
We make determined efforts to provide comprehensive and professional services tailored to your special needs.
We have intensively and persistently studied and practised foreign investment, intellectual property, company, criminal and civil laws, and are admired and trusted by our clients in both home and foreign countries.
We have experienced qualified lawyers and professional patent and trademark agents. As a recognized and accredited patent and trademark agency, we are one of the few Chinese law firms able to provide a full range of intellectual property law related services.
Our lawyers work in a professional, diligent and prudent manner and provide excellent legal services for the benefits of our clients.
About DeBund Law Offices
Founded in 2000
50 people in their team
Practice areas
Languages spoken
Practice areas
Business
We have a team experienced in company law, securities, M&A, restructuring and capital market areas. The team has made remarkable achievements in initial public offerings, listings on over-the-counter markets, M&A, restructurings, private investments and other areas and established a longstanding relationship with our clients in pharmaceutical, new material, clothing, medical, manufacturing, artificial intelligence and other sectors.
Scope of Services
Change of internal policies and structures before IPO
IPO
Acquisition, merger, major assets restructuring; spin-off and share repurchase
Corporate governance and arrangements
Listing and refinance on the national share transfer system for small and medium-sized companies and the Shanghai Equity Exchange Center
Bond issuance
Design of management incentive programs and employee share plans
Continuous disclosure after IPO/listing
Setting up, operation and management of (including collection of funds for, investment through, withdrawal from and liquidation of) private funds
Company and capital market related cases
Criminal Defense
The criminal legal service team of DeBund consists of several criminal attorneys both theoretically and practically experienced and skilled in dealing with criminal law related cases, some of who had worked in senior legal job positions at governmental and judicial authorities for years before entering DeBund. In the past, our criminal attorneys have been hired for a number of significant cases, for example, the case of a Fudan postgraduate student who was accused of deliberately poisoning his roommate to death; the case of a Fujian villager named Nian Bin who was charged by the local police with murdering his neighbors by putting raticide into their dinner meals and detained for about eight years before being found innocent by the last-trial court; the case of lawyer Li Zhuang, who was charged with inducing and abetting suspects and witnesses to falsify testimonies; the case of fire disaster taking place in Shanghai on 15th November 2010.
With DeBund’s expertise in dealing with intellectual property cases, our criminal attorneys are also able to undertake legal tasks and represent defendants in criminal proceedings, concerning white-collar crimes, compliance related crimes, job-related crimes such as intellectual property infringements, bribery, malfeasance, and economic crimes such as fraud, smuggling, etc. In addition, our criminal attorneys have well prepared a series of training programs about various legal issues, for example, how to prevent and control criminal risks in corporate businesses, precautions against job-related crimes, how to establish and improve compliance systems, etc. and are ready to provide other relevant services in the criminal law area.
Scope of Services
Criminal law related counseling services and training programs
Providing legal solutions for the prevention and controlling of criminal risks in corporate businesses
Providing legal solutions for the establishment and improvement of corporate compliance systems
Providing legal solutions for the prevention of job-related crimes
Reporting or accusing of acts in contrary to criminal laws, on behalf of clients
Providing legal support for suspects being investigated
Defending suspects in pending trial
Representing victims in criminal proceedings and criminal incidental civil actions
Representing clients in appeals of criminal cases and other criminal law related activities
Intellectual Property
Patents, trademarks, and copyrights are the ultimate foundation of many major businesses — and critical assets in many more. How you define and protect your innovation and creativity are strategic bottom-line issues.
In a world where piracy and counterfeiting are rampant and the temptation to violate IP rights is strong, you can never rest easy. It is often simple for others to steal your thoughts and ideas which often creates hazardous consequences for the person to whom the idea belongs to. The changes that made global markets possible and profitable also have made theft of intellectual assets lucrative and pervasive. The need to use IP rights innovatively to maintain a competing edge has never been more pressing.
The Debund Law Offices Intellectual Property practice consists of a team of attorneys and legal experts with vast experience in IP legal matters. Our attorneys and experts practice in every facet of intellectual property law including patent, trademark, copyright, unfair competition, trade secrets, internet, and many other related IP areas. We have successfully acted on behalf of clients in trademark infringement, patent technology infringement, copyright disputes, right of reputation infringement, and computer software protection just to name a few.
Scope of Services
Negotiation, contract drafting and review in intellectual property right trade
Establish risk prevention measures
Establish, implement and develop appropriate IP protection systems
Patent applications, patent right maintenance, licensing and transfer
Patent re-examination, administrative litigation, patent infringement litigation
Trademark and patent document retrieval, investigation and supervision
Application for trademark registration, extension, licensing and transfer of registered trademark
Trademark infringement and trademark protection
Copyright protection and neighbouring rights, Folk Literature Art Works
Computer software protection,computer software registration,domain name law and domain name registration
Piracy and counterfeiting activities
Technology transfer, know-how licensing, and franchise
Trade secret protection and unfair competition litigation
Legal protection of geographical indication and new varieties of plants
Integrated circuit protection
Lawsuits & Disputes
Debund have rich experience of dispute resolution, including Litigation and Arbitration, in the areas of business investment, capital operation, intellectual property, HR and compliance, building and real estate, maritime business and cargo transport, criminal defense, etc. We are active in settling the dispute through negotiations or in a way that is acceptable to all parties concerned, when possible, in order to avoid further loss. If the dispute has to be settled through litigation or arbitration or by taking opposing actions, our lawyers can fully protect our client’s legal rights by using our experience and expertise in litigation and legal practice.
Scope of Services
Litigation Arising from Civil Or Business Matter
Arbitration Arising from Business Matters
Arbitration Arising from Labor Disputes
Administrative Review, Administrative Proceedings
Security and enforcement
A criminal action
State compensation
Employment & Labor
DeBund Law Offices boasts a few great professional employment and compliance risk control lawyers. We are especially skilled in establishing employment and HR systems and handling employment law related matters and issues including personnel and HR arrangements, settlement of labor disputes, compliance investigation and analysis and risk control in complicated business transactions.
Scope of Services
Drafting and review of legal contracts or agreements
Giving advice on the company’s bylaws
Compliance investigation, risk evaluation, handling of complaints and other compliance issues and incidents
Providing a full range of legal services for those who need help or advice to deal with employment, HR and compliance matters
Providing labor, HR, compliance related training programs
Acting for clients in labor arbitrations and lawsuits
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