Merits & Tree Law Offices (M&T) was established in 2006 under the name Hawkhigh Law Firm, and was re-branded in 2017. After 6 years of development, M&T has grown into a comprehensive law firm, with 6 offices (Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Haikou, and Hong Kong ), and 500 lawyers and professionals, including 120 partners.

We strives to provide legal services for each stage during the cycle of investment (issue-end), transaction (asset-end) and exit (dispute-end). We address legal needs along the life chain of our corporate, financial and capital market clients (both domestic and foreign), serving from start-up, through growth, to maturity stages.

Key Practice Areas: Banking and Finance; Investment Funds; Family Law and Wealth Management; Private Equity/Venture Capital; Mergers & Acquisitions; Real Estate and Infrastructure; Capital markets; Dispute Resolution; Intellectual Property; Special Assets, Restructuring & Insolvency; Regulatory and Compliance; Antitrust and Competition; Human Resources and Labor Relations; Tax.

• Banking
• Competition
• Capital markets: Debt
• Capital markets: Derivatives
• Capital markets: Equity
• Asset finance
• Financial restructuring
• Investment funds
• M&A
• Private equity
• Project development
• Project finance
• Real estate finance
• Real estate funds
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Structured finance/securitisation