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1 54 Recommended firms AllBright Law Offices An, Tian, Zhang & Partners Beijing Sanyou Patent Agency Boss & Young Broad & Bright CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Chang Tsi & Partners Chen & Co Law Firm Science Patent & Trademark Agent Sinda Intellectual Property Commerce & Finance Law Offices Concord & Partners Dacheng Law Offices Deheheng (DHH) DeHeng Law Offices Duan & Duan Fangda Partners FenXun Partners Global Law Office Grandall Law Firm Guangsheng & Partners Law Offices Guantao Law Firm Haiwen & Partners Han Kun Law Offices HHP Attorneys-At-Law Hylands Law Office Jeekai & Partners Jiangsu Jin Ding Partners JiaYuan Law Offices Jincheng Tongda & Neal Jintian & Gongcheng Jun He Law Offices JunZeJun Law Offices Kangxin Partners King & Wood Mallesons Llinks Law Offices Martin Hu & Partners Peksung Intellectual Property R&P Lawyers Richard Wang & Co Run Ming Law Office Shanghai HR&L Law Firm T&D Associates TransAsia Lawyers Wan Hui Da Intellectual Property Agency Wang Jing & Co Watson & Band Yao Liang Law Offices Zhong Lun Law Firm ZhongZi Law Office Asialaw highly recommended practice areas AllBright Law Offices Boss & Young Broad & Bright CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Chang Tsi & Partners Chen & Co Law Firm Science Patent & Trademark Agent Sinda Intellectual Property Intellectual Property Intellectual Property Investment Funds Intellectual Property Intellectual Property Intellectual Property Intellectual Property Commerce & Finance Law Offices Duan & Duan Fangda Partners FenXun Partners Global Law Office Grandall Legal Group Guangsheng & Partners Law Offices Energy & Natural Resources IT, Telco & Media Asialaw Profiles

2 55 Guantao Law Firm Haiwen & Partners Han Kun Law Offices HHP Attorneys-At-Law Hylands Law Firm Jintian & Gongcheng Jun He Law Offices Energy & Natural Resources Restructuring & Insolvency Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Intellectual Property Intellectual Property Energy & Natural Resources Energy & Natural Resources Intellectual Property IT, Telco & Media Kangxin Partners King & Wood Mallesons Llinks Law Offices Martin Hu & Partners R&P Lawyers Richard Wang & Co T&D Associates Wan Hui Da Intellectual Property Agency Wang Jing & Co Zhong Lun Law Firm ZhonZi Law Office Intellectual Property Energy & Natural Resources Intellectual Property Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media IT, Telco & Media Intellectual Property IT, Telco & Media Intellectual Property Asialaw Profiles 2013

3 56 AllBright Law Offices Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas 3 Energy & Natural Resources 3 Financial Services Regulatory 3 3 Intellectual Property 3 Restructuring & Insolvency 3 Investment Funds 3 IT, Telco & Media AllBright Law Offices is a large Shanghai based law firm with offices throughout the PRC. The firm has around 500 lawyers, with close to 200 partners. The firm has extensive cross-border and cross-practice experience with local and foreign private and government owned enterprises. The banking and finance team is headed by James Miao. Miao acted as lead counsel for a bank syndicate involving a major state owned bank on an RMB1.7 billion term loan financing for a commercial real estate development. On another real estate project financing, the firm acted for the joint arrangers of an RMB5.5 billion term loan financing. The firm s capital markets practice has been praised as, One of the best in the country. In May 2011 it acted for Jiangsu Jixin Wind Energy Technology on the RMB1.3 billion shares issue on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and in December 2011 it assisted the issuer Shantou Dong Feng Printing on a RMB739 million launch. Roy Luo is the resident expert on real estate and construction matters. He advised Shanghai Pudong Kerry City Properties on a US$500 million 33,000 square metre project inclusive of hotels and malls. The lawyers also worked on green housing developments in a number of Chinese districts for a total value of RMB5 billion. Julia Zhu, Lawrence Zhu, Victor Wang, David Tang all head the corporate practice at Allbright, which was strengthened by a string of partner hires from international and local law firms in The team acted for Atlas World in its US$125 million business combination with International Paper s Shoreword Packaging, giving birth to one of the largest packaging entities in the world. The firm advised the investee Zhenai.com, a matchmaking website operator, on the US$50 million equity interest acquisition by Inter Active. David Chen is in charge of the IP team, which added three patent agents from Hylands Law Firm in May Representative work includes the trademark infringement litigation between Taobao.com and an infringed third party advised by the firm, where the defendant was found jointly liable for the infringements of a third-party seller. It is a case that represents an important precedent in s IP landscape. Victor Wang is a leading lawyer known for his private equity and venture capital expertise. His team closed several deals between 2011 and 2012, including for Fortune Venture Capital, Shanghai WuLianWang Venture Capital Fund Enterprise, and Lightspeed Venture Partners in early and late stage investments across a number of sectors. Frank Cao leads the transport sector experts at the firm. Maersk hired Allbright as their general legal adviser for all affairs. On an RMB1 billion vessel financing project, the firm acted as legal adviser for Jinhai Holding Ship Trading, one of the world s leading shipbuilding enterprises. Frank Cao David Chen Roy Luo James Miao Shen Guoquan David Tang Victor Wang Zhang Xiaohon Julia Zhu Lawrence Zhu Asialaw Profiles

4 57 An, Tian, Zhang & Partners Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency Beijing-based An, Tian, Zhang & Partners is an IP specialist founded in It offers services in the areas of trademark and patent prosecution, litigation, anti-counterfeit actions, domain name, and copyright. The firm has clients across a number of industries and a special focus in the pharmaceutical sector. Notable names that have hired the firm s lawyers include Daikin, Sotheby s and design firm Belt Collins. Andy An is a known trademark and patent law practitioner, while David Tian has handled cases across the spectrum including enforcement actions, dispute settlement and litigation, unfair competition and beyond. Andy An David Tian Asialaw Profiles 2013

5 58 Beijing Sanyou Patent Agency Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency The firm started its practice concurrently with s patent system in 1986 and has grown into a well known name. The firm has also been allowed by the Chinese government to deal with foreign trademark and patent issues. Beijing Sanyou Patent Agency also has a Japan and Hong Kong office, with an approximate 270 staff. Founder Li Qiang, a key figure in the firm, is vice chairperson of the All- Patent Agents Association. The firm boasts experts across all major technical fields and it handles, among other matters, patent application, trademark registration, patent annuity management, trademark renewal and supervision, copyright registration for computer software, integrated circuit topography registration. In Hong Kong, the firm offers registration of standard patents, short-term patents, designs and trademarks. In Macau, it covers patent application and patent extensions. Beijing Sanyou Patent Agency also provides extensive legal advisory for dispute resolution, including litigation. Clients of the firm have included Honda, LG, Sony Ericsson, Panasonic, and The American Playing Cards Company. Cui Xiaoguang Li Qiang Asialaw Profiles

6 59 Boss & Young Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property 3 3 Investment Funds 3 IT, Telco & Media 3 Restructuring & Insolvency Boss & Young is a well known Shanghai based firm, receiving positive feedback for its corporate expertise, particularly in respect to private equity and investment funds, and for its developed IP practice. The firm advised Karl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik on the patent infringement case involving Fujian Xingang Textile Machinery. The firm acted for Jiangsu KSB Pump in a trademark dispute with KSB Shanghai Pump. The case involved infringement, unfair competition and determination of other trademark issues. The firm s private equity and venture capital, and investment funds establishment work truly stands out. Hubert Tse acted for a leading PRC based firm in the establishment of an offshore fund of US$500 million. The firm also advised on the establishment by an Asian PE fund of a Qualified Foreign Limited Partnership (QFLP) US$150 million fund in Shanghai under a recent pilot scheme relaxing requirements for foreign investors. Tse acted in relation to liquidation of an onshore USD PE fund in. Key clients include New York based hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners and Shanghai s NewMargin Ventures. Tse has also worked for ICBC-Credit Suisse Asset Management and Southern Fund Management Co on their global QDII investments. Liu Jinshan Hubert Tse Xu Guojian Zhang Baoguo David Zou Asialaw Profiles 2013

