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COMMERCIAL REAL PROPERTY PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
A BUYER'S PERSPECTIVE
商品房买卖协议—买方角度 繁体字
The purchase and sale agreement (the “PSA”) is the central document for the sale of commercial real property. The terms of the agreement are negotiated between buyer and seller often after a letter of intent (“LOI”) has been signed, although sometimes the parties may forego an LOI and jump straight to the PSA. For best practices, an LOI should be used to ensure the parties agree on the basic terms of the sale before investing time and energy into negotiating the PSA, which is often a lengthy and time consuming process involving multiple rounds of revisions before an agreement acceptable to both sides is reached.
购买与销售协议（“买卖协议”）是商品房销售的核心文件。买卖双方通常在签署买卖意向书（“意向书”）后就协议条款进行协商，当然有时候双方也可以略过意向书，直接进入买卖协议的环节。实践中最好签署一份意向书，从而确保双方在投入时间和精力协商买卖协议之前已经就销售的基本条款达成一致，因为商议买卖协议是一个漫长的过程，时常需要花费大量时间，经过好几轮反复修改，才能最终达成双方均可接受的协议条款。
A BUYER'S PERSPECTIVE
商品房买卖协议—买方角度 繁体字
The purchase and sale agreement (the “PSA”) is the central document for the sale of commercial real property. The terms of the agreement are negotiated between buyer and seller often after a letter of intent (“LOI”) has been signed, although sometimes the parties may forego an LOI and jump straight to the PSA. For best practices, an LOI should be used to ensure the parties agree on the basic terms of the sale before investing time and energy into negotiating the PSA, which is often a lengthy and time consuming process involving multiple rounds of revisions before an agreement acceptable to both sides is reached.
购买与销售协议（“买卖协议”）是商品房销售的核心文件。买卖双方通常在签署买卖意向书（“意向书”）后就协议条款进行协商，当然有时候双方也可以略过意向书，直接进入买卖协议的环节。实践中最好签署一份意向书，从而确保双方在投入时间和精力协商买卖协议之前已经就销售的基本条款达成一致，因为商议买卖协议是一个漫长的过程，时常需要花费大量时间，经过好几轮反复修改，才能最终达成双方均可接受的协议条款。
This is a good overview of the steps you should consider as a buyer of commercial real property in California.
本清单有效涵盖了您在美国加利福尼亚州购买商品房时应考虑的步骤。
本清单有效涵盖了您在美国加利福尼亚州购买商品房时应考虑的步骤。
Federal, state and local governments have issued and updated guidance and orders to contain the COVID-19 virus. Not all of these rules are consistent. Businesses are directed to cease activities except for "Essential Businesses", but some activities do not clearly fit within the published definitions, and questions remain. For example: Can we continue production as a supplier of an Essential Business if we do not qualify as essential ourselves? What if we supply equipment to a provider servicing an Essential Business? If we qualify, how do we protect our employees? If they cannot always maintain a 6-foot distance?
Legal due diligence can become a seeming barrage of emails. Not only are the demands on you and your staff increasing as the closing date approaches, but some requested documents are surely of little value to the buyer. How do you deal effectively with these requests while you finalize the terms of sale, run the business and, not of least importance, try to maintain some sanity?
Your Beijing (or Taipei or Paris) startup with great software services that is selling well at home is targeting the U.S. Its next step? Set up a California office. With world-leading high-tech talent and the world's 5th largest economy, California is an ideal platform to launch a new service or invention into the U.S. while tapping resources to take your technology to the next level. But legal pitfalls can cause delays; planning ahead is essential to save time and costs.
当你在北京（或者台北、巴黎）从事软件服务的初创公司在国内的业务不断扩大并准备向美国市场进军的时候，下一步应该如何做呢？在加利福尼亚注册一个公司吧。作为世界第五大经济体，加州有世界一流的高科技人才，是将新服务和新发明带入美国的理想平台，其丰富的资源可以帮助你将技术提升至更高的水平。但是法律上的各种陷阱可以让你陷于被动，提早筹划才是节约时间和成本的关键。
CALIFORNIA LLC - PROTECTION FROM PERSONAL LIABILITY
加州的有限责任公司(LLC) - 个人责任的防范 繁体字
If you form an LLC, are your personal assets protected from liabilities? Simply because you form an LLC does not mean your personal assets are safe from any liabilities. First, the protection would be limited to business related liabilities. Second, if you do not treat the LLC properly, an injured party can ‘pierce the veil’ of the LLC to go after your personal assets. Third, there are some instances when personal assets may be attached for business liabilities.
如果你成立一家 LLC，你的个人财产是否会免于责任呢？仅仅由于你成立了一家LLC（有限责任公司）不意味你的个人资产可以安全的免受责任。首先，此等免责仅限于与经营有关的责任。其次，如果你不能正确的使用LLC，受损害方可以穿透有限责任公司面纱向你的个人财产追偿。第三，有些情况下个人财产也可能涵盖在经营责任中。
加州的有限责任公司(LLC) - 个人责任的防范 繁体字
If you form an LLC, are your personal assets protected from liabilities? Simply because you form an LLC does not mean your personal assets are safe from any liabilities. First, the protection would be limited to business related liabilities. Second, if you do not treat the LLC properly, an injured party can ‘pierce the veil’ of the LLC to go after your personal assets. Third, there are some instances when personal assets may be attached for business liabilities.
如果你成立一家 LLC，你的个人财产是否会免于责任呢？仅仅由于你成立了一家LLC（有限责任公司）不意味你的个人资产可以安全的免受责任。首先，此等免责仅限于与经营有关的责任。其次，如果你不能正确的使用LLC，受损害方可以穿透有限责任公司面纱向你的个人财产追偿。第三，有些情况下个人财产也可能涵盖在经营责任中。
