Winson Law Offices Hosts Gulf Investment Legal Services Forum in Shanghai

On January 14, 2025, the practical exchange meeting of "Gulf State Investment and Foreign-related Legal Services" sponsored by Songjiang District, Shanghai and undertaken by the United Arab Emirates Winson Law Firm was grandly held at the Yangtze River Delta G60 Science and Technology Innovation Corridor Public Legal Service Center. This exchange meeting aims to provide important services for promoting Chinese enterprises to "go out" Support. Gaisen, the founding partner of Winson Law Firm, attended the event, signed a strategic cooperation agreement, and delivered a keynote speech to share the practical experience of foreign-related legal services in the Middle East.

This exchange meeting is co-sponsored by the Songjiang District Judicial Bureau, the District Science and Technology Innovation Development Office, the District Investment Promotion and Enterprise Service Center, the Commercial Law Center of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and the Department of Academics and Technology of East China University of Political Science and Law. The Songjiang District Legal Work Committee, the District Law Society, the United Arab Emirates Winson Law Firm and the Yangtze River Delta G60 Science and Technology Innovation Corridor Public Jointly hosted by the Legal Service Center, more than 100 relevant experts, foreign-related business lawyers, and representatives of invited enterprises from the Commercial Law Center of the Council for the Promotion of Trade attended the exchange activity. The guests gathered together to write a new chapter in the sea.

Leader's speech Deepen the foreign-related rule

of law and improve the level of service

At the beginning of the meeting, Ji Qiuqing, president of the District Law Society, and Wang Linjie, deputy director of the Commercial Legal Service Center of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, delivered speeches.

Secretary Ji Qiuqing pointed out in his speech that Shanghai Songjiang has significant advantages in science and technology innovation industry and community governance, and has close economic and trade ties with the Middle East. He stressed that the cooperation with the Council for the Promotion of Trade and Winson is an important measure for Songjiang District to deepen the foreign-related rule of law strategy and serve a high level of opening up to the outside world. This move aims to improve the legal security level of enterprises in the international market through international exchanges and cooperation on the rule of law.

Director Wang Linjie mentioned in her speech that the "Belt and Road" initiative has promoted the China Council for the Promotion of Trade to continuously deepen exchanges and cooperation with the global industrial, commercial and legal circles. The Commercial and Legal Center of the Council for the Promotion of Trade has the unique advantages of connecting government and enterprises, integrating internal and external, and unblocking supply and demand, densely weaving the service enterprise network, expanding the international circle of friends, and taking multiple measures to maintain Songjiang enterprises. Overseas legal rights will make greater contributions to promoting the construction of an open world economy.

Unveiling cooperation Empowering resources and stealing

At the event ceremony, Pan Qiong, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Judicial Bureau of Songjiang District, unveiled the "United Arab Emirates Service Station" of the Yangtze River Delta G60 Science and Technology Innovation Corridor Public Legal Service Center. The service station will deeply integrate the high-quality legal resources of Gulf countries to provide all-round support for the overseas development of Songjiang enterprises.

At the same time, Winson has signed cooperation agreements with Songjiang District Investment Promotion and Enterprise Service Center, Yangtze River Delta G60 Science and Technology Innovation Corridor Public Legal Service Center, and Shanghai Law Firm respectively. All parties will focus on investment and financing, international trade, foreign-related intellectual property rights and other fields to provide enterprises with accurate foreign-related laws. Service, integrate resources, and win-win cooperation.

Keynote speech: Establish and improve the

"soft infrastructure" of overseas legal services

In the agenda of the theme report, Lei Yuqing, legal adviser to the Commercial Legal Service Center of the China Council for the Promotion of Trade, Gaisen, the founding partner of the United Arab Emirates Winson Law Firm, and Du Jing, the Chinese representative of the IFZA Free Trade Zone in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, shared practical experience on the development of the rule of law environment for business in the Middle East from their respective professional perspectives.

Gaisen gave a keynote speech on the theme of "Law and Business Environment of Gulf Countries", and combined with specific cases represented by the lawyer team of Winson Law Firm, he provided targeted legal advice for Chinese enterprises to go abroad in the Middle East. He started from the legal origin and legal system of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and deeply explored the business opportunities and legal challenges in the Middle East. 2024, go out of the sea," the general trend in 2025 will be more obvious.

With Chinese enterprises going abroad to the Middle East, the advantages and problems encountered have emerged one after another, and a large number of "stepping on the pits to pay tuition fees" have emerged. Therefore, it is imperative to establish and improve the supporting "soft infrastructure" services for overseas investment. As the No. 1 Chinese law firm in the Middle East, Vincent Law Firm bows down to protect Chinese-funded enterprises.

Pre-meeting discussion

Seize the opportunity to go abroad with "high quality"

Before the meeting, in order to further improve the ability of Songjiang enterprises to provide foreign-related legal services, the relevant departments of Songjiang District held in-depth discussions with representatives of the Commercial Legal Service Center of the China Council for the Promotion of Trade, Winson Law Firm and the Dubai IFZA Free Trade Zone. The symposium has reached a number of preliminary cooperation intentions around trend research and judgment, industrial cooperation and in-depth development of legal services, anchoring the primary task of "high-quality" development, and creating a solid and reliable rights and interests protection barrier for Chinese enterprises and citizens who "go abroad".

It is reported that the Yangtze River Delta G60 Science and Technology Innovation Corridor located in Songjiang District, Shanghai is the strategic intersection of the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, the construction of the Shanghai International Science and Technology Innovation Center and the "Belt and Road" initiative. Marketization, rule of law and internationalization are the lifelines of the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Delta G60 Science and Technology Innovation Corridor. Shanghai Songjiang will adhere to the orientation of marketization, the rule of law and internationalization, accelerate the construction of a first-class G60 science and technology innovation ecology, efficiently serve various market entities with accurate institutional innovation and effective institutional supply of the rule of law, and transform the advantages of law cooperation into a powerful driving force to promote the higher-quality integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta.

Promote the stable overseas exit of enterprises and improve the ability of foreign-related legal protection of overseas enterprises. At present, the service network of Winson Law Firm has covered Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Fujian, Shandong and other domestic provinces and cities. It has widely radiated with legal and science and technology zones as the fulcrum, and has successfully assisted many enterprises to smoothly enter the Middle East market. Looking to the future, Vincent will continue to deepen cooperation with the domestic government and enterprises, connect internal and external, help domestic enterprises "go abroad" with professional and excellent legal services, and contribute to the promotion of China's foreign-related rule of law.