We have approximately 800 lawyers in our six offices in major Chinese cities: Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Nanjing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. We operate as a single, integrated partnership, not as an alliance of lawyers in different locations.
Our lawyers collaborate seamlessly across practice groups and locations to provide our clients with exceptional service, sophisticated advice and practical solutions founded on our legal expertise, sound knowledge of market practice, deep understanding of the industry landscape and proven ability to assist our clients achieve their business objectives.
We have vast experience in the full range of strategic and private equity M&A and commercial transactions, including negotiated deals, public M&A, joint ventures, divestments, take-private deals, distressed transactions and business restructuring. We have in-depth knowledge of a range of regulated industries, such as healthcare, pharmaceuticals, financial services, telecommunications, media and technology.
Clients benefit from our transactional capabilities integrated with our unparalleled expertise in financing, IP, employment, environmental and regulatory practices, including antitrust, data compliance and anti-corruption.
They form integrated teams, as required, with lawyers in the firm’s market-leading corporate, financial, transactional, and investment practices. Our knowledge spans many industries and sectors, including banking, energy, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, pharmaceuticals, real estate, retail, technology, mining and natural resources and telecommunications.
We aim to achieve optimal results for our clients to help them resolve their disputes by delivering cost-effective, pragmatic and novel solutions.
Our insolvency and restructuring lawyers work closely with our market-leading professionals across the full range of practices. We represent debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, creditors’ committees, trustees, noteholders, receivers and investors in insolvency and restructuring cases.
We also have considerable experience in cross-border insolvencies and restructurings. We are often retained as PRC counsel by offshore creditors, liquidators and administrators. We have been involved in many high-profile insolvencies, including those related to Kodak and Lehman Europe.
We have successfully argued cases before provincial high courts and the PRC Supreme Court, making us one of the very few firms in China that has an established appellate litigation and advocacy practice.
We have also advised on domestic and cross-border transactions involving procurement, acquisition, assignment or license in technology, brands, patents, copyrights and other forms of IP. Such transactions include franchising, licensing, distribution, outsourcing, contract manufacturing, joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions, strategic alliances and technology research and development.
Our team members have strong backgrounds in various technical fields, enabling us to communicate with the clients on technical issues efficiently. We have former judges and patent examiners on our team, providing local expertise within a global context.
Our international reputation is attributed to the high quality of our services, the ingenuity of our strategies and the depth of our local knowledge we apply to tackle the most challenging IP issues.
Our highly regarded employment lawyers have extensive knowledge of employment law and practice in China as well as finely honed understanding of our clients’ business requirements when it comes to all employment and labor issues.
We have considerable experience of advising both international and Chinese clients on their employment and labor requirements, and a proven track record of helping them establish effective employment practices and procedures.
We frequently work with firms in other jurisdictions to serve clients on matters involving a cross-border element, including collaborating with member firms of Ius Laboris, a global network of employment lawyers.
We are one of the few firms based in China that can provide integrated real estate and construction services. We deliver practical, commercially focused advice, drawing on our deep knowledge of the local market. Our lawyers have been educated, trained and worked in Mainland China and Hong Kong SAR, as well in other leading international legal markets such as Australia, England & Wales and the U.S., to offer for clients value-added services that other firms cannot match.
In collaboration with the firm’s experts in other practice areas, we advise our real estate and construction clients on the full range of commercial issues they face, including planning and environmental issues, licensing, IP matters, employment, and compliance. In addition, with the firm’s dispute resolution lawyers, we assist our clients in resolving disputes.
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