IFLR1000

IFLR1000 Reviews

Financial and corporate

Hylands Law Firm was established in 1997 under the name of Haotian Law Firm. It is based in Beijing and—alongside an IP Agency—has 17 further offices in Shanghai, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Hefei, Hong Kong, Jiangyin, Jinan, Nanjing, Nanning, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Wenzhou and Yinchuan. Hylands is also one of two Chinese member firms of TerraLex, a global law firm network. 

 

Focusses / specialisms  

The firm’s main strengths are in handling M&A, restructuring and insolvency, securitisation, private equity, and banking mandates. 

 

Key clients 

Key clients of the firm include National Development Bank, China Minsheng Banking, Huihua Fund Management, SAIF Partners IV, China Development Bank Securities and Jilin Yillion Bank.  

 

Research period review: 31st edition (2020/2021) 

In the past year the firm kept busy with banking advisory, due diligence matters, securitisation mandates, pre-IPO financing, investment mandates, facilitating funding rounds, and a number of restructuring and liquidation mandates.  

Hylands Law Firm also hired partners Yuancheng Guo and Jiejun Li from Jingsh Law Firm in the research period.  

 

Deal highlights: 31st edition (2020/2021)

Dalian Donglin Food restructuring 

Flash Partners $200 million series D financing 

National Military-civilian Integration Industry Investment Fund Rmb7.6 billion non-public issuance 

SAIF Partner Rmb500 million pre-IPO financing 

Xingle Group insolvency