7 60 Broad & Bright Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property 3 Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency Broad & Bright s corporate and commercial practice counts local and foreign companies among its clients and has advised across a number of sectors on corporate structuring, business acquisition and disposal, and all M&A related services like due diligence, transaction designing and contract drafting. Feng Yao is a key name as well as founding member of Broad & Bright. She is a US qualified, former Ministry of Commerce official with expertise in foreign direct investment, international trade and antitrust regulations. She regularly advises the Chinese government on implementation of WTO rules. In May 2012, Zhang Libin acted for Siemens on the establishment of a joint venture with Shanxi Lu an Mining to manufacture and distribute in special motors and other electric products. On a US$162.5 million transaction, Zhang advised Sohu.com on the transfer of subsidiary com to Changyou.com. Sohu and Changyou are NASDAQ-listed companies. Under the Transaction Agreement, Changyou will acquire from Sohu all assets associated with com s business for a fixed cash consideration of US$162.5 million. Partners Liu Hongchuan, Feng Yao and Tao Xiong, assisted SOE Sinochem on PRC law aspects of a new joint venture established with life sciences company Royal DSM on a deal worth US$200 million which achieved MOFCOM clearance in April Feng Yao Asialaw Profiles

8 61 CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property 3 Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency Beijing based CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law has offices in Hong Kong, Munich, New York, Tokyo, as well as Guangzhou and Shanghai. It has a long standing reputation among IP law firms in with a five decade history. The firm began its life as a non-governmental agency called Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT). It has a staff of 500, with 230 patent and trademark attorneys and 80 patent engineers, capable of handling all patent, trademark law issues as well as complex litigation work for local and international clients. Hao Ma is the current president of the firm qualified as both a patent attorney and an attorney at law. In April 2012, the firm won a final instance trial in the Tianjin Municipal Higher People s Court for its client Shimano on a patent infringement case against Ningbo Saiguan Bicycle. Chen Hui Hao Ma Richard Lee Li Yong Liu Guizeng Wu Lili Xu Chumeng Zhang Tianan Zhou Zhongqi Asialaw Profiles 2013

9 62 Chang Tsi & Partners Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property 3 Investment Funds 3 IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency This full service firm with offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, ranks highly among IP specialists and is well known for trademark litigation and for its successful role in several enforcement actions, working for Fortune 500 and other multinational companies. Key practitioners among the 100 lawyers team include founder and trademark expert Spring Chang, Frank Liu, in addition to head of dispute resolution Simon Tsi and managing partner Xu Litian. In an unusual case that saw a Chinese court recognise and enforce a foreign arbitration award, the firm s partners Tsi and Liu assisted US clothing company JA Apparell in the licensing dispute against its former Chinese licensee Judger Group. The client was awarded damages compensation of US$1.3 million. The IP team expanded its practice, adding Martin Meng from Lee and Li Leaven IPR Agency, associate and new director of Shanghai office Sting Wu from Wan Hui Da, and finally associate Howard Hao from NTD Patent & Trademark Agency. The firm acted for high profile clients on a number of key IP cases between 2011 and For a Fortune 500 electronics retailer, Yan Gao and Damien Wang acted on the successful registration of housemark status that had been previously denied in lower courts for lack of distinctiveness. Partners Liu and Tsi were hired by the plaintiff, a food and beverage conglomerate, in a trademark infringement and unfair competition case that saw the court rule in first instance in favour of the plaintiff and adjudicate an RMB300,000 compensation. The team acted for Beijing Shouchuang Technology Investment on a construction loan agreement dispute for RMB14 million, where a Beijing construction company defaulted payment. The attorneys and investigators at Chang Tsi & Partners helped in enforcing the court s judgement. Spring Chang Frank Liu Simon Tsi Litian Xu Asialaw Profiles

10 63 Chen & Co Law Firm Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources 3 Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property 3 Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency Chen & Co Law Firm is known for its corporate and securities practices. The firm also operates in Hong Kong where it is licensed to practice PRC law. The team has close to 100 members, with founder Frank Chen as managing partner. John Jiang is the head of the banking and finance practice. Capital markets is the core practice of the firm, with the team working mostly on equity transactions such as domestic listings on the main boards and the Shenzhen s Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) board. As part of the general trend for privatisation of Chinese companies listed in the US, the firm also aids on those delisting and re-listing in. In February 2012, Universal Scientific Industrial hired the firm to complete its RMB820 million A-share IPO and listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. On an RMB2 billion transaction, the lawyers assisted Zhejiang Satellite Petro Chemical on its SME listing and IPO. Lin Zhong heads the corporate team and has experience on investment issues and competition matters in regard to s Anti-Monopoly Law. Lin was named director of the Shanghai Bar Association s International Investment & Antimonopoly Research Committee in June Xuchang Xiji Elevator hired the firm in February 2011 to advise on the joint venture agreement with Swiss company Schindler Holding for a new operation which also contained an option for Shindler to acquire the client company. The deal had to obtain MOFCOM clearance given the acquirer s status in the market, which was obtained in July Frank Chen John Jiang Lin Zhong Asialaw Profiles 2013

11 64 Science Patent & Trademark Agent Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property 3 Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency Science Patent & Trademark Agent started out in the 1980s as an agency for the governmental Chinese Academy of Sciences. It has grown into a private practice with presence in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, in addition to offshore offices in the US, Japan, and Germany. It is also one of the few IP firms authorised by the Chinese government to handle foreign IP matters. The team covers a wide range of technical sectors with major focus on electrical, mechanical, and chemical engineering, in addition to biotechnology. The firm handles patent, trademarks and all related litigation with a team of over 250 staff, including 112 patent attorneys and 17 attorneys-at-law. With the departure of Zhu Nongfan to another firm, Wang Huimin has taken over as chairman and president. Xiong Lei is another notable name among practitioners of trademark related issues. Wang Huimin Xiong Lei Asialaw Profiles

12 65 Sinda Intellectual Property Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property 3 Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency Sinda Intellectual Property is a sector specialist established in 1993 with offices in as well as the US and Japan. The 200-strong team has expertise across several technical fields and is headed by founder and patent expert Lina Xie and president and patent attorney Gary Zhang. Former Patent Office examiner Lu Jinhua is another key name in the firm with deep technical expertise in electronics, IT, and telecommunications. The firm s lawyers offer legal services on copyright and patent application, as well as trademark and related litigation. Other IP issues handled include cooperation for enforcement actions with local and central governmental agencies. Lu Jinhua Lina Xie Gary Zhang Asialaw Profiles 2013

13 66 Commerce & Finance Law Offices Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources 3 3 Financial Services Regulatory 3 Intellectual Property 3 Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency Commerce & Finance Law Offices, also known as Tongshang Law Offices, is a full service firm and a dominant name for advisory work on financial and corporate affairs as well as possibly the best known law firm for capital markets listings for domestic and foreign companies in the PRC. Established in Beijing in 1992, the firm has 57 partners and more than 130 associates, with a number of them having worked abroad and attaining considerable fame domestically. One peer noted the capital markets team has, Exceptionally deep experience with domestic and foreign listings. The firm has a robust pipeline of offerings including, IPOs for Outfitters, Ground Source Energy, Polymetallic Mining and Yongda Automobiles Services both for Hong Kong and other boards. Key names in the practice are Liu Gang and Han Xiaojing. The real estate sector is a key area for the firm. It has advised clients such as Evergrande, Central Real Estate, Mandarin Hotel, and Home Inns & Hotels on a variety of transactions including acquisitions, IPOs and other offerings on the debt and equity capital markets. The energy sector is another focus for the firm. It has advised clients such as CNOOC, Shell Petrochemicals, Gas and Bechtel on major projects. The firm s corporate lawyers work on a number of acquisitions. As investor counsel it assisted on the CECIC Chongqing Industry s acquisition of Costin New Materials. The firm also advised on the Resources Gas Holding acquisition of its subsidiaries. Han Xiaojing Liu Fengliang Liu Gang Zhang Xiaotong Asialaw Profiles

14 67 Concord & Partners Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency Concord & Partners is a full service firm with 30 partners and more than 60 associates across offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. The firm was established in 1995 as a private practice born out of state owned Beijing Foreign Economic Law Office. At the end of 2010 the firm started a partnership with French law firm UGGC & Associés, adding to its international network and expanding its foreign investment related capabilities. Other partnerships include US firm Saul Ewing. The firm has acted for clients such as Resources Cement, Kwang Sung Electronics and Titan Petrochemicals. Key names at the firm are corporate and financial partners Dorothy Xing and Yi Yao, litigator Zhou Qi, and M&A and mining sector expert Bin Xu. Dorothy Xing Bin Xu Yi Yao Zhou Qi Asialaw Profiles 2013

