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Business
Immigration
Many of our clients wish to move staff within
their various offices all over the world. Due to the world globalisation,
it is now more and more common for companies to be incorporated in one
country, to hire an employee from another company and send that employee
to a third country. HJM provides clients with a fast, efficient and
cost-effective service for all business immigration matters for
companies having staff to be based, whether temporarily or permanently,
in China, Singapore or Vietnam.
Our services in this field include:
- Advising on visa types for all potential short-term and long-term foreign
staff ;
- Organizing all employment passes, residence permits, permanent resident
permits and entry visas for foreign staff of foreign or local companies; and
- Organizing all necessary paperwork, documentation, notarization services
and health testing for foreigners wishing to be based in China or Singapore.
Track records:
- Organizing employment passes and residence permits in China for a
leading Canadian manufacturing company in the building material
industry;
- Advising various North American companies on their policies on
hiring Chinese and Canadian/American nationals including the required
types of visas to be obtained, and the tax issues related to visa types,
nationality and citizenship;
- Organizing work visas for the American staff of a leading American
computer company’s Singapore office
- Organizing residence permits for a Malaysian manager and its
families for a light manufacturing company based in Zhongshan, China
- Assisting a general manager of a Canadian manufacturing company in
South China dealing with extension of its business visa
- Assisting a general manager of a Canadian manufacturing company in
South China dealing with the extension of his business visa
- Advising a French company on temporary residence permits required
for its employees
- Obtaining, for a Singaporean manufacturing company, work permits,
work licenses and residence permits for its foreign staff based in
Hangzhou and Suzhou
- Advising a Belgian company involved in the car components business
on visa and tax related issues including the various permits required by
its Belgian management team
Employment
Labor and employment law is critical to our
clients' organizations, and it is often complicated in China, especially
in relation to Chinese staff of foreign companies. HJM's lawyers always
pay full attention to the legal developments, nuances and changes that
could impact our clients' workplaces.
Our services in this field include:
- Providing legal advice with regard to all HR-related issues;
- Drafting and negotiation of individual or collective employment
agreements;
- Assisting clients in relation to their employee insurance and
termination matters;
- Drafting internal policies and employee handbooks; and
- Drafting or reviewing other agreements between our clients and their
employees, such as non-competition agreements, non-disclosure agreement and
training programs/agreements
Track records:
- Drafting an employment agreement between a Canadian listed IT company
and its staff;
- Advising a Canadian financial corporation on the employment of
foreigners in China;
- Advising a German company on termination procedures, laws and
tactics after a breach by one of its key staff of a confidentiality
agreement;
- Assisting a French company in organizing the payment for the
required social insurances for its Chinese staff;
- Assisting a German company in the requisite employment procedures
for foreign and Chinese staff;
- Advising a Canadian trading company on the termination of labor
contracts; and
- Advising various American clients on how to arrange training
programs in a manner most beneficial for the employer.
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