China

Firm overview

East & Concord Partners was established in 2014 with the merger of East Associates Law Firm and Concord & Partners. It is one of the largest law firms in China with integrated management. East Associates Law Firm and Concord & Partners, established in 1993 and 1995 respectively, were two of the earliest established law firms in China, both exerting nationwide influence and enjoying high prestige.

East & Concord, headquartered in Beijing, with offices in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Nanjing, Xi’an, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Vancouver and Tokyo. East & Concord has also designated the Dongcheng District office in Beijing as a platform as our digital legal service development center.

Firm overview

Withers is one of the world’s first international law firms dedicated to the business, personal and philanthropic interests of successful people, their businesses, families and advisers. With over 220 partners and more than 1,500 employees in 17 offices across Europe, US, Asia Pacific and the Caribbean, Withers has unparalleled expertise in helping businesses and individuals across all major financial centres around the world.

In 2008, Withers established its Hong Kong office to offer on-the-ground support in Asia for the firm’s international client base. Today, its multinational team of lawyers and legal professionals offers one of the most comprehensive arrays of client services in relation to UK, US and Hong Kong law. Withers is also able to put together a cross-disciplinary team of advisers with the relevant experience and expertise for complex, cross-border transactions in the region. Its team understands both domestic and international issues and how different legal regimes interact and impact each other.

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• First initial public offering by a Chinese company involving an international underwriter
• The first domestic listing by a company incorporated outside the PRC (so-called red chip company)
• Formation of the first open-end mutual fund in China
• First foreign acquisition of a controlling stake in a Chinese public company
• First FRAND litigation in China
• Representing the claimant in obtaining the first injunction in an IP litigation under Chinese procedural law
• First public interest environmental litigation brought by an NGO against a multinational company in China

Firm overview

Beijing Yingke Law Firm is a global institution for legal services. Headquartered in Beijing, China, Yingke is committed to giving full play to the coupling effects of its global legal service network to provide clients with efficient and timely global business legal services and to create values for clients.

Established in 2001 and with 20 years of hard work and self-change, Yingke has now become the largest law firm in China providing comprehensive services. As of the end of March 2022, the number of its branches in China has reached up to 103, with the number of its attorneys exceeding 10,000; meanwhile, more than 500,000 clients were served.

The business scope of the firm is divided into legal affairs of real estate and construction engineering, corporate legal affairs, international and interregional legal affairs, administrative legal affairs, legal affairs in financial and capital markets, civil and commercial legal affairs, criminal legal affairs and legal affairs of intellectual property. Yingke National Business Steering Committee has established Yingke Lawyers Institute, 30 professional committees and 19 comprehensive legal centers at the national level, and more than 1000 professional departments in various branches to connect with the professional committees, forming a graticule layout for the professional construction of Yingke.