15 68 Dacheng Law Offices Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency Dacheng was founded in 1992 and has become a known one-stop-shop for legal services in. The firm, with more than 2000 fee-earners, is one of the biggest in Asia. It also has a number of offices outside, recently adding an operation in Paris. Senior partner Dennis Deng is among the key lawyers for foreign direct investment and other corporate activities, while Feng Yu is among the top shipping and insurance lawyers at Dacheng. The capital markets team worked on a number of listings, including acting as legal adviser to Beijing Shengtong Printing on its RMB303 million IPO and assisting Golden Shield Holdings on its Hong Kong Stock Exchange IPO. On the debt side, Beijing Enterprises Water Group hired the firm on its RMB bonds issuance for RMB1.45 billion. The corporate team advised on Changjiang Publishing & Media s acquisition of Shanghai Worldbest Industry Development, assisting Yancoal in its Australian subsidiary s acquisition of Gloucester Coal, and acting for Yancheng Hengsheng Chemical Industry as target of Feixiang Group s acquisition. Other notable work saw the firm s lawyers successfully represent the defendant Zhejiang Shuguang Industrial in its anti-dumping and countervailing trial brought by the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service. Dennis Deng Chen Fenfei Chen Weidong Henry Lee Li Shoushuang Jiangtao Ma Yang Guisheng Feng Yu Asialaw Profiles

16 69 Deheheng (DHH) Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency Deheheng is an associated brand of DeHeng Law Firm, a Chinese firm with offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Jinan and Qingdao, representative offices in Hong Kong, Seoul, Berlin and Washington DC. Liu Jiqing heads the international practice, while Hu Ming is the firm s managing partner and expert in a broad range of corporate and financial matters. The capital markets team advised vertically integrated pork supplier Putian Food Holding on its Hong Kong Stock Exchange IPO which raised RMB105 million and, on the debt side, the issuance by Shandong Airlines RMB500 million first phase medium-term notes. The corporate team obtained clearance from the M&A Committee of the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission for the acquisition by Qingdao Hanlan of nuclear power cabling company Changzhou Bayi Cable. Key clients of the firm include high profile names from a variety of sectors including Haier, Coca Cola, Caterpillar, Kellogg s and Bayer. Hu Ming Liu Jiqing Asialaw Profiles 2013

17 70 DeHeng Law Offices Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency Based in Beijing, DeHeng Law Offices, formerly known as Law Office, has a network of 12 offices across as well as in New York, The Hague and Paris. Founder Wang Li is the firm s chief global partner, overseeing a group of 700 lawyers and staff. The firm s better known practices and lawyers are those in the corporate, M&A, private equity, real estate and intellectual property groups. The firm has advised on notable transactions such as the Three Gorges Dam project, the Southto-North Water Diversion Project, and in relation to a shares listing for Railway Construction Corporation and the Agricultural Bank of. The firm s capital markets practice assisted Shijiazhuang Middlings Equipment Manufacturing on its RMB37 million IPO on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. The firm also helped Shanghai Pudong Hanwei Valve on its private placement of RMB90 million corporate notes on the Shanghai stock exchange. The corporate team acted for cosmetic and plastic surgery hospital chain Peng Ai Group on its A-Series round financing from a number of private equity firms including IDG, TDR Capital and CMHJ Partners. Chen Jianhong Su Wenwei Wang Jianping Wang Li Asialaw Profiles

18 71 Duan & Duan Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property 3 Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency Duan & Duan is a general practice law firm which originally opened its doors in Shanghai in 1992, as well as one of the first law firms to open representative offices overseas in 1994 with a branch office in Seattle, followed by Hong Kong in Charles Duan is one of the founders and a prominent name at the firm, a seasoned corporate lawyer as well as member of the Chinese People s Political Consultative Conference. Janet Duan is the other founding partner of the firm. She is a corporate practitioner with experience across corporate, securities and IP matters. Steven Gong, chief director of the firm, is a corporate financial lawyer who took part in the drafting of the Hong Kong Basic Law. In a recent dispute case, the firm s lawyers acted for Aijian Securities as the defendant in a criminal and civil lawsuit initiated by Fujian Mingdong Electric Power. The client won the first instance hearing. Key clients that have used the firm s legal services include Eastern, GlaxoSmithKline, Hertz, Ikea, Mitsubishi Motors, Qualcomm Sinopec and Swarovski. Charles Duan Janet Duan Steven Gong Asialaw Profiles 2013

19 72 Fangda Partners Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas 3 Energy & Natural Resources 3 3 Financial Services Regulatory 3 3 Intellectual Property Restructuring & Insolvency 3 Investment Funds 3 IT, Telco & Media 3 Fangda Partners is one of the best known full service Chinese law firms and is consistently involved in major transactions across all practice areas in the Chinese market. They are a big name, acknowledges a peer. William Huang and Jeffrey Shen are at the head of the banking and finance department. It advised Alibaba Group Holdings on its large syndicated loan used in the privatisation of Alibaba. com, which listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. For Home Inns & Hotel Management, the team assisted on obtaining a US$240 million senior credit facility to acquire Motel 168 International Holdings. The corporate team, in particular partners Jeffrey Ding, Michael Qi and Doris Tang, worked on a number of headline IPOs, including representing Tudou s listing on NASDAQ in a US$174 million offering and assisting several of the underwriters on the Prada Hong Kong IPO that raised HK$9.2 billion. Yingying Wang and Ji Nuo are the lead partners on real estate matters. For Nike, the team advised on the long term lease to develop 600,000 square foot Nike Greater Headquarters in Shanghai, developed by real estate developer and manager Tishman Speyer. The team also acted for multinational pharmaceutical Novartis on the construction of the Novartis Campus Shanghai Phase I Project located in Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, a project of US$100 million. Mergers and acquisition is also an active area for key players Jeffrey Ding, William Huang, George Xu, Norman Zhong and Jonathan Zhou. CITIC Dicastal Wheel Manufacturing hired the firm to advice on the outbound investment in KSM Castings Group for US$345 million. Ming Kang, former deputy secretary-general of the International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), is a key member of the dispute resolution team, while Daniel Huang is a known name for IP litigation. Ming was part of the team that assisted a real estate developer in an RMB800 million arbitration proceeding in opposition to two WOFEs as purchasers of a development in the centre of Beijing, where the validity of the Pre-Sale Contract is disputed. The team is acting for a Chinese real estate developer arbitration with an African government. The proceedings took place in London under UNCITRAL arbitration rules. Litigators Daniel Huang, Benjamin Miao and James Hu also focus on labour and employment regulations. For the New York University, the team is advising on the labour issues related with the establishment of its Chinese subsidiary, New York University Shanghai. Richard Guo is one of the private equity and investment funds experts at the firm. The team helped RongRui Private Investment Fund, sponsored and managed by ICBCI, on the RMB7 billion equity investment in Meidi Group. Stanley Chen Jeffrey Ding Richard Guo Daniel Huang William Huang Luo Ke Ming Kang Michael Qi Jeffrey Shen George Xu Debbie Zhang Norman Zhang Norman Zhong Jonathan Zhou Asialaw Profiles

20 73 FenXun Partners Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media 3 Restructuring & Insolvency FenXun Partners is a firm established in 2009 by founding partners Fred Chang, Wang Yingzhe, Yang Xusheng. The firm is better known for its private equity work, though it offers services across the range of corporate and commercial matters, including public and private M&A, IPOs and structured financing. Recent deals include assisting the investment arm of Johnson & Johnson in its acquisition of Guangzhou Bioseal Biotech, working for Standard Chartered on its investment in Ecoplast Technologies, and acting for the investee Hoolai Game on the Series A and B financing from key players such as Sequoia and Zero2IPO. Fred Chang Tan Peng Wang Yingzhe Yang Xusheng Asialaw Profiles 2013

21 74 Global Law Office Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources 3 Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property 3 Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media 3 Restructuring & Insolvency Global Law Office is among s oldest law firms and originated from the Council for the Promotion of International Trade in 1994 and became an independent private partnership in It has offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, with a team of 150 lawyers practicing across the board on corporate and financial matters. The firm has acted for the sponsor Zhong De Securities in the Shenyang Brilliant Elevator listing on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange SME board, which raised RMB575 million. On another equity transaction, the firm helped metal mining company Huili Resources on its HK$425 million IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The corporate team assisted on M&A transactions investors and target companies like Soft International and Zhejiang Tianyuan. The team was also involved in several private equity funding transactions for investors like IDG, Sina.com, CDH, Prime Capital as well as target companies like Internet diamond distribution company Zbird. Lawrence Lin Alan Zhou Asialaw Profiles

