Susan Finder joined Heller Ehrman as Special Counsel in August 2006 and is a member of the Asia Business Practice. Prior to joining Heller Ehrman, Ms. Finder was with the Hong Kong office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where she was a member of their China Business Group.

Experience

Ms. Finder acts for foreign companies in China on a wide variety of matters, ranging from investment structuring, litigation in the Chinese courts, financial service and other regulatory issues, to employment, intellectual property, project finance and issues related to the operation of foreign investment enterprises.

Ms. Finder is fluent in Mandarin, Russian and proficient in German.

Representative Engagements

(prior to joining Heller Ehrman)

• Represented a major US textile manufacturer in connection with its investments in China. 
• Represented CSX in connection with the sale of its port projects in China.
• Represented BTU on PRC issues in connection with their acquisition of a stake in Meiya Power. 
• Represented a major European tire manufacturer on its proposed investment in China. 
• Represented a European insurance company on its proposed investment in China. 
• Represented a major US express carrier and package delivery company on issues related to its investments in China as well as financing. 
• Advised pharmaceutical manufacturers, auto manufacturers and decorative products manufacturers on product liability issues. 
• Drafted / amended purchase and sales contracts for major auto parts, manufacturing and telecommunications companies.
• Drafted / amended technology licences for a variety of manufacturing clients. 
• Amended software licences for US and European companies. 
• Advised major investment banks and manufacturing companies on employment issues. 
• Represented the Export-Import Bank of the United States and other export credit agencies on PRC issues related to the financing of the Nanhai petrochemical project. 
• Represented a major US financial institutions concerning transactions involving a varitety of PRC financial regulatory issues.
• Represented a major Japanese company concerning judicial review proceedings in China commenced by its joint venture against the local customs authorities.

Publications

• Insider Analysis: Pharmaceutical Outsourcing To China – Some Legal Issues  PharmAsia News - FDC Reports  10.08.2007
• Insider Analysis: Establishing Pharmaceutical R&D Centers in China/Legal Issues  PharmAsia News - FDC Reports  7.17.2007
• "Reforming the People’s Court"  China Law & Practice  06.2006
• "Civil Litigation"  Doing Business in China, Juris  2006
• "Public Procurement"  Getting the Deal Through - China  2006
• "Recent Developments in Industrial Safety in Infrastructure Projects"  China Law & Practice  2004
• "Regulators Show Commitment to Derivatives"  The IFLR Guide to China  2004
• "Railway Construction in China"  China Law & Practice  2003
• "Court System"  Doing Business in China  07.2001
• "PRC Law: A Millennium Retrospective", Co-Authored with Thomas E. Jones,   China Law & Practice #10, p 53-57  12.1999
• "The Protection of Intellectual Property Rights Through the Courts"  Chinese Intellectual Property Law and Practice in the PRC, p 255-268  1999
• "Liens, Creating & Enforcing Security in the PRC"  Asia Law & Practice, Vol. 3  1997
• "The Supreme People’s Court"  Journal of Chinese Law, Vol.7, p 111-180  1994

Speaking Engagements

• “Private Equity Nuts and Bolts”, Asian Legal Business - In-House Congress, Beijing, November 2006.
• “Commercial Litigation in the People’s Courts”, Seminar Presented to PRC Commercial Law LLM Students, University of Hong Kong, March 2004. 
• “Civil Procedure Law in the PRC”, Seminar Presented to the Congressional Executive Commission on China, July 2003.
• "Introduction to PRC Employment Law”, Seminar Presented to Senior Staff of CITC Kawah Bank, December 2002.