Oliver Maaz

Dr. Oliver Maaz is a Partner at CMS in Shanghai and he is an experienced China expert who specializes in the structuring (corporate governance) and reorganization of investments in the country. Oliver has been providing comprehensive legal advice to foreign companies in China for more than 12 years, regularly advising clients on corporate / M&A, commercial, litigation and foreign direct investment. An author of numerous publications Oliver is also a frequent speaker at events relating to legal matters in China.

Dr. Maaz is registered as German attorney with the Bar Association in Munich since October 2003.

Experience (examples) - Advising a global manufacturer of process instrumentation on the equity buy-out of a joint venture from its state owned Chinese partner in northern China - Advising an internationally operating manufacturer of PUR foams, technical aerosols and liquid products on the sale of its production facility in Shanghai - Advising the German holding of a designer and manufacturer of temporary structures on establishing its business and setting up a Joint-Venture in China - Advising a specialist for the integration of renewable energy (power to gas) on establishing its business in China and negotiating the supply and construction of a wind-hydrogen hybrid power plant with government officials in the province of Hebei - Advising an automotive supplier of driver operating / sensor systems and control units on establishing its business and setting up a Joint-Venture in China - Advising a global manufacturer of industrial robots and solutions for factory automation in complex arbitration proceedings and execution in Shanghai - Advising a global manufacturer in the construction machinery sector on the sale of a surface treatment centre and negotiating the supply of a turn-key plant in the northern Chinese province of Hebei - Advising a global player specialized in machinery and equipment for the can making industry on its action for restitution (return of industrial plant to Germany) against the contractor in China - Advising an international fashion manufacturer and retailer on setting up franchise system and opening of stores in China - Advising the Chinese holding of a German wholesaler of fasteners, chemicals, safety products, tools and inventory management on the construction and lease out of a factory building in the province of Liaoning in China

Publications (examples) - Handbook of the domain name law - national protection systems and international dispute resolution, commentary on the country section PRC, Wolters Kluwer, 2nd ed. 2017 - China: Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in China – In: International Newsletter, December issue 2016 - China: Cyber Security Law, September 2015 – In: International Newsletter, September issue 2015 - Handelsvertreterrecht in der VR China – In: Handbuch internationales Handelsvertreterrecht, 2. Auflage 2013, S. 72 ff. (ISBN: 978-3-8462-0005-6) - Besonderheiten bei der Nutzung des Internets in der VR China – In CIHD Magazin 11/2011, S. 12 ff. (Chinesischer Industrie & Handelsverband e.V.) - Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen in der VR China (M&A, Gründungsformen und Antimonopolistische Untersuchungen) - In: Investitionsführer China 2009, S. 71 ff. (ISBN: 978-3-89981-912-0) - Recht der Informationstechnologie in der VR China – In: Investitionsführer China 2009, S. 120 ff. (ISBN: 978-3-89981-912-0) - Mergers & Akquisition von Ausländischen Investoren in China – In: Business Focus China - Praxisorientierter Ratgeber für den deutschen Mittelstand, Mai 2008, S. 222 ff. (ISBN: 978-3-940114-01-03) - Right of Possession and Protection of Property – In: BusinessForum China (Shanghai), September/October 2007, S. 42 ff. (German Industry & Commerce China) - Safeguarding of Credits – In: BusinessForum China (Shanghai), July/August 2007, S. 45 ff. (German Industry & Commerce China) - The New Chinese Property Rights Law: An Overview – In: BusinessForum China (Shanghai), May/June 2007, S. 39 ff. (German Industry & Commerce China) - Protection Against Monopolies – In: BusinessForum China (Shanghai), March/April 2007, S. 46 f. (German Industry & Commerce China) - VR China: Kartellbildung nicht gewollt – In: China Contact – Wirtschaftsmagazin für China, Oktober 2006, S 44 f. (OWC – Verlag für Außenwirtschaft GmbH)