On the afternoon of 20 September, Lan Caiming, Director of the Management Committee of Guangdong Qianhai Law Firm (“Qianhai Law Firm”); Eunice Yan, Director of the Indonesia and North Africa Desk; Qu Xia, President of the Spanish Chinese Legal Association; and Luis de Arcos, a Spanish senior judge, visited the Bao’an District Enterprise Outbound Service Centre (Foreign Investment Service Centre). Officials from the Bao’an District Commerce Bureau and the Bao’an District Council for the Promotion of International Trade accompanied them throughout and held in-depth discussions on integrating into Bao’an’s outbound service system, matching industry legal needs precisely and deepening regular collaborative services.

▲   Visit to Bao'an District Enterprise Overseas Service Center (Foreign Investment Service Center)

As a key hub for the district’s services to enterprises going global, the Bao’an District Enterprise Outbound Service Centre (Foreign Investment Service Centre) draws on the “Outbound Service Supermarket” to pool service resources from multiple providers, offering one-stop services to foreign trade and outbound enterprises in policy matching, compliance guidance and resource matching. Qianhai Law Firm, as a resident institution of the supermarket, works at the forefront of foreign-related rule of law, has built a cross-border legal service footprint across Southeast Asia, North Africa and Central Europe, and focuses on cross-border commercial matters, foreign-related compliance and international arbitration.

▲  On-site Exchange

Focusing on the real pain points of outbound enterprises, the two sides exchanged views on practical issues including cross-border compliance, prevention and control of overseas investment risks, handling of cross-border disputes and the deployment of digital legal tools. Leaders of the centre outlined the overall situation of Bao’an’s industrial outbound development, the concentrated legal demands of enterprises, and plans for future salons, specialist training and enterprise clinics. Lan Caiming said the firm would act on its philosophy of “legal protection, resource bridging, professionalism first, cooperation as the key”, organise its foreign-related legal service team to take an active part in the centre’s activities, provide professional services for enterprises going global, and support the centre’s development.

▲  Visit to Products of Overseas-bound Enterprises

As a resident service provider, the firm will focus on three areas. First, building a “resource bridge”: drawing on its position in the Greater Bay Area, its proximity to Hong Kong and Macao and its foreign-related legal expertise, it will work with financial, logistics and branding institutions in the centre to connect enterprises with comprehensive service resources covering the entire outbound cycle. Second, matching “industry needs”: focusing on key industries such as advanced manufacturing and cross-border e-commerce, it will identify pain points in market access, investment structuring, trade compliance and intellectual property and provide country-specific, industry-specific legal services. Third, delivering “real service”: extending legal services and risk control to the earliest stages and the whole outbound process, with regular policy briefings, compliance training and one-on-one consultations to help enterprises go global safely and steadily.

▲ Group Photo of Both Parties

Taking this visit as an opportunity, Qianhai Law Firm will deepen its cooperation with the centre and continue to contribute to the high-quality development of Bao’an’s outbound services.