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 Fan He for commercial disputes and Qiang Ma for IP disputes.
Some of the commercial and transactions case highlights during the research period saw the firm advising Shandong Innovation Real Estate in a litigation case against CCI Holdings involving financing, guarantee and equity transfer of a project company; representing Anhui Four Seasons Smart New Energy Technology in an arbitration against Beijing Zhongneng Zhihui Technology and three other entities in a dispute arising from an investment cooperation agreement related to a material assets reorganisation of a listed company; and defending a large Chinese listed bank in a series of arbitral cases.
The firm has shown noticeable growth in its headcount in the past 12 months, with dispute lawyer Chao Yang returning to its bench as partner from AnJie Broad Law Firm. In late 2022, the firm also welcomed
Jingjing Chen and Yuanyuan Jia as partners from Hui Zhong Law Firm and Zhong Lun Law Firm, respectively.
Notable clients are AVIC International Aviation Development, Poly Mining and Mercedes-Benz (China).
Client feedback
“Professional service and work attitude. Timely feedback.” – Commercial and transactions
“The team is professional with smooth communication skills. They provide clear explanation and understand customer needs.” – Commercial and transactions
“Highly professional and effective in providing advice. The team members have good experience and clear division of labour.” – Commercial and transactions
“Provided professional services and important opinions for investment decisions. They are also very responsive.” – Intellectual property
Yuxiang Liu
“He represented our company and won major lawsuits.”
Qiang Ma
“Good communicator who is bilingual in Chinese and English. He is also adaptable.”
“He is quite responsive, and he solves the issues raised by the client.”
