China

Firm overview

First choice and last resort for complicated IP dispute resolution, Han Kun’s intellectual property group provides premium services to high-end clients.  The full IP service covers patent prosecution, patent litigation, anti-trust litigation, trademark and copyright cases and commercial transactions. The group is particularly specialized in handling IP matters involving communications technology, life science and automobile industry.
 
Our intellectual property lawyers are graduates of top universities.  They have diverse technical backgrounds, strong legal expertise, unique perspectives and extensive experience. Our lawyers are highly team- and client-focused and work closely with our clients to provide the latest legal insights, strategies and advice. Han Kun’s intellectual property practice has won the trust and praise of numerous renowned clients for the quality of our professional services and diligent work ethic.

Firm overview

Founded in the early 1990s, Jingtian & Gongcheng is one of the first private and independent partnership law firms in China. Since our establishment almost three decades ago, and through the dedicated efforts and innovative initiatives launched by its founding partners, Jingtian & Gongcheng has developed a dynamic culture where its emerging talent are continually inspired, challenged, and provided with ample opportunity for growth. We are by now widely recognized as one of the top full service business law firms in China.

We command leading positions in Capital Markets, Major Asset Restructuring, Mergers and Acquisitions, Cross-border Investments, Dispute Resolution, Banking and Finance, Asset Management, Investment Funds, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Real Estate & Construction, Intellectual Property, Employment and Labor, Cybersecurity & Data Protection, as well as a range of industry sectors including Technology, Media and Telecommunications, Healthcare, Education, Arts, Sports & Entertainment, and Global Energy & Natural Resources.

Headquartered in Beijing, Jingtian & Gongcheng advises our clients through our offices that are located in China’s key economic centers, including Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Tianjin, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Sanya and Hong Kong, enabling us to collaborate with our clients where they need us. Among our regional locations, our Hong Kong office (Jingtian & Gongcheng Law Firm Limited Legal Liability Partnership) is a leading law firm with highly experienced partners who are qualified to practice Hong Kong law and who maintain the ability to independently provide Hong Kong legal services. As part of Jingtian & Gongcheng’s long-term expansion plans, this means we currently provide comprehensive coverage of China’s five special economic zones, which include Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the Yangtze River Delta, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Southwest Economic Zone, and the Hainan Free Trade Port. Through this strategic coverage, in addition to our unique management approach and integrated “one firm” platform, Jingtian & Gongcheng provides a wide range of innovative legal services tailored to our domestic and multinational clients.

Our firm maintains 180 partners registered and approximately 780 lawyers and legal assistants. Most of our lawyers graduated from top-tier Chinese and international law schools and maintain solid technical capabilities and commercial know-how. Many of our lawyers have previously worked in government agencies, PRC courts, arbitration institutions, PRC and international law firms, and industry-leading enterprises and, through their work, they have developed an in-depth knowledge of their respective focus areas. As our firm continues to grow, we have increasingly attracted more of the brightest talent to join our next generation of lawyers who will continue to serve our valued clients and build upon our track record of success.

Jingtian & Gongcheng is deeply committed to serving our clients and we advance and protect their interests by providing innovative, commercial legal advice. We adapt our solutions to shifting market trends and to the needs of our clients. Because of this, we have deep, practical experience in many “first-of-its-kind” deals and cases, which have contributed to our leading position in the market and have also been recognized by both our clients and the legal industry. Jingtian & Gongcheng has won many acclaim and numerous awards from leading legal publications including Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500, Asian Legal Business, China Law & Practice, China Business Law Journal, IFLR1000, Asialaw Profiles, LEGALBAND, and many more. In 2020, Jingtian & Gongcheng won "Asian Law Firm of the Year" by The Asian Lawyer and “Golden League”, China Business Law Journal's most prestigious award for Chinese law firms. Jingtian & Gongcheng was awarded "China (PRC Firms) Finance Law Firm of the Year" in Chambers Asia-Pacific Awards 2021.

Firm overview

W&H Law Firm was founded in 1995 and has its headquarters in Beijing. At present, over 4,000 legal practitioners and supporting staff work at W&H’s 46 branches at home and abroad. With profound knowledge and extensive experience, we provide our clients with comprehensive, specialised, diverse and in-depth legal services.

Firm overview

The history of Global Law Office (hereinafter the “GLO”) dates back to the establishment of China’s Legal Consultant Office of the Council for the Promotion of International Trade (hereinafter the “CCPIT”) in 1979. After years of persistent endeavours and development, we have become one of the largest and leading Chinese law firms.

We value the principles of simplicity, integrity and positivity. As a client-centered firm, we constantly improve our service and communications qualities, focusing on efficient and creative legal solutions for our clients.

Since its inception, GLO has been and remains committed to the mission of “serving domestic and international clients with a globalized vision, globalized team and globalized quality”. This has allowed us to always maintain a leading position in the industry in the midst of an ever-changing global economic environment.

All of our lawyers graduated from top law schools at home and abroad, most of whom hold advanced qualifications such as LL.M. or above. Some of our partners are also qualified and have practiced law in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Switzerland, Singapore, New Zealand, Hong Kong and other regions. Our lawyers have outstanding and diverse practice backgrounds, many of whom have worked in the courts, regulatory bodies top domestic and international law firms or industry leading corporations and institutions.

With profound legal knowledge, extensive practice experience, high professional dedication and a strong sense of professional ethics, we have proved our values and earned the trust of both domestic and foreign clients. We are highly recommended as a leading PRC law firm being recognized as such by both international and domestic legal ranking bodies and directories (Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500 and Asian Legal Business, etc.) and media for consecutive years.

We provide comprehensive one-stop legal services for domestic and international clients from various sectors and industries and continue to help domestic and foreign clients achieve enduring and long-term success via our unique advantages.