Loubier Law Firm, Attorneys At Law Your legal partner for Asia
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Company law
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Labour Law
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Criminal law Customs
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Negotiation Assistance
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Commercial Law
WHATEVER THE SIZE OF YOUR PROJECT, WE WILL HELP YOU GET IT RIGHT
LOUBIER Law Firm offers advice and support mainly to French and European companies of all sizes, for their investment projects and setting up in Asia, and in managing commercial relations with their Asian partners, particularly Chinese. It also provides expertise to Chinese, Hong Kong and Taiwanese companies wishing to invest in Europe.
The firm makes it a point of honour to offer its clients, whether they are private individuals, very small businesses, SMEs or internationally renowned groups, the same level of expertise in the study of their projects and the same demand for precision and legal certainty in the drafting of legal documents in French, English or Chinese, whatever their size and economic
Our areas of intervention
LOUBIER Law Firm advises on a daily basis in the areas of international contract law, foreign investment law, mergers and acquisitions, labour/employment law and international mobility in Asia. The firm also has an extensive practice in intellectual property law - mainly trademark law - as well as legal issues relating to international trade, in particular remedies under international conventions, Community law and national laws, and customs issues, both administrative and judicial, mainly in China (mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan). The firm also advises on international property sales and complex inheritance matters between France and China.
France, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan
COMPANY LAW
Foreign investment, ex-nihilo constitution, acquisition
France, China and Hong Kong
LABOUR LAW
International mobility, conclusion of local contracts, termination
EU, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, USA
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Trademarks, design, copyright, trade secrets. Registration and defence of rights
China
CRIMINAL LAW - CUSTOMS
Assistance to foreigners, customs procedures
France, China, and Hong Kong
NEGOTIATION ASSISTANCE
Framework definition, tactical approach and medium and long-term strategies
France, China and Hong Kong
COMMERCIAL LAW
Contractual relations. Supply contracts, general conditions of purchase, GTC, confidentiality agreement, agent contracts
Career of Antoine Loubier in Asia and France
Antoine LOUBIER studied modern Chinese (press and media) at the Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) from 1997 to 1999, which enabled him to pass the HSK, the equivalent of the TOEFL for Chinese.
He began his career in Asia with a law firm in Taipei in 2000. Between 2003 and 2015, he contributed to the development of activities in South China for several French law firms, working closely with the renowned Chinese maritime firm WANGJING & Co (广东敬海律师事务所).
In May 2015, Antoine LOUBIER set up his own firm, LOUBIER & Associates Limited (HK), and joined the Cantonese law firm JUNHOU Law Firm (广东君厚律师事务所) as a “foreign consultant”.
Antoine LOUBIER was a permanent resident in China for over twenty years from 1997 to 2017 before returning to France to continue developing his professional activity in collaboration with his Asian partners. Since 2023, he is practising as Attorney-At-Law as owner and manager of SAS Cabinet LOUBIER.
Antoine LOUBIER also has extensive experience in international arbitration. From 2014 to 2018, Antoine was a foreign arbitrator with the SCIETAC South China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (华南国际经济贸易仲裁委员会) in Shenzhen. Since 2021, Antoine LOUBIER has been an arbitrator with the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission “GZAC” (广州仲裁委员会). Antoine LOUBIER can also act as counsel for a party to a dispute submitted to arbitration in Europe, whether at the International Chamber of Commerce or the Swiss Arbitration Centre.
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Public Speechs and Publications
“Implementation in China: (1 procedures (2 advantages/disadvantages of different types of structures (3 developments over 12 years, impact of the 12th plan of the Government of the People’s Republic of China”, SME SME Working Group Guangzhou CCIFC – May 2012
“Innovation and Intellectual Property in China”, Shenzhen, December 2011
“Protection of Intellectual Property”, UBIFRANCE economic mission – Shenzhen, November 2011
“The new regulation of 1 March 2011, applicable to representative offices in China of foreign companies”, CCIFC, Shenzhen April 2011, Guangzhou May 2011
“The future of representative offices in China of foreign companies”, CCIFC Shenzhen – April 2011, CCIFC Guangzhou – May 2011
“Journées Multi pays – Haute Normandie”, Speaker on China CCI Rouen – December 2009
“The forms of implantation in China”, Information and Communication Technologies Seminar, CCI Paris – November 2009
“The legal implications of a subcontracting operation with a Chinese manufacturer”, Plastics industry mission, UBIFRANCE Guangzhou – May 2009
“Setting up in China: What structure for what activities?”, Foreign Investment Seminar, CCIFC Shenzhen – April 2009
“The 2008 Corporate Tax Reform”, CCIFC Guangzhou – March 2008
“The legal implications of a subcontracting operation with a Chinese manufacturer”, Chinese round-the-world meetings, UBIFRANCE – 2007
“Comparative study intellectual property French law/ Chinese law”, Consulate General of France in Wuhan – 2007, Intervention at the University of Wuhan
“The legal implications of a subcontracting operation with a Chinese manufacturer”, Senate, China Mission – September 2005
« Managers’ criminal liability in Chinese business life », CCIFC – Connexions No. 62, July 2012; Author(s): Antoine LOUBIER – JIANG Guoyong
Interview « Wage pressures remain under control in China », Ed. “les Echos”, June 22, 2010
« Open representative offices in Guangzhou and Shenzhen », (contribution) Ed. 2005, 2007, 2009 UBIFRANCE
Interview on the « Investments in Guangdong », Ed. “les Echos”, August 13, 2008
« Sourcing and subcontracting in China » , (participation) Ed. 2008, CCIFC 2008 Guide
« Opening a sales outlet in Guangzhou and Shenzhen » , (participation) Ed. 2007, 2008, UBIFRANCE
« State council or Provincial government approved Economic Development zones in the Guangdong province » CD Rom ADAMAS – edited in September 2005
« Law and business in China: The WTO rules of game », (interview) Hong Kong Echo, CCIFHK magazine, No. 38, Winter 2005
«How do you choose your location in Guangdong ? », Connexions No. 29, CCIFC magazine, September 2005
« A complete revision of the Trademark Law », Echos France Taiwan, CCIFT magazine, Spring 2004
« Surprising regulation striking foreign technical consultant companies in Taiwan », CCIFT magazine, No. 21, January 2001
« Enforcement in Taiwan of foreign awards and judgments », CCIFT magazine, No. 20, December 2000
A long-standing network of Asian corresponding Lawyers
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Companies
Contracts
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TrademarksCHINA PRC
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HONG KONG
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KOREA
Trademarks
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Trademarks
JAPAN
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SINGAPORE
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Trademarks
VIETNAM
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Companies
Contracts
Litigation
Trademarks
PARIS
SAS Cabinet LOUBIER, Attorneys-At-Law
(FRANCE – EUROPEAN UNION)
Tel: +33 6 6722 0386
Email: a.loubier@loubier-avocat.fr
GUANGZHOU
JUNHOU Law Firm (广东君厚律师事务所)
(MAINLAND CHINA)
Tel:+86 186 6461 4272
Email: frenchdesk@gdjunhou.com or guangzhou@loubier-associates.hk
