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Email: roberlies@fredlaw.com
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity
China Practice, Chair
Corporate Governance
Corporate & Securities
Anti-Counterfeiting
Business & Tax Planning
Cross-Border M&A
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act & Anti-Corruption
International
Bob’s business forum column “Are We Resetting Our Trade Relationship with China or Just Muddying the Waters?” was published in the Star Tribune on June 24, 2018
Bob is a trusted advisor to global companies on complex international transactions, including advising on several of the largest M&A deals between North America and China.
Bob has helped clients on their most sensitive and strategic projects across the Americas and Asia, assisting multinational companies and private equity firms in successfully growing their business operations in Asia and in completing key acquisitions of a global nature. Bob practiced law for more than seven years in China and has counseled clients across a broad range of industry sectors, including life sciences and health care, agribusiness, energy, consumer products, retail and logistics. He has advised North American and European clients on their strategic M&A and joint ventures in the US and abroad, market entry and exit strategies, corporate governance, anti-monopoly and national security review, labor and collective bargaining laws, customs compliance and risk management. He has extensive experience counseling clients on anti-corruption and related compliance issues, conducting internal investigations and helping to design and implement effective compliance programs.
April 6, 2022
By: Robert M. Oberlies and Michael Meagher
The Departments of Treasury and Commerce have recently announced new sanctions targeting certain entities and individuals in Russia and Belarus in response to their governments’ invasion of Ukraine.
March 29, 2022
By: Robert M. Oberlies and Michael Meagher
In reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States has steadily intensified sanctions focused on Russia and certain regions of Ukraine.
December 18, 2019
By Robert M. Oberlies and Jessie Lu
The United States and China announced on December 13, 2019, that the two countries have reached agreement on a Phase One trade deal.
August 28, 2019
By Robert M. Oberlies and Jackson Guo
China’s Ministry of Finance announced new tariffs of between 5 percent and 10 percent on $75 billion worth of imported goods from the United States, affecting products in the Midwestern states and deepening tensions between U.S. and China.
May 13, 2019
By Robert M. Oberlies and Jessie Lu
The U.S. Government increased tariffs last Friday on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods, hiking the tariff rate from 10 percent up to 25 percent.
July 6, 2018
By Robert M. Oberlies & Jessie Lu
The U.S. government’s first tariffs on $34 billion of Chinese imports come into effect on July 6, 2018.
December 5, 2016
By Robert M. Oberlies & Jessie Lu
On November 7, 2016, China’s Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress adopted the Cybersecurity Law of the People’s Republic of China (Cybersecurity Law). The Cybersecurity Law will take effect on June 1, 2017.
October 13, 2016
By Robert M. Oberlies & Jessie Lu
On October 8, 2016, China’s Ministry of Commerce issued interim measures further stream-lining the process for establishing companies in China and related corporate changes. Find out how this will impact companies doing business in China and future investment.
January 7, 2014
It has been just over three months since the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (the Shanghai FTZ) was officially opened on September 29, 2013. In that time, new rules have been released and more than a thousand new enterprises have been established. This article aims to provide an update on the most important developments in the Shanghai FTZ.