22 75 Grandall Law Firm Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources 3 Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property 3 Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency This firm was born in 1988 from the merger of Michael Zhang & Associates Law Firm, WanGuo Law Firm and TangRen Law Firm, from Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. In the last two and a half decades, the firm has added more than 10 offices through the PRC, as well as representative offices in Hong Kong and Paris, with more than 100 partners and 600 lawyers. LV Binghong, chief executive partner of Grandall, is a prominent lawyer in the Chinese market, appointed in May 2012 as a corporate expert by the M&A and Reorganisation Expert Consultation Committee of the Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC). The firm provides a wide range of legal services in foreign direct investment, real estate and project financing, banking and finance, securities, and general corporate related matters. The firm has particular sector expertise in real estate, shipping and aircraft, and energy and natural resources. The capital markets team handled several transactions as issuer s counsel. It acted for Datang Overseas on its issuance of RMB1 billion in bonds on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and for Zhejiang Jingsheng Mechanical & Electrical on its pre-ipo application to the CSRC. The corporate team worked on a number of acquisitions and private share offerings. Dalian Sunlight Machinery hired Grandall Law Firm to assist on the takeover of German plastic machinery maker Drossbach. As counsel for Beijing Kangde Xin Composite Material, the firm advised on the non-public offering of shares for an RMB3 billion project to setup a site for the production of optical thin film. Guan Charles Jianjun LV Binghong Liu Wei Asialaw Profiles 2013

23 76 Guangsheng & Partners Law Offices Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory 3 Intellectual Property 3 Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media 3 Restructuring & Insolvency Guangsheng & Partners Law Offices was originally part of state owned Legal Affairs Center. It is a Beijing based law firm offering services across all practice areas but particularly shines in corporate work, private equity investment and Anti-Monopoly Law related matters. Jason Liu is the point of reference in the firm as its managing partner and head of the corporate and PE practice. Yan Hai, a key partner of the firm and former Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) official, helped a Chinese automotive company obtain a 30 day first phase clearance on an application regarding concentration declaration to MOFCOM for the acquisition of stock in two other companies. He assisted another company in obtaining clearance for an acquisition of a joint venture between a domestic and a foreign company. For a large SOE in the mining sector, the firm advised on the completion of a number of acquisitions, including two coal projects, one in Inner Mongolia on an RMB1.5 billion transaction, and a second in Linfen City, Shanxi Province for RMB600 million. For a private company, the firm assisted on multiple acquisitions in a total of more than RMB100 million across Guangdong, Jiangsu and Hebei provinces. The private equity team has been busy on both investments and fund setup. Recent highlights included representing Delta Capital, ABC Capital with series B investment in a mobile communications technology provider, advising a Beijing trust company in the establishment of an investment fund of RMB250 million to be used to invest in primary land development projects, and acting for a real estate fund on a RMB300 million estate project in Suzhou. Jason Liu Yan Hai Asialaw Profiles

24 77 Guantao Law Firm Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources 3 3 Financial Services Regulatory 3 3 Intellectual Property Restructuring & Insolvency 3 3 Investment Funds 3 IT, Telco & Media Established in 1994, the firm now has nine offices across staffed by approximately 200 lawyers. The firm has a close collaboration with international law firms such as Ashurst. Guantao Law Firm offers a comprehensive package of legal services and has been aggressively expanding its team to compete with the most established Chinese law firms. Sun Dongying and Sun Dongfeng oversee the corporate and securities department. In the equity capital markets, acting on the issuer side, the team represented PC Partner as Chinese law adviser on its Hong Kong Stock Exchange listing that raised HK$168 million. On the underwriter side, the firm advised CITIC Securities Financing, HSBC and BOCI Asia on the RMB10.5 billion Hui Xian REIT IPO in Hong Kong. Meng Lei heads the real estate group, whose team acted for Beijing Tianqiao Shengshi Cultural Development on an RMB370 million project for a variety of developments including the construction of the Folk Culture Museum. On a highlight project, the firm advised Financial Street Commercial District Properties on the RMB3 billion Finance Street Garden Park being developed in Beijing. Sun Dongfeng and Xiao Hongming head the team that is in charge of all merger and acquisition deals involving PRC companies. The team was part of the legal team that assisted Nibe Industrier on its acquisition of a division of American company Emerson Electric. For Sinopec Kantons Holdings, the team acted on two separate acquisitions In the first, the client acquired Zhan Jiang Meng Lei Sun Dongfeng Sun Dongying Xiao Hongming Yang Guang Port Petrochemical Jetty for RMB480 million and the second involved the acquisition of five JVs from Sinopec Corporation, with the targets involved in the operation of crude oil terminals. Yang Guang heads the litigation and arbitration department. The firm acted for Beijing Huadu as the defendant in a dispute with Beijing Water Investment Management Center, a shareholder in the client which is aiming for the company s dissolution following the termination of a joint venture agreement established in 1985, prior to s modern Company Law. The energy specialists at the firm are advising key nuclear power SOE Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding on its 632 million bid for Kalahari Minerals, which has interests in some of the world s best uranium deposits. For FDH PE Investment Fund Management, the private equity lawyers at Guantao assisted on the RMB98 million acquisition of Ningbo Hengwei Properties. The team is also acting for Development KaiYuan Management on its investment in Tianjin CDH Jiashang equity investment Partnership. Yang Guang is the primary expert in restructuring and insolvency matters at Guantao. The Xi ning Intermediate People s Court hired the firm s lawyers as leaders of the bankruptcy administrator team in the liquidation of Kunlun Securities. The Dalian Lvshun District People s Court instructed the firm as bankruptcy administrator for Dalian Shenniu Dairy Science and Technology. Asialaw Profiles 2013

25 78 Haiwen & Partners Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media 3 Restructuring & Insolvency This 100 lawyer firm stands out as a trusted adviser for corporate, securities, private equity and disputes work. Haiwen & Partners has offices in Beijing and Shanghai working for Chinese and foreign clients. The firm acted for the underwriters, including Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JP Morgan, Deutsch Bank, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, and UBS, on the HK$15 billion IPO and listing of Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group. As part of Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining RMB6.1 billion follow-on offering and acquisition the team advised JPMorgan. The firm stands out for its expertise on s Anti-Monopoly Law, partner Tao Jie in particular has been recommended for his knowledge in this area. The firm acted for Sinopec and ENN Energy on its merger review filing with the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) in view of its pre-conditional voluntary general offer for Gas. It also assisted XD on MOFCOM merger review filing for the establishment of a joint venture with General Electric. Yang Jiangfang is the primary expert on real estate matters at Haiwen & Partners. The partner represented Beijing Hualian Commercial Building Stock in its acquisition of a large scale independent commercial real estate project. She also advised New Life in its investment in a Shanghai commercial property using insurance capital. The corporate practice at the firm is headed by Zhang Jiping. The team advised Shanghai listed company Guangzhou Automobile Changfeng on its merger with Hong Kong listed company Guangzhou Automobile Group. In July 2011, the firm represented Yahoo.com to advice on the negotiation with Alibaba s CEO Jack Ma and his team for the follow-on compensation after the controversial Alipay share transfer from Yahoo to a company controlled by Alibaba CEO, Ma. The private equity team acted on a number of transactions, including advising Morgan Stanley s PE arm on the US$100 million acquisition of preferred shares in NYSE-listed XD Plastics Company. For Bain Capital, it acted on the acquisition of Hangzhou based video surveillance solution business H3C Technologies. He Fei Huang Lixin Jiang Weibo Liu Su Tao Jie Wang Jianyong Yang Jingfang Zhang Jiping Asialaw Profiles

