Budapest · Shanghai · coverage in 98 countries
Enter and grow in new markets with one contact for every country involved
Cathay Partners brings legal, tax, accounting, intellectual-property and market-entry advice together. You work with one contact person: we assign the right adviser to your matter and coordinate the work with the local experts in every other country involved, so you do not have to find an adviser in each country and hold the project together yourself. If you are based abroad, you can also start with a local member office in your own country and language.
Hungary ⇄ China
Hungary and China, where we go deepest
Investing in Hungary and the EU
Set up in Hungary with Hungary in a BoxKft. or EU branch registration in Hungary, ready for tax and bankingResidence and work permits for the people you send to HungaryAccounting, payroll and tax filings in Hungary, reported in English or ChineseHungary and EU market entry study before you commitDoing business in China
Commercial debt recovery and dispute resolution in ChinaBecoming a supplier to Chinese investors in HungaryVerify a Chinese supplier before you send the depositChina market entry study before you commitCompany formation in China as a WFOE or joint venture, set up to operateOwn offices in Budapest and Shanghai, and members and local experts in 98 countries
Where a matter reaches another market, a member or partner firm there carries out the local work and we coordinate it for you.
Own offices in Budapest and Shanghai; members, partner firms and local experts in 98 countries.
Focus packages
Each package comes with a written scope and a fee agreed before work begins.
Set up in Hungary with Hungary in a Box
The Hungary edition of Country in a Box covers company, tax, accounting, banking support and mobility work, coordinated as one project, with our wider network on hand as you expand across the EU.
A fixed-fee first-year package for a Kft. with private-individual founders, with the cost known in advance.
See the scopeSet up and operate in India with India in a Box
The entity, tax, compliance and coordination work needed to start operating in India, run as one project with our partner firm on the ground.
Tell us about the matter and what you want to achieve. We review it and send a written offer, either a fixed fee or hourly rates with an agreed cap, so the cost is predictable before work starts. If the scope stays the same, so does the fee.
See the scopeCompany set-up in any of our 98 network countries
A company, branch or registration in the market you need, coordinated by us and executed by our member or partner firm on the ground.
Tell us about the matter and what you want to achieve. We review it and send a written offer, either a fixed fee or hourly rates with an agreed cap, so the cost is predictable before work starts. If the scope stays the same, so does the fee.
See the scopeCommercial debt recovery and dispute resolution in China
With Hungarian lawyers in our network and our own team on the ground in China, we help you recover unpaid claims and resolve non-delivery or defective performance by a Chinese counterparty, through a proven staged process that keeps costs under control.
Tell us about the matter and what you want to achieve. We review it and send a written offer, either a fixed fee or hourly rates with an agreed cap, so the cost is predictable before work starts. If the scope stays the same, so does the fee. Each later stage, a viability review, negotiation, litigation, arbitration or enforcement, gets its own written offer before it begins.
See the scopeBecoming a supplier to Chinese investors in Hungary
Support to qualify as a supplier, subcontractor or service provider to a Chinese-owned company or Chinese general contractor in Hungary, and to work with them under a contract that holds up.
Tell us about the matter and what you want to achieve. We review it and send a written offer, either a fixed fee or hourly rates with an agreed cap, so the cost is predictable before work starts. If the scope stays the same, so does the fee.
See the scopeVerify a Chinese supplier before you send the deposit
Find out who you are actually dealing with before the deposit leaves your account.
A fixed fee for the desk checks, confirmed in writing before we start. A site visit, if you want one, is quoted separately once we know the location.
See the scopeChina market entry study before you commit
A written go/no-go and route assessment before you commit implementation capital in China.
A fixed fee for an agreed scope, confirmed in writing after the scoping session, before research starts.
See the scopeSee all servicesHow we work
Coordination
One contact for the whole project
Whether a matter touches one country or five, you deal with one contact on our side, and we coordinate the local work abroad.
Fees
A written offer before work starts
Tell us about the matter and what you want to achieve. We review it and send a written offer, either a fixed fee or hourly rates with an agreed cap, so the cost is predictable before work starts. If the scope stays the same, so does the fee.
Execution
Local execution by the people qualified to do it
In Hungary, Hungarian lawyers and accountants in our network do the work. In China our own Shanghai office works with PRC-qualified partner lawyers. Elsewhere, the member or partner firm in that market carries it out.
Where to start
Own office
Shanghai
Our own office in China, with PRC-qualified partner lawyers across the country and a team on the ground for Hungarian and European companies.
Recent insights
Tell us where you are going
Describe the market, the matter and the timing in a few sentences. We come back with a written offer and a clear next step.