Commerce & Finance Law Offices is known for its capability in commercial disputes. In particular, the firm has deep expertise in disputes relating to banking and finance, fund and trust, and international trade. In recent years, the firm has also been covering international arbitration.
Hongji Li is a key partner at the firm’s Beijing headquarters. Qiang Cui is another notable lawyer who specialises in commercial
disputes.
During the research period, the firm represented Vanke Real Estate and its subsidiary Jinxiu Real Estate against some companies based in Qingdao on a contract dispute; represented a major credit rating institution, DaGong Global Credit Rating, in a series of lawsuits involving misrepresentation during the issuance of non-public offered bonds by Shandong JinMao Textile & Chemical Industry Group; represented China Construction Bank’s subsidiary CCB Trust against CSGC and Baobian Electric on a contract dispute; and represented China National Offshore Oil Corporation against Biolux on a sino-foreign joint venture dispute.
The firm added six partners to its dispute resolution team.
Client feedback
“The commercial team I work with is a very down-to-earth and reliable team. Their fees are relatively low among law firms of the same level, but their devotion to cases is higher than many other law firms. They can deal with clients' problems, respond promptly throughout the whole process of the case. In recent years, the firm has obtained good results in representing several branches of our bank in foreign-related arbitrations.”
– Commercial and transactions
“From the stage of sending quotations,
they begin to provide companies with thorough legal advice, including information on similar cases they have handled recently, opinions from courts, arbitration bodies and other dispute resolution bodies, etc.” –
Commercial and transactions
Qiang Cui
“Cui has highly professional legal skills and strong learning ability. He is always empathetic to clients. He also has the ability to fight for the client’s rights and interests and gain satisfactory results when resolving disputes.”
“The lawyer we worked with was Qiang Cui, a partner of the Beijing office. Lawyer Cui is an industrious and reliable partner with profound theoretical knowledge and solid experience in handling cases. Although he handles many cases at the same time, he is fully prepared for each case and answers clients' questions in an efficient manner. Cui has represented several branches of our bank in litigation and arbitration cases. I was particularly impressed by one case that involved a cutting-edge legal issue – Cui wrote a research article especially for this case and published it in a well-known journal. This kind of professionalism puts clients at ease.”
Wu Wen
“To address the issue of the name used by a school for collecting fees, lawyer Wen quickly established a logical rationale for the issues, found the crux of the problem, and provided the most appropriate solution.”
“His professionalism, astuteness and dedication are most reassuring.”
