At LAFA LEGAL we help you verify Chinese companies, review their backgrounds, inspect merchandise, register trademarks, attend trade shows and exhibitions, and handle apostille procedures. Here we answer our clients’ most common questions.
We verify its official registration in the Chinese system, its business license, its legal representatives, its actual address, and its operating history. A legitimate company appears in the registry, and its data matches the documents it sends you. We offer complete verification reports with all of this information.
When we travel to the factories, before the merchandise goes into the container, we make sure that the client will receive exactly what was agreed upon in the negotiation.
Act quickly: keep all contracts, invoices, payment receipts, and conversations. The first step is a formal claim against the company; if there is no response, there are legal and commercial mediation channels with China (subject to the purchase contract). We can advise you on the options according to the amount and the specifics of your case.
A proforma invoice, by itself, gives you no legal protection. A bilingual contract (Chinese-English or Chinese-Spanish) with specifications, deadlines, penalties, and jurisdiction is the only way to have real backing if something goes wrong.
Yes, we work with clients from any country. Visit our website or write to us at info@lafalaw.com
An apostille is the official certification that validates a document so it has legal effect in another country. You need to apostille commercial documents, notarial powers of attorney, minutes, and certificates when they will be presented to authorities, banks, or companies outside your country. We handle the entire procedure for you.
China uses the “first to register” system, not “first to use”: whoever registers the trademark first is its legal owner, even if they do not use it. If a third party registers your trademark in China, it can create serious problems for you. Registering it on time is the cheapest protection that exists.
Yes. If you cannot travel to trade fairs such as the Canton Fair, we represent your company at the event: we visit suppliers’ booths, collect catalogs and prices, verify companies on site, and deliver a complete report with qualified contacts.