China’s health care industry is undergoing tremendous growth and diversification. These changes are due primarily to a large aging population, the increasing disposable income of the middle class, and a transition to private health and medical facilities. As the government strives to keep regulation apace with these developments, an enormously promising – but complex – operating environment has evolved.
TransAsia advises on all aspects of the healthcare sector. Our clients include investors, service providers, and medical equipment and device companies.
Client Services
- Market entry and structuring, including partner selection, legal due diligence, negotiations and documentation
- Regulatory and compliance procedures and permits
- Commercial operations, including licenses, commercial contracts and dispute resolution
- Intellectual property rights protection
- Leasing or purchasing of premises and facilities
- Establishment of corporate entities tailored to the health and medical care industry, including equity and cooperative joint ventures, wholly owned subsidiaries, and domestic companies
- Recruitment and pre-employment screening, including for senior management positions
Representative Transactions
- Advised Tiger Global on its proposed investments in the medical services sector
- Advised Sanbo Brain Hospital on its establishment, fund raising and operations in China
- Represented Tyco Healthcare in its acquisition of a Beijing-based operator focusing on surgical and medical devices and products, as well as its market entry structure and compliance issues
- Advised Bayer China on its pharmaceutical IT system
- Advised Charles River Laboratories on its market entry structure and R&D issues, as well as its cooperation with a local partner
- Assisted Luitpold with the establishment of its representative office, and employment and intellectual property rights issues
- Advised Schering-Plough on its employment law issues arising from the restructuring of its China operations
- Assisted Gambro with daily operational issues
- Advised Astra Zeneca on general employment law issues, including the conclusion of employment contracts and confidentiality agreements
- Represented Elsevier Health in its acquisitions in the medical sector, onshore restructuring issues and operating permits
- Advised Sino Healthcare on foreign investment issues in the Chinese pharmaceutical distribution sector, restructuring and Series A financing
- Advised a multinational company specializing in senior care centers on its JV project with a Chinese company
