Established in July 1994, Shanghai Jiehua Law Firm is a distinguished member of the Shanghai Law Society and serves as an enterprise bankruptcy case manager in Shanghai. The firm is committed to delivering solution-oriented legal support through a team of professional lawyers and integrated teams, ensuring clients receive comprehensive and effective legal services.
Jiehua Law Firm offers a broad spectrum of legal services, encompassing business law, family law, real estate, intellectual property, and criminal defense. The firm's intellectual property department, recognized as a registered trademark agency by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), provides extensive services in patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Additionally, the criminal law practice group comprises attorneys with substantial experience in investigation, prosecution review, and trial proceedings, adept at handling complex criminal cases and offering corporate criminal compliance services.
With a team of approximately 50 professionals, Jiehua Law Firm emphasizes long-term client relationships by aligning legal services with client objectives. The firm’s integrated team approach, composed of legal experts across various fields, ensures clients have access to specialized legal opinions tailored to their specific needs, reflecting the firm's dedication to professionalism and client-centric service.
About Shanghai Jiehua Law Firm
Founded in 1994
Practice areas
Real Estate
Corporate & Commercial
Energy, Environment & ESG
Private Client
Banking & Finance
Employment & Labor
Bankruptcy & Debt
Immigration
Media, Technology and Telecoms
Criminal Defense
Lawsuits & Disputes
Civil & Human Rights
Intellectual Property
Languages spoken
English
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Practice areas
Real Estate
Shanghai Jiehua Law Firm's Real Estate Legal Affairs Department, established in 1995, comprises professionals with solid legal knowledge and practical experience, offering bilingual services. The department focuses on addressing the evolving legal challenges in China's property market by conducting in-depth research and developing specialized legal services. Their expertise includes natural resources, brokerage, commercial real estate, foreclosure, housing construction and development, land use and zoning, landlord and tenant relations, mortgage matters, real estate contracts and negotiations, and real estate due diligence. By continuously enhancing their service offerings, the department has become a specialized professional unit within Jiehua, committed to providing tailored legal support to clients in the real estate sector.
Corporate & Commercial
Shanghai Jiehua Law Firm's Corporate & Commercial practice offers comprehensive legal services, including market development, investment and financing, IPOs, fund portfolios, real estate development, mergers and acquisitions, recapitalization, enterprise diagnosis and adjustment, corporate counsel, major contract review, project tracking, due diligence, and other corporate-related legal affairs.
Energy, Environment & ESG
Shanghai Jiehua Law Firm's Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practice offers comprehensive legal services in environmental protection and renewable energy sectors. The firm collaborates with academic institutions to research legal frameworks and practical implementations in these areas. Their ESG Practice Group, composed of attorneys with international academic credentials and professional experience, provides services including ESG due diligence for investments and M&A transactions, assistance in ESG management enhancement, supply chain ESG optimization, drafting and reviewing ESG provisions in agreements, and guidance on ESG disclosure requirements. Additionally, they offer legal support for carbon emission rights trading, green financing arrangements, and renewable energy project development.
Private Client
Shanghai Jiehua Law Firm's Family Law Department specializes in providing comprehensive legal services tailored to marriage and family matters. The team, composed of experienced professionals, offers personalized support in areas such as adoption, annulment, child custody, divorce, and domestic violence cases. By integrating client needs with legal practice, they deliver full-service, one-stop solutions to effectively address complex family law issues.
Banking & Finance
Shanghai Jiehua Law Firm's Banking & Finance practice offers comprehensive legal services encompassing market development, investment and financing, IPOs, fund portfolios, real estate development, mergers and acquisitions, recapitalization, corporate diagnostics and restructuring, corporate counsel, major contract reviews, project tracking, due diligence, and other corporate-related legal affairs.
Employment & Labor
The Labor and Employment Practice Group at Jie Hua Law Firm comprises seasoned attorneys with extensive expertise and years of practice experience. Several team members serve as special supervisors at the Labor Dispute Arbitration Commission and as committee members of the Labor and Social Security Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association. The attorneys are well-versed in labor laws and regulations, familiar with enterprise human resources management practices and compliance requirements, and stay attuned to industry developments. With professional dedication, they deliver legal solutions tailored to client needs.
