment

- Formulation of anti-commercial bribery and anti-money laundering compliance systems

- Representation in corporate license return and disputes over liability for damaging company interests

- Design of bankruptcy pre-reorganization plans and participation in creditor negotiations

- Response to market supervision investigations and administrative penalty hearings

- Providing compliance rectification opinions for IPO and M&A projects

- Executive criminal risk prevention and legal support for crisis public relations

More Than a Risk Controller: A Business Enabler

With a dual perspective of "law + business", Hongan Xinchen's team deeply understands clients' industry characteristics and strategic needs, embeds compliance requirements into business model innovation, helps enterprises grow steadily in a dynamic regulatory environment, and achieves synergistic value appreciation of legal and commercial values.