Recover Commercial Claims, Brand Rights & Personal Assets in China.
Whether your company is facing a defaulting Chinese supplier, detained OEM molds, or a squatted trademark—or your family needs to inherit real estate, divide cross-border marital property, or pursue executive severance in China—work directly with a dual-qualified PRC and U.S. attorney backed by a 1,000+ professional nationwide law firm.
What do you need to recover or resolve in China?
How We Resolve Commercial & Personal Matters in China
Clear, result-focused legal representation without jargon. Click any practice card below to view how we handle the matter, realistic timelines, and both front-end fixed fees and full-stage representation fees.
Supplier Default, Deposit Loss & Shell Entity Claims
When a Chinese vendor stops responding after collecting deposits, ships defective goods, or hides behind an empty trading company, we petition Chinese courts for 48-hour bank account freezes and pursue the actual shareholders and sister factories behind the shell.
OEM Tooling Hostage Rescue & Bilingual Contract Revision
Need an attorney to modify your existing English NNN or OEM agreement so it works in Chinese courts? Or did a factory lock up your paid injection molds demanding "exit fees"? We revise and draft supplier contracts and petition courts to seal and return detained tooling.
Trademark Squatting Defense & Customs Cargo Release
When a supplier, agent, or squatter registers your brand in China to sabotage your Amazon listings or detain your export containers at Chinese Customs, we file bad-faith invalidations and submit non-infringement evidence to release your cargo.
Sinosure Defense, Foreign Judgment Enforcement & Retainers
We represent foreign buyers against Sinosure subrogation claims using quality and breach counter-evidence, enforce foreign arbitral awards and eligible commercial judgments in Chinese courts, and serve as ongoing PRC corporate counsel.
Other Commercial or IP Matter
Your China matter isn't listed above? Submit the intake form with a brief summary. We follow the same process: a conflict check and preliminary review within 2 business days, after which we confirm whether and how we can assist and provide a written scope and fee quote before any engagement.
Overseas Heir Real Estate & Bank Inheritance in China
Complete legal representation for foreign citizens and overseas Chinese heirs: from initial written roadmaps to handling probate notarization, deed-tax-exempt real estate title transfers, apartment sales, tax clearance, SAFE approval to wire funds abroad, and contested estate litigation.
Cross-Border Divorce, Prenups & PRC Property Division
We review and draft bilingual prenuptial and postnuptial agreements covering Chinese and overseas assets, petition Chinese Intermediate Courts to recognize foreign divorce decrees, and represent clients in Chinese divorce and real estate division lawsuits.
Expat Wrongful Termination (2N) & Labor Arbitration
Representing foreign executives, engineers, and educators in China: reviewing employment and non-compete contracts, calculating statutory 2N severance, negotiating exit packages, and representing you in PRC labor arbitration and court trials.
Work Permit Release Disputes & Emergency Family Liaison
When an employer unlawfully withholds work permit cancelation or release documents to block your career move, or when a foreign citizen is detained in China and family members abroad need immediate attorney visits and defense representation.
Other Personal or Family Matter
Your China matter isn't listed above? Submit the intake form with a brief summary. We follow the same process: a conflict check and preliminary review within 2 business days, after which we confirm whether and how we can assist and provide a written scope and fee quote before any engagement.
When We Advise Against Filing a Lawsuit in China
We do not encourage clients to spend money on unviable court actions. We generally advise against full litigation when: (1) a commercial dispute is under $15,000–$20,000 USD (where combined attorney retainers, court fees, and Apostille/translation costs outweigh expected recovery—use our $890 Demand Letter or $950 Admin Complaint instead); (2) an expat worked without a valid Chinese Work Permit or Permanent Resident ID (ineligible for statutory 2N labor severance, though civil service fees may still be claimed); or (3) a visa application was denied at consular discretion.
5-Stage Remote Representation Workflow
Foreign corporate officers, overseas heirs, and individual claimants rarely need to travel to China in person. Here is how your matter moves from intake to resolution.
Conflict Check & Triage
Submit our online Intake Form. We verify the counterparty in China's official registry, complete an internal conflict check, and reply with a clear fixed-fee or hybrid quote (plus your 10% Intake Credit).
Engagement & Apostille / Video Witness
Sign a formal engagement agreement with Beijing Celue Law Firm. Authorize our attorneys remotely via a Hague Apostille POA—or apply for a 3-way online video witnessing session with the Chinese judge.