Bankruptcy & Debt
Shanghai Jiehua Law Firm's Bankruptcy Liquidation and Reorganization Practice Group offers extensive experience in managing complex bankruptcy cases, including liquidation, reorganization, and major settlements. Since being listed in the Shanghai High People's Court's second registry of bankruptcy administrators in January 2015, the firm has handled notable cases such as the bankruptcy liquidation to settlement of Shanghai Zhihui Education Technology Co., Ltd., recognized as a landmark case by the Shanghai Bankruptcy Court in 2022, and the bankruptcy liquidation of Shanghai Yibian Gene Technology Co., Ltd., selected as a notable case by the Pudong Court in 2023. The team comprises eleven attorneys serving on the Shanghai Bankruptcy Administrator Association's committees, reflecting their deep expertise in this field.
Immigration
Shanghai Jiehua Law Firm's Cross-border Legal Affairs practice provides comprehensive legal services to corporate clients operating in the global business environment. The firm offers expertise in corporate internationalization, foreign investment facilitation, international trade and logistics, and cross-border dispute resolution, with a particular focus on the legal environments of Belt and Road Initiative countries and the Asia-Pacific region. The team comprises experienced attorneys with profound legal knowledge and deep insights into international business environments and multicultural contexts, enabling them to deliver customized solutions and comprehensive legal services.
Media, Technology and Telecoms
Shanghai Jiehua Law Firm's Entertainment, Media & Sports Practice Group comprises attorneys who serve on various Professional Committees of the Shanghai Bar Association, including Entertainment, Media, and Sports Committees. This team combines profound legal expertise with extensive experience in specialized sectors, serving diverse clients such as film and television production and distribution companies, theater chains, music production and distribution companies, talent agencies, traditional and new media outlets, streaming platforms, video websites, ticketing companies, gaming companies, and professional investment institutions. They provide comprehensive legal services spanning investment and financing, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property protection, copyright trading, corporate compliance, and dispute resolution.
Criminal Defense
Shanghai Jiehua Law Firm's Criminal Law Practice is a well-established area, staffed by attorneys with extensive experience in investigation, prosecution review, trial proceedings, and customs enforcement. This team possesses a profound understanding of criminal case procedures, enabling them to effectively handle complex and challenging cases. Beyond litigation, they offer corporate criminal compliance services, assisting enterprises in sustainable development while safeguarding client interests.
Lawsuits & Disputes
Shanghai Jiehua Law Firm's Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice Group offers comprehensive legal services tailored to address a wide range of disputes. Their expertise encompasses corporate control conflicts, equity investment and repurchase disagreements, financial and lending disputes, as well as issues arising from goods and service contracts. The firm is adept at handling real estate and construction project disputes, unfair competition and antitrust cases, and intellectual property infringement matters. They represent clients in both domestic and international litigation and arbitration proceedings, actively engaging in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms to provide effective solutions. Additionally, Jiehua assists with tax dispute resolutions, enforcement objections, derivative litigation, and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, ensuring clients' business interests and commercial objectives are maximized.
Civil & Human Rights
Shanghai Jiehua Law Firm's Criminal Law Practice Group offers comprehensive legal services, including criminal defense representation and corporate criminal compliance. Their attorneys possess extensive experience in investigation, prosecution review, trial proceedings, and customs enforcement, enabling them to effectively handle complex criminal cases. The firm also provides corporate clients with services such as criminal risk assessment, compliance system development, and anti-fraud investigations, supporting sustainable and lawful business operations.
Intellectual Property
Shanghai Jiehua Law Firm's Intellectual Property practice offers comprehensive legal services across all forms of intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, integrated circuit layout designs, plant variety protection, trade secrets, and unfair competition matters. As a registered trademark agency approved by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), the firm is renowned for its expertise in IP administrative litigation and dispute resolution. Their services encompass both contentious and non-contentious matters, covering IP creation, utilization, management, and protection. The firm's experienced team provides strategic guidance and representation to safeguard clients' intellectual assets effectively.