Amy L Sommers
China Expert
Biographie
Amy L. Sommers has significant experience with corporate structuring, governance and operations issues in China. Her experience includes advising on a variety of international business and commercial transactions such as commercial financings, mergers and acquisitions, private placements of securities and dispositions of businesses and companies. She also counsels clients on various ongoing business transactions such as distribution, manufacturing and IP licensing arrangements, FCPA and anti-bribery compliance, customs and other government investigations.
Ms. Sommers is co-chair of the China Law Committee of the American Bar Association Section of International Law. She is an active member of the Shanghai Foreign Correspondents Club and of the Washington State China Relations Council, of which she previously served as a board member and vice president. Ms. Sommers is also a member of the article referee board of the Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal of the University of Washington.
She is the co-author of “The Amended Law to the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China (PRC): Encouraging Foreign Investment, Strengthening Shareholder Protections,” which appeared in the Bloomberg Corporate Law Journal in 2006, and the author of “A Lawyer’s Survival Guide to Shanghai,” published in International Law News.
Ms. Sommers is a frequent speaker on various China-related topics. In 2005, she presented to the American Bar Association’s Section of International Law on the risks and opportunities for non-Chinese insurance companies investing in the PRC insurance sector. In 2006, she was a presenter at the American Bar Association’s annual meeting, addressing the topic of corruption in the context of bilateral US-China trade and as part of a panel of experts discussing transnational legal practice.
Ms. Sommers was awarded the Expatriate Professional Women's Society of Shanghai's 2007 Businesswomen Award in the category of Professional Excellence, in part for recognition of her work in helping create stronger ties between the US legal profession and China’s growing profession.
Expertise
- Representing a US company that is the world’s market share leader in its technology field in connection with a significant investigation by Shanghai Customs
- Advising a People’s Republic of China originator in a US$300 million cross-border securitization financing
- Advising various companies on foreign insurance-related investment in the PRC
- Providing counsel to one of the largest real estate developers in Zhejiang Province on international business investment issues
- Advising US companies and their foreign affiliates on anti-bribery, corporate governance and FCPA compliance, investigations and training
- Representing and providing guidance in structuring investment in PRC regulated industry sectors including transportation, banking, education, food safety and Internet-related commerce
Ms. Sommers is the author and co-author of various publications, including:
“The Amended Law to the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China (PRC): Encouraging Foreign Investment, Strengthening Shareholder Protections,” which appeared in the Bloomberg Corporate Law Journal in 2006, and the author of “A Lawyer’s Survival Guide to Shanghai,” published in International Law News.
Other publications include:
One Year After China’s WTO Accession: Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? A Discussion of the Successes and Challenges of China’s WTO Entry, presented to the American Bar Association Mid-Year Meeting, February 2003
The PRC’s Negotiable Instrument Law: An Instrument for Facilitating Private Economic Activity or Monetary Control? 20 Houston J. Int’l Law 317 (1998) (co-author)
Assessing the Tax Administration Law of the People’s Republic of China, 18 Loy. L.A. Int’l & Comp. L.J. 339 (1996) (co-author)
International Business Development and Taiwan’s Six-Year Plan, Washington State Bar News, February 1993 at 30.
Ms. Sommers is a member of the Shanghai Foreign Correspondents’ Club and a member of the article referee board of the Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal of the University of Washington.
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