Language
 
People Search To locate an individual lawyer, use the search facility below to locate by name, practice area, industry sector or office location.
Search By Name
Enter First Name or Last Name
Go
Search By Specialism
Search by selecting a Practice Area
Go
or an Industry Sector
Go
or Location
Go

Germain  Sinpraseuth

Of Counsel

    • T  +86 21 6103 6000
    F  +86 21 6103 6011
    E  
    Download vCard

Germain Sinpraseuth is Of Counsel in Salans’ Shanghai office. He specialises in corporate and commercial law and mergers & acquisitions. He assists international companies establish their Chinese subsidiaries or expand their activities in Asia, particularly in Mainland China and Hong Kong. Germain has also worked on projects involving Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam. He assists Chinese clients in outbound investment projects in Europe and the USA.

Based in China for more than 7 years, Germain assists foreign clients from the early stages of structuring project financing to the operation of their business in the service sector (logistics, security solutions, insurance brokerage, franchising, e-commerce) and for the manufacturing and distribution of textiles, luxury goods, cosmetics, medical equipment, automotive and new technologies in Greater China.

Recent Experience:

  • Representing French clothing and cosmetics brands in setting up their retail networks in China
  • Representing European companies in structuring and setting up legal entities for their China e-commerce operations
  • Representing European companies in the negotiation, set up and operation of joint ventures in various sectors such as certification, professional training, manufacturing and distribution of medical equipment and new technologies (such as electronic components and telecommunication systems)
  • Representing European industrial companies in the reorganisation of their intellectual property protection strategy for China
  • Representing European companies in the food & beverages industry in setting up and reorganising their distribution and franchise networks in China
  • Representing French logistics companies in setting up their Chinese subsidiaries
  • Representing individual Chinese investors in acquiring a group of European and American companies in the automotive industry

Career:

  • Of Counsel - Salans, Shanghai (2010  - to date) 
  • Board member of the French Chamber of Commerce in China (2010 - to date) 
  • Lefèvre Pelletier & Associés, Shanghai (2007) 
  • Thieffry & Associés, Shanghai (2003) 
  • Clifford Chance, Paris (2001)
  • Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2000

Education:

  • University of Paris V, Malakoff - DESS of International Business lawyer (1999)
  • University of Paris XI, SCEAUX - maîtrise in Business law (1998)

Publications:

  • Author of L’internationalisation du droit des brevets en Chine“ in the magazine “Connexion“ published by the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China (2009)
  • Co-author of the Chapter “Setting-up” in “How to do Business in China” published by the ICC publications (2007)
  • Co-author of the 3rd edition of “Comment vendre et s’implanter à Shanghai” published by the CFCE publications (2003)

Languages:

  • French
  • English
  • Mandarin
  • Laotian