Pre-Trial Asset or Tooling Preservation
In commercial, tooling, or property disputes, we petition the court to freeze bank accounts, seal real estate, or impound molds within 48 hours of urgent filing—preventing asset transfers.
Settlement Leverage or Trial / Probate
An active bank freeze or administrative filing frequently brings counterparties to the settlement table. If contested, our attorneys represent you across all court hearings, arbitrations, or title transfers.
Enforcement & Cross-Border Wiring
We pursue compulsory court execution (seizing funds and imposing high-consumption restrictions on executives) and handle tax and SAFE foreign exchange filings to wire proceeds to your overseas bank.
How Western Legal Concepts Translate into Chinese Practice
While U.S. courts rarely freeze bank accounts before judgment, Chinese courts routinely grant pre-suit or in-suit property preservation backed by a low-cost insurance bond—freezing bank accounts or molds within 48 hours.
China has no broad pre-trial depositions. Cases turn on contracts, banking records, tax filings, and court investigation orders. Foreign parties also cannot collect or transfer data out of China without statutory clearance.
Arbitral awards enforce smoothly under the New York Convention. Foreign court judgments require treaty or reciprocity review, and foreign divorce property orders are not directly enforced—making direct PRC court action critical.
In China, posting a counter-guarantee bond to release customs-seized cargo only applies to patent disputes. For trademark seizures, release requires submitting prior ownership proof and tracking the 20/50-working-day statutory clock.
30-Second Economic Viability & Statutory Cost Calculator
Select your matter type and disputed/asset amount to estimate statutory Chinese court fees alongside attorney retainer models—and see immediately if litigation is financially worthwhile.
Fixed-Fee Menu & Full-Stage Representation Schedule
We do not use unpredictable hourly billing as our default model. Front-end services carry a single flat fee (100% creditable toward subsequent litigation or arbitration within 30 days), and clients who initiate via our online Intake Form receive a 10% reduction on their initial fixed-fee engagement.
Single Flat Fixed Fees
For demand letters, NNN and OEM contract modifications or drafting, trademark filings/invalidations, inheritance roadmaps, foreign divorce recognition, and labor arbitrations.
Stage-by-Stage Fixed Retainers
For court litigation, mold seizure, probate title transfers, and family property division. Fees are separated by procedural phase so you never pay for the entire lifecycle upfront.
12% Hybrid / 15% Contingency
For qualified commercial debt claims: choose a reduced base retainer + 12% success fee, or a 15% pure contingency fee. *(Family, estate, and labor matters require fixed billing under PRC rules).*
Corporate & Commercial Fee Schedule
All payments contracted directly with Beijing Celue Law Firm
Individual, Family & Expat Fee Schedule
Full-chain representation from assessment to title transfer or trial
Common Questions from Overseas Companies & Individuals
Practical, easy-to-understand answers on how cross-border proceedings work in China.
1. Do I need to travel to China in person to file a lawsuit, inherit property, or handle a divorce?
In most commercial lawsuits, labor arbitrations, and uncontested estate matters, you do not need to fly to China. You can authorize our attorneys remotely via a notarized Power of Attorney with a Hague Apostille—or, in eligible court filings, complete a 3-way online video witnessing session directly with the Chinese judge.
2. When is a China dispute NOT economically worth taking to court?
If a commercial claim is under $15,000–$20,000 USD, formal court litigation is rarely cost-effective once attorney retainers, court filing fees, and certified translation costs are combined. We tell you upfront if a lawsuit does not make financial sense and offer fixed-fee options like an $890 bilingual demand letter or a $950 counterparty audit and administrative complaint.
3. Can my U.S. or foreign court judgment be recognized and enforced in China?
Foreign arbitral awards from New York Convention states are widely recognized by Chinese Intermediate Courts. Foreign commercial court judgments are reviewed under bilateral treaties or legal reciprocity (recently applied to UK and Singapore judgments), while foreign divorce decrees are recognized for marital status dissolution with Chinese real estate divided through a separate local filing.
4. How can we address the risk of a Chinese supplier emptying accounts or hiding my molds?
Chinese civil procedure allows claimants to petition for urgent pre-suit or in-suit property preservation. Once approved with a low-cost litigation insurance bond, the court can issue a ruling within 48 hours to freeze the counterparty's bank accounts, seal real estate, or impound physical tooling pending trial.
