Tian Yuan Law Firm

Full-service law firm Tian Yuan Law Firm is active in the practice areas of commercial, intellectual property and construction disputes. There are about 100 practitioners in the litigation department nationwide, while the Beijing office holds the largest number of lawyers and handles the most complex, high-stakes matters. The Beijing office is highly regarded for its expertise in dealing with corporate, regulatory, securities and insolvency disputes.

Xiaodong Zhu is a key contact for commercial disputes in the Beijing office.

In commercial and transactions, the firm is acting on behalf of China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission and Anbang Insurance Group in legal disputes between Anbang Group and the actual controller, relevant debtors and financiers, with the subject-matter of the cases exceeding Rmb127 billion ($18 billion), and spanning three major legal fields: criminal, civil and administrative law.

The firm also represented Beijing Kunlun Trust in a financial loan dispute with Baoneng Group and advised state-owned energy group Beijing Jingmei Group and Beijing Jintai Zhongyang Real Estate Development in joint counter-guarantee settlement disputes arising from a guaranteed Rmb1.6 billion ($230 million) financing for the real estate project plot located in the Fengtai district of Beijing.

In intellectual property, the IP team represented Jilin Zhongyan Polymer Materials, the largest PEEK manufacturer in China at present, in a patent infringement case against Solvay America. The case was selected as one of the top 10 model cases of intellectual property rights in Shenzhen Court. The team also advised China Tianchen Engineering on a series of trade secret infringement and ownership disputes against multinational Japanese chemical company Asahi Kasei Corporation.

Notable clients include Beijing Global World Education Technology, Beijing Hebei Building, Beijing Hualian Comprehensive Supermarket, CDB Finance, Cinda Hong Kong and Huawei Technology.