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For more than half a century, Davis LLP has been one of Canada's leading firms handling investments and transactions between Asia and Canada. Our firm has significant experience across Asia and in all sectors of the economy. We represent clients from the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines, Indonesia and elsewhere, as well as many Canadian clients active throughout Asia.

The China and Southeast Asia Practice Group is a multi-disciplinary team that includes a former Hong Kong lawyer and two P.R.C. legal counsel. Our Practice Group includes lawyers who speak Mandarin, Cantonese and Japanese.

Davis clients benefit from our expertise, experience and connections throughout China and Southeast Asia. We help our clients to understand the local legal and business environment and to formulate strategies to achieve their goals. In addition to the practice areas described below, we draw upon our firm's expertise in tax, business law, mining, forestry and other areas to give our clients top-quality advice on all aspects of their enterprise or investment.

Representative Clients, Transactions and Cases

• Outbound Investment - Advised Canadian clients negotiating manufacturing, real estate and technology joint ventures throughout Asia. Represented the lead party responsible for redeveloping Shanghai's famous and historic Jewish Quarter (the Living Bridge Tilanqiao redevelopment). Advised client on ongoing matters pertaining to investment structuring, manufacturing and distribution in China. Negotiated on behalf of a Vancouver water treatment company a technology joint venture and licencing agreement in China.
• Securities - Orchestrated reverse takeovers of Chinese companies and projects to gain listings on Canadian stock exchanges, including businesses in the energy, infrastructure, technology and manufacturing sectors in the P.R.C.
• Corporate Transactions - Represented a P.R.C. company in its acquisition of a Canadian forest licence and cutting permits. Acted as Canadian counsel in the spin-off of a Canadian real estate division of a Hong Kong public company.
• Real Estate - Advised a Hong Kong developer on all aspects of a Vancouver high-rise condominium tower development, including investment structuring, regulatory approval, development marketing and construction financing.
• Intellectual Property - Enforced several famous Hong Kong trade-marks in Canada. Successfully negotiated with the National Research Council of Canada to license, commercialize and market a significant new medical technology in China. Advised Asian-based multinational corporations on an international structure for holding and licencing intellectual property assets on a tax-effective basis. Prepared and filed North American patent applications for a prominent Chinese university and managed Canadian patent portfolios for a Singapore based Biotech company.
• Litigation - Represented first-tier Asian banks seeking to identify, freeze and recover assets in Canada derived from theft and fraud occurring in Asia. Coordinated activities with authorities and legal counsel in Asia and North America.
• Immigration - Represented Asian investors, executives, professionals and others in their Canadian immigration and work permit applications.
• Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution - Conducted ADR training programs for Hong Kong lawyers and for Singapore International Arbitration Centre arbitrators.

Recognition and Activities

• In May 2009, Davis LLP's senior strategy advisor Donald Campbell was the first to be appointed by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada as a Distinguished Fellow of the Foundation. In this role he offers input and advice to guide the APF's research program in to Canada's ties with Asia. He is also Chair of the Canadian Committee of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC), and in this role he will lead Canada's participation in a partnership seeking closer economic cooperation in the Pacific Rim region. He was formerly Deputy Minister in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canada.
• We participated in the 2007 China Mining Conference in Beijing and the 2005 Team Canada trade mission to China.
• Our lawyers have held leadership positions in numerous Asia-related organizations, including a chairmanship and directorships in the Hong Kong-Canada Business Association.
• We handled one of the earliest Canada-China joint ventures operated in Canada involving the establishment of the first travel and transportation conglomerate from China.

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