Legal Translation
Legal Translation
Legal translation requires a translator with a legal background, a paralegal or an attorney. DeLaw legal translation is done by bilingual lawyers and experienced legal translators. We are able to handle complex legal documents under tight deadlines.
Cross-border Transaction
DeLaw has rendered translation services for a large number of cross-border transactions, including translation of corporate documents, due diligence documents and various transaction documents such as shareholder agreements and share purchase agreements across a broad spectrum of industries, including without limitation, traditional manufacturing, general consumers, chemicals, real estate, telecommunications, e-commerce, mineral resources, commercial chains, education, hi-tech, network, movies and TV media, medical devices, marine fishing, ships, electric power, banking, insurance, trust investments, guarantee and other financial areas. We have served as the exclusive translation agency for many high profile transactions involving international investment funds or multinational companies and domestic industry leaders. We are also frequently required to complete translation of the whole set of documents within an extremely tight time frame and update translation from time to time as the negotiation moves forward. We regularly serve buyers, target companies, investment bankers, controlling shareholders, financial advisers, management investors, lenders and other institutional investors in M&A transactions for their translation needs.
PE/VC
DeLaw has a strong competitive edge in the translation of documents related to the formation, investments and divestments of venture capital and private equity funds as well as hedge funds. We have assisted many law firms and investment funds in translating private placement memoranda, limited partnership agreements, articles of association, management agreements, investment advisory agreements, administration agreements, subscription agreements, custodian agreements, investment memos, fund reports and documents required for fund investments and divestments. We have substantial experience in translating documents involved in all stages of private equity investments, including fund formation, early and late stage equity investments, buyouts and mezzanine financings. Our professional translators have provide translation services for many of the most active private equity and venture capital firms operating in China. We also translate documents for portfolio companies with respect to their financing and exit transactions on the M&A and IPO side.
Regulatory Compliance
DeLaw has extensive experience in translating various regulatory compliance issues. Our dedicated team of translators has provided professional, timely and comprehensive translation services for clients from numerous industries and backgrounds on their regulatory compliance matters.
Our translation services regarding regulatory compliance matters include:
▪ Cybersecurity and Data Compliance, including data compliance policies and procedures;
▪ Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption, including documents relating to internal compliance investigations and government investigations;
▪ Antitrust and Competition Law, including documents relating to merger control filings and anti-trust and competition law related investigations and proceedings;
▪ Corporate Compliance Matters, including various internal company policies and procedures, labor and employment matters and labor disputes;
▪ General Compliance Matters, including various compliance matters arising out of our clients’ daily operations; and
▪ PR Crisis Management, including various statements and announcements for media communication or publication.
General Corporate
DeLaw is retained by dozens of foreign-invested enterprises to take care of their daily translation needs, from their establishment, daily operations, investment and financing activities to dissolution and liquidation. We have gained rich experience in translating feasibility study reports, joint venture contracts, articles of association, government filing and approval documents, business contracts (such as purchase, lease, construction, technology license, intellectual property and service contracts), financing agreements, labor and employment materials, meeting resolutions, internal rules and policies, stock incentive plans, various reports and statements, business plans, marketing materials as well as documents required in the dissolution and liquidation process of foreign-invested enterprises. With our quality and efficient services, all trivial and complicated daily translations are done easily and smoothly, which enables your staff to focus more on core business and helps you save costs.
Dispute Resolution
DeLaw translators have a good knowledge of the style and wording of various arbitration and litigation instruments. We are also familiar with the litigation proceedings of China and most English-speaking jurisdictions as well as the arbitration rules of major international arbitration institutions. As a result, we enjoy a strong reputation in this field and our work products are well recognized by courts and arbitration tribunals. We have been substantially involved in the translation of documents required in several international arbitration (e.g., at HKIAC, SIAC and ICC) and overseas litigation proceedings (e.g., in the U.S., Australia and BVI) involving Chinese companies as well as in a great number of domestic litigation proceedings involving foreign-invested enterprises. The documents we have worked on include, among others, complaints, answers, summons, judgments, enforcement documents, arbitration applications, arbitration awards and settlement agreements primarily in respect of quality disputes, investment disputes, equity disputes, international trade disputes, labor and employment disputes, defamation disputes, IP infringement disputes and other civil and commercial disputes.