Asia

Our lawyers have worked and lived in Asia and have handled international dossiers in all the fields of their activity, on the spot and in France.

• India

  Assistance to an international petroleum services company in the preparation of a joint venture agreement with an Indian co-venturer in view of joint operations in India.

  Defense of an Indian bank's security interest in a shipload of coffee beans in a United States customs litigation, subsequent to the seizure of the beans under U.S. quota legislation.

  Assistance to an international petroleum services company in the preparation of a joint venture agreement with an Indian entity in view of joint operations in India.

  Representation of a multinational in restructuring its investments in India, notably through the sale of shares held in a joint venture.

  Representation of a French company in the negotiation and drafting of agreements setting up a joint venture company for the manufacture and marketing of products.

• Indonesia

  Representation of a multinational in view of its withdrawal from the Southeast Asian oil industry by means of the sale of its shares to an Indonesian company, involving drafting of agreements, including the share-sale agreement, an assignment of debt, an assignment of accounts receivable, a cancellation and release covering all liabilities except those resulting from representation-and-warranty default, and an agreement to establish an escrow account for deposit of the purchase price until fulfillment of all conditions precedent.

  Representation of a French seed company in the setting-up of a joint venture in Indonesia with an Indonesian partner, including establishment of an Indonesian land-use deed for agricultural acreage in Sumatra and drafting the joint venture agreement and employment contracts with French agricultural engineers in charge of joint venture operations in Sumatra. Representation of that company in connection with the negotiation and drafting of a license agreement relating to the use of hybrid seeds by the Indonesian joint venture company.

  Negotiation and drafting for a U. S. bank of an Indonesian rupiah draft purchase agreement to finance an automobile dealership.

  Renegotiation and amendment of a joint venture agreement subject to Indonesian law, between a Singaporean shipping company and an Indonesian entity involving amendment of Indonesian Articles of Association of the joint venture company and obtaining approval of relevant Indonesian authorities.

  Negotiation and drafting of a sales representation agreement between an Indonesian pineapple-producing company and a Taiwan-based company.

• Japan

  Negotiation and drafting, on behalf of an inventor of games, of several distribution agreements with major game distributors in, inter alia, the USA , Japan and Europe.

  Drafting of a contract between a French artist and a Japanese art gallery, for the future supply of oil paintings to be created by the French artist.

  Representation of a Japanese multinational corporation in connection with the construction and operation of an international luxury hotel in Southeast Asia.

  Legal opinion as to the structure of a multi-tiered finance lease arrangement for financing a Fokker 100 with Japanese funds, through an Irish joint venture formed among Irish subsidiaries of several airline companies and French financial institutions.

  Preparation of a distribution agreement for a French company acting as distributor in France of Japanese-manufactured goods on behalf of the U.S. licensed distributor.

  Representation of a French company in setting up a strategic worldwide alliance between such company and a Japanese group, including planning and preparation of the various agreements involved, due diligence and analysis of economic and intellectual property aspects at the international level.

• Korea

  Defense of a Korean pharmaceutical company, in an ICC arbitration, against allegations of illicit appropriation of patented technology.

  Advice to a world leader in domestic electric products in terminating the relationship with its distributor in a Middle Eastern country.

• Malaysia

  Advice with respect to the rights of a middle-sized French bank and to those of the U.S. bank with whom it had entered into a 50% participation agreement in a multimillion U.S. dollar short-term loan it had extended to a Malaysian company.

• Pakistan

  Review and analysis, on behalf of a major French telecommunications company, of joint venture operations in Pakistan for supply of goods and services, encompassing 28 separate agreements.

• Singapore

  Renegotiation and amendment of a joint venture agreement subject to Indonesian law, between a Singaporean shipping company and an Indonesian entity involving amendment of Indonesian Articles of Association of the joint venture company and obtaining approval of relevant Indonesian authorities.

  Preparation of a sales-representation agreement to market French wines in Singapore between the Singaporean subsidiary of a French exporter and local companies.

  Negotiation and drafting of a distribution agreement for a Swedish company to sell heavy equipment in Singapore.

  Negotiation and drafting of contracts setting up a joint venture in China between a French company and a Singapore company.

  Advice regarding the creation of joint ventures in Singapore and Bangkok between a French company and a German company.

  Advice to a major U.S.-based international banking corporation following the 1985 Singapore stock market crash, in connection with more than thirty "bad loan" files involving an aggregate of approximately 200 million Singapore dollars, including review and evaluation of existing loan documents with in-house counsel, work-out officers, credit officers and top branch management; drafting and editing of pleadings and briefs, and their finalization with local pleading attorneys.

  Representation of Singaporian state-owned entity in an ICC arbitration for the purpose of recovering its debt from an Eastern European state-owned trading company.

  Advice to European, Asian and African companies on investments in Asia.

• Sri Lanka

  Analysis of the "investment" concept as a required basis for ICSID jurisdiction, on behalf of a Hong Kong company, in a dispute with the Government of Sri Lanka.

• Taiwan

  Negotiation and drafting of a sales representation agreement between an Indonesian pineapple-producing company and a Taiwan-based company.

• Thaïland

  Refinancing of a paper mill's multimillion dollar debt by a Bangkok-based financial institution.

  Representation of a French company in the formation of a joint-venture, including negotiation and drafting of technology transfer agreements in the framework of specific legal restrictions for each country where operations were set up, agreements relating to management, provision of services and semi-products and commercial distribution within the applicable tax context. Negotiation of sale or purchase options for shares of stock and conditions for successive repurchase of shares from other shareholders and, subsequently, conditions for withdrawal, followed by sale by the French company of its interest in the joint-venture.

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