Practice Areas

China Practice

Meitar is proud to offer our clients over 20 years of proven experience bridging the geographic and cultural divide between Israel and China. Our hands-on experience allows us to help our clients realize economic and commercial benefits, and spans all industries, including high-tech, Internet, medical devices, biotechnology, clean-tech and green technologies, water treatment, textile, agriculture, optics, chemicals, education, food, pharmaceuticals, retail, automotive and more.

Meitar assists and guides a myriad of Israeli companies and business ventures in expanding their international reach in the Far East and taking advantage of high-tech incentives offered by the Israeli and Chinese governments.

For Chinese investors and corporations, Meitar opens doors to the wealth of economic and technological assets offered in Israel and in the region.

Strategic services include establishing a presence in both China and Israel, opening representative offices in both markets, establishing and operating wholly-owned local subsidiaries, mergers and acquisitions, commercialization of products and technologies in the PRC and negotiating business transactions from the very early stages until final closing.

Yoav Sadeh, the head of our China team is a well-known and sought-after commentator and lecturer on business and legal issues in China. Yoav serves as Vice Chairman of the Israel-China-Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce.

To ensure clients receive the professional assistance they need, we work with several of China's leading law firms, rather than limiting options to just one or two, in order to tailor the right solution for each client. This flexibility, ensures the perfect match for every need, both in terms of rates and specialization.


Representative Experience:

  • Establishing Joint Ventures with Chinese partners in a wide variety of areas, including: electronics, media, textile, chemicals, water technologies, green technology, agriculture and healthcare.
  • Establishing foreign-owned enterprises in manufacturing, service and commercial industries.
  • Mergers and Acquisitions with domestic Chinese entities.
  • Implementation of "Turn-Key" projects in China.
  • Appointment of Chinese agents and distributors.
  • Representing one of Israel’s largest PE/VC in Merger and Acquisition transactions and the commercialization of Israeli technologies in China.
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