Haiwen & Partners has a wide range of experience across commercial litigation and arbitration relating to the banking, construction and manufacturing industries. The firm is also active in intellectual property disputes.
Key individuals include Chao Yang, Huijuan Sun, Fan He for commercial disputes, and Qiang Ma for IP disputes.
One of the commercial and transactions case highlights over the research period sees the firm advising
a wholly owned subsidiary of a large-scale state-owned enterprise (SOE) in a dispute arising from a cooperative development agreement.
This case involves an SOE official’s abuse of power, potential challenge of the announcement of a listing company and the risk of losing a large amount of state assets.
Notable clients are AVIC International Aviation Development, Poly Mining and Mercedes-Benz (China).
Client feedback
“The workflow is professional and meticulous, and the preparation of pre-case search is very detailed. The lawyer in charge communicates with the client in a very timely manner and responds quickly to the client's questions and requests. Litigation materials are clearly written.” – Commercial arbitration
Huijuan Sun
“She has solid legal knowledge, professional skills and rich practical experience, and has a comprehensive and profound understanding of laws and regulations. We are able to provide strong legal support and high-quality legal services by skilfully applying legal provisions.
“She possesses a high degree of integrity, in the process of representing our cases she is able to provide legal advice honestly and truthfully to the client, and she will not conceal the actual situation of the case or give false promises to the client.
“She has a high degree of responsibility, in the process of representing our cases she does her utmost to strive for the best results for our company. At the same time, she can also take the initiative to take responsibility for timely communication with us, solve the problems in the case, and be responsible for the results of the case processing. The starting point of all her work is the interests of the client, in order to maximise the interests of the client.
“She has a rigorous work attitude and high sense of responsibility. Good at communication and coordination, with good interpersonal relationship and handling ability. Not only can she keep close contact with us and take the initiative to pass on the progress of the case, but also cooperates closely with various judicial organs and relevant experts to form a synergy to solve the problem.
“In court, she was able to accurately grasp the timing of the trial and calmly deal with various defence challenges, fully demonstrating her professionalism and excellent defence skills. In the defence, she was able to analyse the evidence rationally and objectively, refute the other side's viewpoints forcefully, and strove for favourable conditions for the success of the case through reasonable arguments.
“She provided timely and generous advice and explanation of laws and regulations related to the case.”
