Every service on this site has a fixed fee, agreed in writing before any work starts. You engage Tiantai Law Firm Shanghai Office, which signs the engagement agreement and issues the invoice, and you pay the firm, never an individual. Tiantai is one of the 15 largest law firms in China by headcount (ALB China, 2025).
What each service costs
| Service | Fee (USD) | What you receive |
|---|---|---|
| Factory Starter Package | 3,500 | One factory, one product line. Bilingual NNN, manufacturing framework agreement, PO format and mold and design ownership terms; first draft in 5 business days. Does not include a product development agreement |
| Bilingual NNN agreement | 1,500 | One factory, one product line. First draft in 3 business days; credited in full if you upgrade to the Factory Starter Package within 90 days after delivery |
| Same NNN for an additional factory | 300 per factory | The same NNN with only the factory details and product schedule changed; 2 business days, one round of revisions included |
| Manufacturing agreement with PO format | 2,500; 2,000 within 90 days after NNN delivery | Price, quality, delivery, acceptance and breach terms for production orders; already in the Factory Starter Package |
| Product development and IP agreement | 2,500; 2,000 with an NNN or the Factory Starter Package, or within 90 days after NNN delivery | For a product developed with the factory: who owns the design, prototypes, technical files and improvements; first draft in 5 business days after we have the project details |
| Stock purchase contract | 1,200 | One supplier. Bilingual contract for a standard product; first draft in 3 business days |
| Mold and design ownership agreement | 1,500 | Standalone bilingual agreement, both texts equally authentic; already included in the Factory Starter Package |
| China trademark | 790 first class, 390 each additional class | Search, filing and official fee for one class |
| Supplier background check | 890 per supplier; 590 with a contract package or for two or more suppliers | Eleven-section report signed by a PRC lawyer, in 3 business days |
| Supplier dispute assessment | 590 | One supplier, one order. Written opinion in 5 business days; follow-up questions answered in writing |
| Demand letter | 950 | One supplier, Chinese and English, on the firm’s letterhead; the 590 assessment is credited in full if you instruct within 30 days |
| Customs IP recordal | 690 first right, 290 each additional right | Recordal with China Customs; detention notices quoted per case |
| Litigation, arbitration and negotiation | quoted per stage | After we have reviewed the file |
Each fee covers the scope shown. If your matter goes beyond it, for example more factories, more product lines or a dispute with several suppliers, we quote the extra in writing before we start, and charge it only once you approve. For the NNN and the Factory Starter Package, each additional factory on the same documents is USD 300.
Which agreements do you need?
- Your product is final and the factory makes it to your drawings or sample: Factory Starter Package, 3,500.
- You are developing the product with the factory and it is not final, or you have not chosen the production factory: NNN and development agreement, 3,500 together. The manufacturing agreement follows later, at 2,000 within 90 days after the NNN is delivered and 2,500 after that.
- You are developing the product with the factory and the same factory will produce it: Factory Starter Package and development agreement, 5,500. Mold and design ownership is written once and is not charged twice.
Contract work includes two rounds of revisions within 60 days of delivery. One round means one consolidated set of comments from you, including any comments from the supplier that you pass on, sent together. Further rounds, or comments that arrive after the 60 days, are charged per round at the rate set out in the engagement agreement, and only with your written approval in advance.
From your first email to the start of work
- 1. You tell us what you need. A few lines by email or through the enquiry form are enough. Please do not send confidential documents at this stage.
- 2. We reply in writing with a fixed fee. The reply names the service we recommend, the fee, the documents you will receive and the delivery time in business days. If you want to go ahead, we ask for your company’s full name, place of incorporation, company registration number and registered address, the person signing and their title, and the email address for the invoice.
- 3. You sign the engagement agreement. It is between your company and Tiantai Law Firm Shanghai Office. You sign and return a PDF copy; the firm then signs and seals it and sends it to you with the invoice.
- 4. You pay the invoice and work starts. Fees are paid from your company’s own account. If someone else will pay for you, please tell us before payment.
- 5. We deliver, then revise. You receive the documents listed in the agreement within the stated time, followed by the two rounds of revisions described above.
All of this happens by email, so every fee, deadline and instruction is on record in writing. You do not need to schedule a call at any stage.
How to pay safely
Payment fraud is the most common way money goes missing in China sourcing: someone sends an email that looks genuine and announces a new bank account. We apply the same rule to our own invoices that we recommend for suppliers.
- Pay only the firm’s account on the invoice. The beneficiary is Tiantai Law Firm Shanghai Office, at a bank in mainland China. We never ask for payment to a personal account, a Hong Kong company or any other third party.
- We never change bank details by email or chat. If you receive a message saying our account has changed, do not pay. Check it first using the contact details published on the firm’s website ↗.
- The agreement and the invoice match. The invoice states the engagement agreement it is issued under, the matter and the fixed fee. If anything differs, ask before you pay.
For the same check on a Chinese supplier, see Your Chinese Supplier Says It Has a New Bank Account: How to Verify Before You Pay.
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