26 79 Han Kun Law Offices Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources 3 Financial Services Regulatory 3 Intellectual Property 3 Investment Funds 3 3 IT, Telco & Media 3 3 Restructuring & Insolvency Han Kun Law Offices has a particular focus on serving international clients through its offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. The firm offers legal services across practice areas with Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean speakers. Jason Wang leads the capital markets team. It acted for private schools operator Nord Anglia Education (UK) Holdings on a US$325 million note offering. The firm also acted for VIPShop on its New York Stock Exchange IPO. Han Kun represented Northern real estate developer and operator Zhouda Real Estate Group in its establishment of a joint venture with Iskandar Investment Berhad for an US$800 million real estate development in Malaysia. Ping An R&F Property Fund hired the firm to assist on the acquisition of four commercial and residential properties in. For IT services provider TeamSun, the corporate team headed by Lin Yixin assisted on the acquisition of Guangzhou Carnation Computer Software. Funtalk Holdings instructed the firm for its take private transaction through a US$443 million acquisition by a consortium including Fortress Group and Fortress Merger Sub. Eric Liu acted for Shanghai Xinmeng Investment on the dispute with Shanghai HNA involving a share transfer contract, which eventually reached a settlement of RMB100 million. Liu also represented Hua Mei 21st Century Partners in its investment dispute with Guangzhou Flourishing Blessing Heng Sheng Agriculture Technology, with final settlement of US$6 million. One of the firm s key strengths is its investment funds practice, particularly on the establishment side. Wang assisted Ping an Venture Capital on its multi-billion RMB new Primivera (Tianjin) Capital Fund. Wang also assisted Ping an Trust in the establishment of a real estate trust in partnership with R&F Properties in Guangzhou denominated Ping an Caifu Sheng an No. 1 Real Estate Collective Trust Plan. Tracy Zhou is the reference partner at the firm for transactions involving the hi-tech sector. Electronic commerce website XIU Holdings took on the firm to help on the Series A&B financings for US$120 million. The firm helped group buying website Meituan in its US$50 million Series B financing. Plant and animal nutrient products manufacturer Yongye International hired the company to assist on the US$50 million financing from Morgan Stanley private equity arm. Han Kun acted for Chinese social networking services platforms Kaixin001 on its Series C financing from Tencent. Chen Yang Cao Yinshi Charles Li Lin Yixin Eric Liu James Wang Jason Wang Asialaw Profiles 2013

27 80 HHP Attorneys-At-Law Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources 3 Financial Services Regulatory 3 Intellectual Property 3 Restructuring & Insolvency Investment Funds 3 IT, Telco & Media 3 HHP Attorneys-At-Law is a smaller law firm based in Shanghai with specialisation in areas such as dispute resolution, IP, labour and tax matters. It boasts a considerable list of multinational clients. In the field of real estate, Ye Wei, Caroline Hou and Jun He acted for TE Connectivity RMB200 million plant construction projects in Wuxi and Suzhou industrial parks. Xu Jingdong and Hu Hongwei, a former associate at Clifford Chance, are the key litigators at the firm. It is acting for an Indonesian SOE in proceedings before a Chinese court involving the enforcement of US$2.5 million bank bonds issued for a construction project in Indonesia. The same lawyers are also assisting a pharmaceutical manufacturer on an RMB120 dispute with a Chinese constructor hired to build the client s Chinese production facility. Jason Cheng of the intellectual property practice was active on a number of cases. It acted for a French watch brand in proceedings against a Chinese company for imitation of the designs. The firm represented a European designer clothing company in trial proceedings against a Chinese party for imitation of store decorations and clothing designs. Rao Yao and Hu Hongwei are two of the prominent labour law practitioners at the firm. It assisted a multinational company on the design and implementation of a redundancy plan involving 1000 employees. For another multinational company it assisted in dealing with occupational injuries incurred by 60 employees following two serious traffic accidents. The lawyers assisted the client on settlement negotiations. Yao is also the firm s tax expert. He advised a Chinese company on tax planning prior to its acquisition by a German party. Capital Engineering & Research Incorporation hired Yao to assist on tax planning for a US$530 million construction project in the steel sector taking place in Indonesia. Jason Cheng Caroline Hou Hu Hongwei Jun He Rao Yao Xu Jingdong Ye Wei Asialaw Profiles

28 81 Hylands Law Firm Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas 3 3 Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property 3 Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency Founded in 2003, Hylands Law Firm has offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Chengdu. The team counts 30 partners and 300 lawyers, with more than 100 practitioners in the IP department, one of the best known practices in the firm. The firm has expertise in all contentious and non-contentious matters related to patent, trademark and copyright in addition to anti-counterfeiting investigations and monitoring. Hao Yan and Lian Yunze are prominent IP lawyers at Hylands Law Firm. Thanks to its long standing relationships with government agencies, often through the partner s previous public official roles, the lawyers at the firm are particularly competent in competition, IP and other trade-related disputes with Jiang Peng, Lu Zhifang and Meng Qingxin as key practitioners. The firm has acted in financial disputes for a number of high-profile Chinese banks, assisted government authorities and NGOs on administrative disputes, and finally private companies in international or domestic trade litigation and arbitration. Hao Yan Jiang Peng Lian Yunze Lu Zhifang Ma Xiaogang Meng QingXin Asialaw Profiles 2013

29 82 Jeekai & Partners Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency IP firm Jeekai & Partners was established in 1998 by Robin Zhao, an acknowledged lawyer and patent practitioner with US law experience. The attorneys at the firm are organised within three groups, the pharmaceuticals, biotech, chemistry and materials group, electronics and mechanics group, and the legal and trademark group. The firm assists clients from patent and trademark applications, enforcement of intellectual property rights, through to court and administrative procedures, invalidations, licensing, patent and trademark search. The firm is among the few officially authorised to deal with foreignrelated IP matters in. Robin Zhao Asialaw Profiles

30 83 Jiangsu Jin Ding Partners Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency Nanjing based Jin Ding Partners was founded in 1996 and works primarily in the corporate and securities fields. The firm expanded its size and offering with the merger in 2002 with law firm F Y Chen and is the leading firm in Jiangsu Province. Other major practices at the firm are foreign investment and trade, intellectual property, real estate, shipping and maritime matters, and criminal and civil dispute resolution. One of the key partners at the firm is founder and director Jason Che, whose expertise includes finance, securities, real estate and corporate law. Walter Chen is an expert in contentious and non-contentious advisory work on corporate, labour and IP related matters. He was the founder of F Y Chen. The firm represented Sainty Marine Corporation on the August 2011 IPO and listing in the small board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Jason Che Walter Chen Asialaw Profiles 2013

31 84 JiaYuan Law Offices Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency The firm boasts fluency across many languages, including Mandarin, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean and Spanish. JiaYuan Law Offices lists offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xi an and Hong Kong. The firm is better known for its capital markets and securities work, in particular on IPOs as adviser for domestic and foreign issuers. The firm advised the underwriters, CICC and BOC International, on Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal s HK$7 billion Hong Kong IPO. As issuer`s counsel, Jia Yuan Law Offices acted for nonferrous metals project designer Aluminum International Engineering Corporation on a HK$1.42 billion IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. For Sinoma Energy Conservation it advised on the issuance of RMB109 million in ordinary shares. Xu Ying Yan Yu Asialaw Profiles

32 85 Jincheng, Tongda & Neal Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency The earliest component of the firm was founded in 1992, followed by a merger in 2008 between Jincheng, Tongda and the international practice group of Tianlun & NEED. The firm now has a total of 260 attorneys and offers services across the corporate, financial, IP, tax and dispute resolution practices. Senior partner and head of the management committee Max Tian is one of the key figures in the firm. He is an active practitioner in M&A, corporate restructuring, and securities work. Stephen Maloy joined the firm as senior adviser in July 2012, having previously served as Asia Pacific senior legal officer for General Electric. Other key lawyers at Jincheng, Tongda & Neal are corporate partners Yang Chen and Stephen Peng. Stephen Maloy Max Tian Stephen Peng Yang Chen Asialaw Profiles 2013

