Acquiring, restructuring, or divesting an interest connected to the Hainan Free Trade Port carries transaction-specific accounting, structuring, and regulatory considerations that a standing compliance relationship isn't scoped to cover.
We support foreign capital through these transactions, coordinating with the deal's other advisors so the accounting, structuring, and filing work lines up with what the transaction documentation actually requires.
A transaction runs on a timeline your standing arrangements weren't built for
A standing compliance relationship is scoped to keep an entity current — it is not scoped to a deal team's diligence request list, a completion date fixed by the sale and purchase agreement, or the FX and tax consequences of the specific structure the parties eventually land on.
Acquiring, restructuring, or divesting an interest connected to the Hainan Free Trade Port surfaces questions a routine engagement never has to answer: what the target's actual compliance standing is behind its own filings, how the registered capital and FX position transfers or unwinds, and what changes in the entity's governance and licensing the moment the transaction closes.
Diligence, structuring, and closing mechanics as one coordinated engagement
We support the transaction-specific work a deal generates — verification of a target's registration and filing record against the public register and its own documents, structuring input on how consideration and capital move through the entity, and the registration and governance filings a closing actually triggers — coordinated with the deal's own legal and financial advisors rather than displacing them. Legal due diligence and any opinion on the target's legal position are counsel's, not ours.
Once the transaction closes, the target's ongoing compliance calendar doesn't reset itself. Where the same entity continues under new ownership, we hand off directly into the standing Entity Management and Governance and Accounting and Tax engagements that keep it current from day one under its new structure.
How we help
Entity Structuring and Registration
Entity type selection, business scope drafting, and the registration filing itself — the decisions made here determine what the entity can legally do for the rest of its life.
Explore serviceRegistered Capital and Foreign Exchange Registration
Registered capital scheduling and the foreign exchange registration it depends on — the piece of formation most often set on unrealistic terms and then difficult to unwind.
Explore serviceCross-Border Structuring
Advisory support on the holding structures, SPVs, and capital routing that connect a Hainan entity to an offshore parent, coordinated with your own legal and financial advisors.
Explore serviceTransactional Accountancy Services
Accounting support scoped to a specific transaction — an acquisition, a restructuring, or a one-off filing — rather than an ongoing bookkeeping relationship.
Explore serviceCompliance and Governance
Ongoing corporate governance administration — board support, statutory registers, and resolution management — for a registered Hainan entity.
Explore serviceFrequently asked questions
Do you act as legal counsel on the transaction?
No. We support the accounting, structuring, and filing work a transaction generates, coordinating directly with the deal's own legal counsel rather than replacing them — the transaction documentation itself remains counsel's responsibility.
Can you support diligence on a Hainan-registered target?
On the factual layer, yes: we verify a target's registration particulars, filing history, and governance records against the public register and the documents produced, and flag what is missing or inconsistent before it surfaces as a post-close surprise. That is fact-gathering for the deal team, not legal due diligence — assessing what the findings mean legally, and any opinion on the target's position, is your counsel's work.
What happens to the target's compliance calendar after the deal closes?
It continues without a gap. Where the acquired entity keeps operating under new ownership, we carry the engagement directly into our standing Entity Management and Governance and Accounting and Tax work, so nothing lapses in the handoff between transaction and ongoing operation.
Do you handle the registered capital and FX mechanics when ownership changes?
We support the registration and FX registration filings a change of ownership or capital structure triggers, working alongside the bank and the transaction's financial advisors on the mechanics of how consideration and capital actually move.
Why choose HainanInc?
One accountable team
A single point of contact carries your engagement from first filing through to ongoing compliance — not a rotating cast of specialists.
Documented calendars
Every recurring obligation is tracked to a date, not a quarter, so nothing lapses unnoticed.
Built for administrative reality
Filing sequences and document chains are built around how Hainan's processes actually run, not the published version of them.
Fixed-scope engagements
You know what is included, and what it costs, before work starts — not after an invoice arrives.
Direct access to the people doing the work
Questions go to the team handling your filing, not to an account manager relaying them onward.
Substance-first structuring
Advice accounts for what regulators actually look for when reviewing qualification, not only what qualifies on paper.
Our other practice areas
A single engagement rarely stays confined to one practice area. Explore the rest of what we cover in the Hainan Free Trade Port.