Husch Blackwell recently offered a seminar on legal issues for foreign investment in the United States for the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Foreign Affairs 2013 senior management training delegation. The delegation came after the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone was established, in order to better prepare Shanghai to be an outstanding and appealing global financial center.
Delegates were from economic and financial management organizations from Shanghai local governments, banks and investment companies, including:
- Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport Co.
- Shanghai Industrial Investment (Group) Co., Ltd.
- Shanghai JinJiang International Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Shanghai Local Taxation Bureau
- Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security
- Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce
- Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission
- Shanghai Municipal Industry and Commerce Administration
- Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
- Shanghai Zhangjiang (Group) Co., Ltd.
Attorneys from Husch Blackwell presented the two-hour seminar at its Washington D.C. office. Speakers included Partners Steven F. Carman, Kyle J. Gilster and Kevin P. McCart and Associate Zheng Xie. Husch Blackwell attorneys discussed U.S. banking and financial laws, securities and investments laws, and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) regulations.
Husch Blackwell’s Public Policy, Regulatory & Government Affairs attorneys and professionals provide clients with comprehensive government relations strategies and have years of experience working in government and representing public companies at the state and federal level. The team has experience in every aspect of the legislative process, and we understand how to affect this process to achieve our clients’ objectives.
The Financial Services attorneys at Husch Blackwell focus on the lending and regulatory activities of regional and national commercial lenders, retail banks, life insurance companies, CMBS conduit lenders, credit unions, savings associations and other financial institutions. They represent both commercial lenders and borrowers and understand the requirements and approaches of both secured and credit debt financing. The practice also focuses on financial institution regulatory compliance.