33 86 Jintian & Gongcheng Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas 3 Energy & Natural Resources 3 3 Financial Services Regulatory 3 Intellectual Property Restructuring & Insolvency 3 Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Beijing headquartered Jintian & Gongcheng has been in the market for two decades. It has offices in Chengdu, Shanghai and Shenzhen. The firm has key practices in financial and securities matters, as well as acting in relation to a number of corporate and private equity transactions. A core sector focus for the firm is the energy and natural resources industry. The banking and finance department is headed by Zhang Hongjiu. The team advised the lender Development Bank (CDB) on a US$55 million ship financing. It acted in respect of a cross-border acquisition financing, assisting the same client on a US$770 million deal. The firm also advised on a CDB aircraft financing for a sizeable US$825 million. The already well established securities team further expanded in 2011 and 2012 with the addition of six new partners. Key deals closed by the capital markets lawyers include acting as issuer counsel on the Hong Kong IPO and listing of tea company Tenfu (Cayman) Holdings which raised HKUS$1.2 billion. On the debt side, the firm assisted Baosteel Group in the issuance of bonds in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for a total RMB6.5 billion. In the energy and natural resources sector, the firm assisted the issuer Inner Mongolia Yitai on its Hong Kong Stock Exchange IPO and listing, raising HKUS$7 billion. In April 2012, the lawyers at Jintian & Gongcheng also acted for Auhua Clean Energy on the IPO and listing on AIM in London, where it raised 1 billion. Bai Wei is a member of the corporate team that acted for Chinese construction machinery manufacturer Sany Heavy Industry on its acquisition of a 90% stake in German concrete pump manufacturer Putzmeister Holding. The team also advised on the Standard Chartered Bank investment for an undisclosed amount in Cinda Asset Management. The private equity team acted for Singhome Fund in its investment in e-commerce group DinoDirect. For Beijing Capital Land, the firm assisted on its acquisition of five real estate companies based in Qingdao and Yantai for a total of RMB1.6 billion. Bai Wei William Huang Zhang Hongjiu Asialaw Profiles

34 87 Jun He Law Offices Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources 3 Financial Services Regulatory 3 Intellectual Property 3 Restructuring & Insolvency Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media 3 3 Jun He Law Offices is a market leader for legal services in. Pinpointing a specific area of expertise is no easy feat. The firm stands out across a number of practice areas and the firm has an impressive pipeline of work for local and foreign clients at the top of its respective industries. Lu Jianeng, David Liu, Wang Gang and Wang Jian are the best known names in the banking and finance team. In September 2011, the team acted as the facility agent in a syndicated loan for US$100 million to a consortium of borrowers that included Shanghai Zijiang Enterprise. Wang Jiangang and Yi Fang head the energy and natural resources group. The team acted for Shenergy New Energy Investment on the Inner Mongolia Bailingmiao wind farm. The team also helped Power International through the drafting and signing of a 20-year coal purchase and supply agreement with First, an Australian coal mine company. Adam Li and Tao Xudong are recommended in the capital markets practice. In June 2011, the firm was hired as issuer s PRC counsel on the headline Prada Hong Kong IPO. The team also advised the issuer Longmaster Information and Technology on its Growth Enterprise Market listing on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange for RMB300 million. Yu Xueping and Tang Yue are specialists in real estate matters. They advised Xinhua Trust on its acquisition of a tourist real estate project located in Fenghuang Island, Zhoushan, Zhejiang. The client is investing close to RMB1 billion in the project, taking over the property from its previous developers and initial investors. Wang Zhaohui heads the IP practice. The firm acted for BMW against Guangzhou Century Baochi Apparel in a trademark infringement and unfair competition case. The case was won by Jun He and the court awarded RMB0.5 million to BMW. Liu Ge and Huang Rongnan are in charge of the entertainment, sport, and media group. The team helped Guangdong Huaying Southern Film Distribution Company in its corporate restructuring, and acted for Shanghai Wings Media on lawsuits against copyrighted content infringers. John Du and Sang Binxue best represent the private equity practice. On an RMB1.22 billion deal, the firm acted as Bohai Fund s legal counsel on the share transfer from Zhong Yuan Securities to Bohai Fund. The firm also acted for Blue Sky Ventures Enterprises on its merger with manufacturer and supplier of diagnostics and surgical products Hologic in a US$135 million transaction. David Liu is the resident tax expert at Jun He, part of a large team of tax consultants and lawyers. Representative clients include Motorola, Gucci, Dow Chemical, Dow Corning, Goodyear, State Street, CITIC, GE, and GM. John Du Huang Rongnan Adam Li David Liu Liu Ge Lu Jianeng Sang Binxue Tang Yue Tao Xudong Wang Gang Wang Jian Wei Yingling Yu Xueping Wang Zhaohui Wang Jiangang Yi Fang Asialaw Profiles 2013

35 88 JunZeJun Law Offices Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency Founded in 1995, the firm has experience in corporate and financial matters and it provides services through offices in Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Tianjin. The team counts around 200 professionals. Tao Xiuming is a founding partner and experienced litigator at the firm, having previously served with the International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission. Elliot Chen is a corporate and securities practitioner with the firm s Shenzhen office. In July 2012, Chen led the team that advised portable lighting products designer Mastercraft International Holdings on its listing in the Growth Enterprise Market of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. For sportswear designer and manufacturer Endong Holdings, Chen advised on a pre-ipo investment by a domestic private equity firm. Copper and aluminium-coated wire company Kehui International instructed the firm to advise on a Series C fund raising of US$20 million from a European private equity fund. Elliott Chen Asialaw Profiles

36 89 Kangxin Partners Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property 3 Restructuring & Insolvency Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media The intellectual property outfit Kangxin Partners has around 150 professionals providing full coverage of patent, trademark and copyright matters from registration to prosecution in s fast growing IPR field. The firm, founded in 1994, now has offices in Beijing, Changsha, Hong Kong and Wenzhou. Abroad, there are representative offices in Germany and the US. Managing partner Samson Yu is the key figure of the firm, a and US registered patent and trademark attorney. Zhou Yangling is a senior partner and patent attorney at Kangxin Partners, who started her career at the CCPIT in 1981, serving in the governmental agency s Munich office. A recent addition to the team was Brandy Baker, who joined in February 2012 as foreign counsel. In one of the top cases of 2011 with the Patent Re-examination Board, Kangxin represented a private client in a patent invalidation case concerning Chongqing Dongben Industry s utility model patent for a motor tricycle frame. The case, which had previously been dismissed, was represented by the firm and eventually won an invalidation decision by the board. The firm is also a key counsel to provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions ZTE Corporation, and has handled for this client 1,161 domestic new applications, aside from litigation matters including high-profile patent invalidation suits and countersuits with Ericcson and Huawei. Samson Yu Zhou Yangling Asialaw Profiles 2013

37 90 King & Wood Mallesons Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources 3 3 Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property 3 Restructuring & Insolvency Investment Funds 3 IT, Telco & Media 3 3 In March 2012 Chinese law firm King & Wood teamed up with Australian law firm Mallesons Stephens Jacques to become King & Wood Mallesons. Already an established and reputable firm in, this combination will certainly enhance its appeal in the Asia-Pacific region. Wang Ling is among the banking and finance team s most respected lawyers. The firm assisted Bank of on the US$150 million loan financing for Southern Airlines to import the first Airbus A aircraft. Yang Xiaolei heads the securities team that served as legal adviser to the underwriters for CITIC Securities Company IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that raised HK$1.7 billion. The team also assisted Great Wall Motor Holdings IPO on the Shanghai exchange that brought in RMB3.96 billion. Liu Cheng, Martyn Huckerby and Susan Ning are among the top competition lawyers in. Ning was Motorola s sole legal counsel in on the Ministry of Commerce merger review filing for the US$12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility by Google. Harry Du is the firm s construction and real estate expert that saw him assist the Guangdong Provincial Government on the RMB2.9 billion financing for the construction of the Hong Kong- Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. Du is also acting for Samsung Life Company and Samsung Corporation in an ongoing project for Samsung s Headquarters in Beijing Central Business District. Weichai Holding Group hired corporate partner Xu Ping to assist on reaching an agreement with creditors for the acquisition of Italian yacht maker Ferretti Group through a total investment of 374 million. While in the energy section, Ping assisted Guohau Energy Investment acquire Hydro Tasmania s Woolnorth wind farm for AU$88.6 million. Li Yong heads the IP department that regularly handles contentious and non-contentious matters relating to patents for multinational corporations. Wang Rui is advising an international entertainment group on a RMB100 million joint venture with a Chinese party to construct state-of-the-art theatres IP licensing arrangements. William Hua is the firm s private equity and investment funds expert and he was actively involved in the formation of two funds, one for Pacific Alliance Equity Partners valued at RMB1.3 billion, the other for Tiger Cub Pan Ji. Tony Dong is head of tax at King & Wood Mallesons. His team advised a European chemical company on a high-profile price transfer tax audit regarding tax savings for over RMB 10 million. Dong also assisted a real estate enterprise on the tax aspects of its corporate restructuring. Rebecca Chao Harry Du William Hua Martyn Huckerby Jing Gang Shaun Lee Liu Cheng Lucy Lu Susan Ning Xu Ping Wang Ling Wang Rui Wang Shu Yang Xiaolei Ariel Ye Roy Zhang Zhang Yi Zhong Xin Asialaw Profiles

