Kangda Law Firm is a large full-service law firm headquartered in Beijing which has a pan-China presence with more than 1,100 professionals spread across 18 branches. It was founded in 1988 and is among the first private partnership law firms approved by the Ministry of Justice of China.
Focusses / specialisms
The firm is best recognised for its restructuring and insolvency work and is also active in capital markets. Sectors of experience include real estate, industrials and manufacturing, technology, agriculture, construction and engineering, and logistics.
Key clients
Key clients of the firm include Guandian Defense Technology, Beijing China Sciences Runyu Environmental Technology, Guangdong Fenghua Advanced Technology, Liaoning Xinglong Group and Shaanxi Jinyuan Real Estate Development.
Research period review: 33rd edition (2022/2023)
During the research period, the firm represented Liaoning Xinglong Group Enterprise, a debtor, in Liaoning Xinglong Department Store Group’s reorganisation. The debtor companies are distributed in department stores, hotels, restaurants and entertainment. This case involved nearly Rmb20 billion in debt and tens of thousands of creditors.
The firm advised 21 IPO-related deals. Highlighted clients include Aerospace Nanhu Electronic Information Technology, Suzhou Kuaike Photovoltaic Electronics, Beijing China Sciences Runyu Environmental Technology, Tianjian Electroacoustic and Hebei Huami New Material Technology.
In 2022, the firm hired Zhiwu Dong from AllBright Law Offices’ Xiamen office to its banking and finance team and Feng Xie from Fujian Yingkun Law Firm joined the firm’s restructuring and insolvency team.
Deal highlights: 33rd edition (2022/2023)
Liaoning Xinglong Department Store Group’s reorganisation.
Aerospace Nanhu Electronic Information Technology’s STAR Market IPO.
Yunkang Group's listing on HKEX.
Guangdong Monte-Bianco New Materials’ IPO.
Client feedback: 33rd edition (2022/2023)
Banking and finance
“Beijing Kangda Law Firm gave professional and practical legal opinions during the period of providing legal services for our company in domestic and overseas financing. In particular acting as our permanent legal adviser in the process of due diligence and assisting the company's standardised operation, the team was able to provide targeted and operative legal solutions by combining our actual situation and the special requirements of the local normative documents.”
Capital markets
“Excellent.”
Lawyer feedback: 33rd edition (2022/2023)
Shipeng Zhang
“Professional.”
Tongtong Lu
“Lu is a senior partner of Beijing Kanda Law Firm. Lu’s team of attorneys has a complete staffing structure and is capable of responding to clients’ requests and dealing with urgent issues; Lu’s attorneys have extensive experience and are able to provide professional and practical legal compliance solutions tailored to the specific circumstances of our company.”