5. What if the Chinese vendor I signed with is an empty trading shell?
Dealing with a trading shell does not mean recovery stops there. Under updated Chinese corporate rules, if the owners commingled funds with an affiliated production factory, operated a one-person company without strict financial separation, or left registered capital unpaid, we can petition to hold the shareholders and sister factories jointly liable.
6. If funds are recovered in court or an inherited apartment is sold, how is the money wired abroad?
Both court-recovered funds and inherited property sale proceeds can be converted and wired abroad through compliant banking channels. For overseas heirs selling inherited Chinese real estate, once local tax clearance is completed, we file with the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) to wire the full sale proceeds abroad without being restricted by the $50,000 annual personal quota.
7. How do your fees work, and how do I claim the 10% Online Intake Credit?
We offer single flat fees for front-end actions (contract modifications, demand letters, trademark filings, labor arbitrations, and inheritance roadmaps) and stage-by-stage or 12%–15% contingency options for commercial recovery. Family, inheritance, and labor matters are billed strictly on a fixed-fee basis under Chinese bar rules. Submitting our online Intake Form below automatically applies a 10% reduction to your first fixed-fee service.
8. Does submitting the Case Intake Form create an attorney-client relationship?
No. Submitting the intake form only triggers an internal conflict-of-interest check and a preliminary 2-business-day feasibility response from Attorney Di Kang. A formal attorney-client relationship is created solely upon executing a written engagement agreement with Beijing Celue Law Firm.
Representative Cross-Border Matters
Selected cross-border arbitrations, litigations, corporate restructurings, and personal asset matters handled by Lead Counsel Di Kang and the Beijing Celue team. *(Client identities anonymized in accordance with PRC bar confidentiality rules; prior matters do not predict future outcomes).*
Listed Pharmaceutical Cross-Border Dispute & Compliance
Acted as PRC counsel for a leading A-share listed pharmaceutical manufacturer in European ICC arbitration proceedings, parallel U.S. federal litigation, API export compliance, and subsidiary risk governance across Germany, Brazil, and Southeast Asia.
Europe, Vietnam & Hong Kong Infringement Resolution
Represented a major Southeast Asian pharmaceutical distribution group in resolving cross-border intellectual property infringement and commercial tort disputes spanning Europe, Vietnam, and Hong Kong.
$294M USD Offshore Bond Offering
Served as PRC special legal counsel for a major municipal state-owned investment group in its guaranteed and unguaranteed offshore USD bond issuances totaling $294 million USD.
NASDAQ Mobile Tech & Silicon Valley Lab Acquisitions
Advised a NASDAQ-listed U.S. mobile technology corporation, a Silicon Valley high-speed digital testing laboratory, and a global preclinical CRO platform on their China corporate restructurings and asset acquisitions.
MedTech Joint Venture & Automotive Chip Pre-IPO
Represented a U.S. ophthalmic medical device pioneer in establishing its Shanghai joint venture, and advised a leading automotive millimeter-wave radar chipmaker on controlling-stake financing and pre-IPO corporate governance.
NASDAQ/Cayman Biotech Executive Option Exercise
Advised a senior executive on cross-border stock option exercise, tax and foreign exchange compliance, and equity rights involving a Cayman/NASDAQ-listed biopharmaceutical parent and its Beijing subsidiary.
PRC Restructuring & U.S. Subsidiary Debt Litigation
Represented a formerly listed PRC environmental engineering enterprise in its corporate reorganization and cross-border creditor-debtor litigation involving its U.S.-controlled subsidiary.
U.S. Digital Freight Forwarder & State Energy Counsel
Advised the Shanghai subsidiary of a U.S. digital freight forwarder on PRC trade compliance, and served as seconded counsel to a central state-owned power conglomerate and a Beijing international Winter Games organizing committee.
Single Dual-Qualified Lead Counsel + Nationwide 14-Office Execution Power
With a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Indiana University Maurer School of Law, an MBA from Sungkyunkwan University, and an LL.M. from Shanghai International Studies University, Attorney Di Kang serves as your single English-speaking point of accountability. Instead of relying on a fixed local team, we dynamically mobilize specialized trial attorneys, IP agents, and enforcement personnel across Beijing Celue Law Firm's 14 offices and 1,000+ legal professionals nationwide (Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Suzhou, Nanjing, Jinan, and beyond) wherever your counterparty, court, or property is located.