38 91 Llinks Law Offices Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media 3 3 Restructuring & Insolvency 3 Shanghai-based Llinks Law Offices has grown from its founding in 1998 to a sizeable law firm competing with some of s best providers of legal services. Charles Qin and David Yu, key partners across all practices at Llinks Law Offices, advised a consortium of banks in a syndicated loan of US$268 million to a microchip manufacturer. In another syndicated loan transaction the firm provided legal advice to a Taiwanese wholly foreign-owned enterprise to develop an electronic project in Suzhou,. The loan amounts were NT$150 million and US$11 million. Partners Yu and Wayne Chen head the firm s line-up of securities practitioners. The firm assisted Sungrow Power Supply on its IPO and listing on Shenzhen Stock Exchange s ChiNext Board, raising RMB1.37 billion. In a cross-border transaction, the team advised Global Lighting Technologies on its primary listing on the Taiwan Stock Exchange that raised NT$767.5 million. Acting for the Wanhua Chemical Group, the firm s corporate team advised on the acquisition of Hungary s BorsodChem in a 1.26 billion transaction, while SEB Internationale hired the firm to advise on the acquisition of a further stake in SUPOR for US$560 million. In a multi-billion RMB deal the firm assisted Shanghai Media Group on the acquisition and restructuring of SVA Information Industry, resulting in the merger of three networks. The dispute resolution team represented Hua An Fund Management in a litigation case involving Lehman Brothers International regarding financial losses of US$96.4 million as a result of the bank s collapsed financial products, resulting in material damage to Hua An Fund Management s reputation and its customers. In the private equity sector, the firm acted for Bull Capital on its RMB150 million equity investment in City Celebrity Hotel. Yu was hired by TBP to assist with its investment in Chinese finance publication company Blue Lion. Clare Lu is the resident expert on tax matters. She acted for a number of clients on projects such as advising an EU-based corporation on internal customs risk control project, on a customs investigation on duty free equipment, and providing tax advisory for three Japanese companies on internal restructurings.. Wayne Chen Christophe Han Clare Lu Michael Mei Charles Qin David Yu Asialaw Profiles 2013

39 92 Martin Hu & Partners Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property 3 Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency Former Boss & Young founder and partner Martin Hu went on to establish Martin Hu & Partners (MHP) in 2008, bringing with him a specialisation in corporate work that has gained his new outfit some attention, He is strong in FDI, says a partner at an international law firm. Hu is a recognised US and qualified attorney, with hands-on experience in the corporate world coming from his three-year stint as in-house counsel at Philips Electronics Group. Hu and his team have handled corporate matters for multinational clients such as 3M, Alcatel, Danone, Henkel, Jazz Semiconductor, Philips Lighting Electronics, and Umbra. In addition to serving Chinese clients the firm also has a dedicated Japanese desk providing legal services for -Japan transactions. Martin Hu Asialaw Profiles

40 93 Peksung Intellectual Property Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency The firm was founded in 2003 and has around 100 staff, with close to 10 partners and 70 patent attorneys stationed at the Beijing and Shenzhen offices. Founding members are Li Luoying, a former Vice President and acting president of the All- Patent Agents Association, and Jiang Jiancheng, former Deputy Secretary-General of the All- Patent Agents Association. The firm also has an office in the US based in the Silicon Valley where Lynn Wang is the director. The firm covers all patent, trademark, and copyright work, with additional expertise in trade secrets, unfair competition and all related IP litigation. Previous clients have included Bayer CropScience, Corun New Technology, Porsche, Simcere Pharmaceutical Group and Xerox. Jiang Jiancheng Li Luoying Lynn Wang Asialaw Profiles 2013

41 94 R&P Lawyers Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas 3 3 Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency The firm, set up in 2010, is structured as a partnership of three Chinese lawyers with a foreign management, which allows the firm to retain local capabilities while being able to serve international clients. The firm s corporate activity is mostly focused on FDI work and assisting companies that want to establish a presence in. The firm currently has 12 fee earners, with Maarten Roos as founder and manager. Partner Tony Lu joined in October 2011 and now leads the dispute resolution practice and joined by Micky Ma and Liu Jie. Roos and Cao Xin assisted a German conglomerate on the separation of a joint venture in Jiaxing. In this transaction the client offered its share of the joint venture to their Chinese counterparts, who were lacking the financial resources and had to go through an asset sale to raise funds to purchase the German share. In another deal, a Belgium multinational corporation hired the firm to advise on an RMB45.5 million management buy-out involving the sale of two of the client subsidiaries and of a holding company. Roos and Chen Yun assisted a European multinational corporation in a management dispute with their general manager and legal representative, who gained temporary control of the office. The case was successfully resolved with control restored with compensation of RMB400,000. Liu Jie Tony Lu Micky Ma Maarten Roos Cao Xin Chen Yun Asialaw Profiles

42 95 Richard Wang & Co Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property 3 Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency Established in 1994, Shanghai-based Richard Wang & Co has since expanded with offices in Beijing, Tianjin, and New York, the first overseas office by a Shanghai law firm, set up in The firm currently houses 40 lawyers, some of them former judges. The firm has three senior partners. Richard Wang is the founder and manager, as well as a former judge of the Shanghai Intermediate Court and Shanghai Maritime Court. His broad experience includes corporate, financial and dispute matters. Sam Ren is a senior partner and resident expert in shipping and maritime law. Andy Liu is the third senior partner, an experienced lawyer in the corporate field, in particular M&A, foreign direct investment and restructuring work. Typical corporate work has included advising a logistics company on investment opportunities in, assisting a multinational company on a infrastructure projects in, setting up joint ventures between a foreign corporation and an SOE, and acquisition work for a variety of local and foreign client. Andy Liu Sam Ren Richard Wang Asialaw Profiles 2013

43 96 Run Ming Law Office Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency The April 2007 merger between Run Bo Law Firm, Wang Yadong and Junyi Law Office of Liu Yi gave birth to Run Ming Law Office. This full service firm practices across corporate, financial and dispute matters. Executive partner Wang Yadong focuses on dispute resolution with foreign elements involved, both in litigation and arbitration, as well as intellectual property and FDI matters. He was previously a partner at Jun He for more than 10 years. Liu Yi is an expert in banking and financial products, with an expertise on aircraft finance and leasing. In 2011, the firm represented Zhou Hongyi in a defamation suit brought by Kingsoft Corporation against the client, the chairman of 860 Qihu, in respect of posts on s micro-blogging website, Weibo. Another notable case involved the successful representation of pianist Li Yundi in a trademark invalidation proceeding against an individually owned business. Liu Yi Wang Yadong Asialaw Profiles

44 97 Shanghai HR&L Law Firm Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency Founded in July 2007, Shanghai HR&L Law Firm focuses exclusively on labour law and related litigation matters. George Lu is the director and managing partner, with a decade of experience in labour law and employment matters. The two senior partners at the firm are Ben Zhang, a labour arbitrator and litigator, and Linda Lou, expert in non-litigation corporate matters such as M&A, bankruptcy and reorganisation. The range of services provided by Shanghai HR&L Law Firm include labour law consulting, mediation in labour disputes, designing of HR systems for new companies, as well as labour outsourcing and training. Past clients of the firm include Manpower, TDK, Shanghai Hutchison White Cat Company, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, and Mars Snackfood Franchise. Linda Lou George Lu Ben Zhang Asialaw Profiles 2013

45 98 T&D Associates Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources 3 Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency Beijing based T&D Associates is a law firm best known for its expertise in the s Ministry of Commerce s (MOFCOM) Anti-Monopoly Law (AML). International trade is a related area of focus for the firm, anti-dumping in particular, as well as advisory on other financial and corporate matters. Based on two decades of experience on anti-trust and trade regulations, the firm s lawyer are at the forefront of AML developments. The firm advices on AML compliance, investigation, litigation and all required M&A filings with MOFCOM. The firm regularly handles cases involving multinational corporations and merger review filings in. Past cases have included Mitsubishi Rayon merger with Lucite and Panasonic with Sanyo, and obtaining acquisition approvals for Sumitomo. The firm s three partners are John Ren, a recognised antitrust lawyer, Qu Huifeng and Chen Wei. Qu Huifeng John Ren Chen Wei Asialaw Profiles

