Legal Risks of Chinese Enterprises’ Overseas Investment and Mergers & Acquisitions 

Dan HE 

Ph.D. candidate of China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, CHINA 

Abstract: Chinese enterprises’ overseas investment and mergers & acquisitions have high risks: on the one hand, overseas investment and M&A process easy to make losses; on the other hand, some enterprises after completing overseas investment and M&A, have not achieved their expectations. And investing risks faced by enterprises in addition to political risk, also include economic risks, such as market risk, financial risk and operational risk, and many other legal risks, such as intellectual property risk, financial regulation risk, risk of environmental protection, anti monopoly review and competition policy, and anti acquisition risk. Summing up the legal risks, and proposing feasible solutions have constructive significance for overseas investment environment research and promoting Chinese enterprises overseas investment and acquisitions. And it can strengthen scientific assessment of investment projects, and provide service for implementing the "going out" strategy, protecting Chinese enterprises’ overseas interests. 

Keywords: Overseas investment; Legal risks; Prevention and controlling; Advice