46 99 TransAsia Lawyers Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency TransAsia Lawyers has around 70 fee earners, offices in Beijing and Shanghai, an associated office in Hong Kong, and a partnership with a Japanese law firm in Tokyo. In August 2012 the firm announced a new alliance with French law firm Lefèvre Pelletier & Associés. Philip Qu is a founding partner. He is known for his work with high profile clients in the IT, Telco & Media sector. Jesse Chang is the firm s managing partner and a recognised foreign direct investment and corporate expert. Isabelle Wan is a prominent partner with the firm s notable labour practice. She also co-heads the IP group. TransAsia Lawyers assisted Youku on its merger with Tudou, including merger review filings with the Ministry of Commerce. The firm also acted for Pearson in closing the US294 million acquisition of PRC education services company Global Education & Technology Group. The firm s blue-chip client list include Adobe, Alibaba, ArcelorMittal, Bacardi-Martini, Bertelsmann, Chevron, Dow Jones, Electronic Arts, Ericsson, GE, LVMH, Microsoft, News Corporation, and Time Warner. Jesse Chang Philip Qu Isabelle Wan Asialaw Profiles 2013

47 100 Wan Hui Da Intellectual Property Agency Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property 3 Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency This Beijing based IP outfit was founded in 1997 and subsequently expanded to Guangzhou, Ningbo and Shanghai. In 2004 the firm merged with Guan Qin Law Firm. As a result, the sizeable team now counts 200 professionals and supporting staff, with 22 attorneys, 2 foreign counsels, 40 trademark attorneys, 25 patent attorneys and engineers, and 50 investigators. The firm further strengthened its already deep bench with the hire of counsel Deshan Qi, former Patent Office deputy director, as well as State Intellectual Property Office head of legal affairs Yin Xintian. Senior trademark attorney Bai Gang is the firm s founder and managing partner. The firm covers trademarks, patents, domain names and copyright, helping clients manage their IP portfolios from application to monitoring and enforcement. Wan Hui Da successfully represented construction materials manufacturer Lafarge in a trademark infringement and unfair competition case against a Chinese national. The firm also acted for Michelin on a trademark infringement lawsuit brought against a Chinese auto parts store and successfully closed the case in April Bai Gang Asialaw Profiles

48 101 Wang Jing & Co Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency 3 Shipping and insurance lawyer Wang Jing founded the firm in 1994 and has since continued to expand its services to broader corporate matters with a team of 100 lawyers. Wang Jing & Co operates out of Guangzhou, with additional offices in Shanghai, Tianjin, Qingdao, Xiamen, Shenzhen, and Beijing. Managing partner Wang Jing has deep experience in shipping and maritime contentious and non-contentious matters, including advising on bills of lading, charter parties, marine and nonmarine insurance, oil pollution, collisions, salvage, personal injury and death claims, maritime fraud, and other international trade matters. Other key names in the firm are corporate practice head Chen Xin, and Shanghai office manager and insurance expert Zhong Cheng. Chen Xin Wang Jing Zhong Cheng Asialaw Profiles 2013

49 102 Watson & Band Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency Established in 1995, the firm has five partners, over 50 lawyers and a total of more than 150 professionals. The firm is split into three major departments handling corporate, IP and litigation matters. Managing partner George Fu is a former judge of the Shanghai High Court. He is fluent in Chinese, English and Russian, and has long experience with both domestic and international law firms. The firm represented Shanghai Baosteel on the acquisition of Shanghai Jiliang Standard Reference Gas. In the IP practice the team successfully represented Nikon Corporation in a trademark infringement lawsuit with Zhejiang Nikang Electric Vehicle. The firm is acting for Bloomberg on an unfair competition case against Shanghai Great Wisdom. The restructuring and insolvency lawyers at Watson & Band were selected as bankruptcy administrator for Taibao Enterprise Development. George Fu Asialaw Profiles

50 103 Yao Liang Law Offices Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency With offices in Beijing and Shanghai, Yao Liang Law Offices is a law firm with strong expertise in the maritime and shipping sector, but with practices across the financial and corporate areas and covering a number of industries such as IT, telecommunications and real estate. Gu Yaoliang is the firm s founder. He was previously a managing partner at King & Wood in Shanghai. He has experience in litigation and arbitration matters, in particular in the shipbuilding sector. International Marine Containers hired the firm to assist on the equity stake transfer to Shenzhen Merchants Real Estate for RMB350 million. The firm is also on the panel with multinationals such as Abbott Laboratories and British Telecommunications. Gu Yaoliang Asialaw Profiles 2013

51 104 Zhong Lun Law Firm Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory 3 Intellectual Property Restructuring & Insolvency Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media 3 3 A leading partner at an international law firm in commented, Zhong Lun is a firm that stands out. Another lawyer said Zhong Lun was, A recognised and well connected firm. Established in 1993 the firm now has 160 partners and 700 professionals in offices across, in addition to Hong Kong, London and Tokyo. Zhang Xuebing is the firm s managing partner. The banking team includes many notable names, such as Shirley Lu, Jane Yao and Hu Tingfeng. In August 2012, the team closed a transaction where it acted as borrower s counsel on Andaz Shanghai Hotel s RMB750 million term loan facility provided by Bank of. On a headline RMB12.9 billion syndicated loan for the Shanghai Disneyland Project, the team advised the borrower Shanghai Shendi. Chen Limin and Anthony Zhao are recommended for capital markets work. On an RMB1.51 billion IPO, the firm acted for Xi an LONGi Silicon Materials to list on the Main Board of Shanghai Stock Exchange. Zhong Lun also assisted Surfilter Network Technology on its IPO and Shenzhen Stock Exchange ChiNext listing, which raised RMB265 million. Competition partner John Jiang is known in the market for his Anti-Monopoly Law expertise. Among the major cases in 2011, the firm handled the merger review filings in relation to the Haier Home Supplies Integration and TOSTEM merger, as well as advising on an antitrust filing for Mitsubishi Corporation in the Lawson and Dalian Yahui Fast Food joint venture initiative. In construction and real estate, a notable transaction saw the firm acting for Tianjin Municipal Construction Group on its issuance of RMB900 million of municipal construction project bonds. For Sunrise Land International, the firm advised on the share transfer of the Yantai Marina Hotel in Shandong Peninsula. The corporate team assisted US food manufacturer JM Smucker on its US35 million investment in Chinese company Guangxi Guilin Seamild Biologic Technology Development. Lawyers in both Hong Kong and the mainland advised Camelpaint on its joint venture initiative to be set up with DGL International. The private equity team s top lawyers are Chen Limin, Jack Lai, Anthony Zhao and Luke Zhang. As PRC legal counsel to Tishman Speyer Real Estate, the team advised on the set up of a RMB1.2 billion real estate private equity fund. Acting for one the investor funds, L Capital Asia, the team advised on the US$200 million investments in Trendy International Group. Peter Ni heads the tax practice, a well known figure with experience from White & Case and Ernst & Young. The team lined up impressive advisory roles: for a multinational company on tax matters of the Alipay transfer out of Alibaba, and for a Fortune 500 company on the tax reorganisation of 10 subsidiaries in. Cao Lijun Chen Jihong Chen Limin Hu Tingfeng John Jiang Jack Lai Shirley Lu Peter Ni Pu Lingchen Jane Yao Anthony Zhao Luke Zhang Asialaw Profiles

52 105 ZhongZi Law Office Practice areas Asialaw highly recommends 3 Active practice areas Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services Regulatory Intellectual Property 3 Investment Funds IT, Telco & Media Restructuring & Insolvency Zhongzi Law Office is close to marking two decades of practice. It has offices in Beijing and Shanghai and a team of 20 partners, totalling two hundred professionals. The firm is recognised for its IP practice, but spans well beyond with corporate and commercial law expertise. The large IP team handles diverse issues such as patents, trademarks, copyright, unfair competition, as well as franchising and licensing of intellectual property rights. Huang Gesheng is a recognised patent and trademark attorney. Lin Bonan focuses on patent prosecution and litigation, while Chen Xuemin is experienced in trademark, copyright and unfair competition matters. Chen Xuemin Huang Gesheng Lin Bonan Asialaw Profiles 2013