China

Firm overview

Established in 2003, DOCVIT Law Firm is one of the earliest brands in China to manage with a corporate-like structure. Its core competitiveness lies in its innovative corporate system, industry-oriented market, and cross-border development, aiming to become the top brand of a new generation of law firms in China.

DOCVIT positions itself in high-end legal services, proactive legal services, and strategic legal services. It adheres to the integration of modular legal services and industry-specific services, practicing a research-oriented law firm concept, specializing and deeply cultivating various industries to form a matrix-like, multi-faceted business structure.

In recent years, DOCVIT has expanded to various provincial capitals and key cities, establishing offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Jinan, Taiyuan, Haikou, Wuhan, and Chengdu. Internationally, it has established footholds in Hong Kong, London, New York, and Singapore, forming a broad network across six major regions domestically and four major regions internationally.

Adhering to the philosophy of "Extreme Professionalism, Ultimate Service," DOCVIT has earned a good reputation among clients and the industry. It has been awarded titles such as "National Outstanding Law Firm," "Beijing Outstanding Law Firm," and "Chaoyang District Outstanding Law Firm." It has received accolades from Chambers for "Charity and Public Welfare: Outstanding Law Firm," ALB's "Top 10 Boutique Law Firms in Asia," and the ALB "Pioneering Law Firm of the Year" award. Moreover, it has been recognized for three consecutive years as ALB China's "Top 15 Fastest Growing Law Firms" and "Excellence in Law Firm of the Year" by China Business Law Journal. DOCVIT has frequently appeared in rankings by Chambers, ALB, The Legal 500, China Business Law Journal, Benchmark Litigation, IFLR1000, asialaw, LEGALBAND, and DAWKINS, among other domestic and international evaluation agencies.

As of 2024, DOCVIT has established a matrix-like, multi-faceted business structure combining "Professional + Industry" fields, encompassing 14 professional areas, 12 industry sectors, and 6 highlighted practice areas.

14 Professional Areas:
1. Corporate
2. Dispute Resolution
3. Competition and Antitrust
4. Securities and Capital Markets
5. Intellectual Property
6. Criminal
7. Administrative and Government Legal Counsel
8. Bankruptcy, Reorganization, and Liquidation
9. International
10. Compliance
11. Investment and M&A
12. Tax
13. Maritime and Admiralty
14. Marriage, Family, and Wealth Management

12 Industry Sectors:
1. Finance
2. Real Estate and Construction
3. Telecommunication, Technology, and Internet
4. Automotive and Advanced Manufacturing
5. Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences
6. Private Equity and Fund
7. Media and Entertainment
8. Environment, Energy, and Resources
9. Transportation, Trade, and Supply Chain
10. Charitable Organizations and Social Enterprises
11. Retail and Fast-Moving Consumer Goods
12. Education

6 Key Practice Areas:
1. High-end Commercial Dispute Resolution
2. Financial and Capital Markets
3. Intellectual Property
4. Administrative and Government Legal Counsel
5. Real Estate and Construction
6. International Business

Firm overview

Kangda Law Firm is a large full-service law firm headquartered in Beijing, China. It was founded in 1988 and is among the first private partnership law firms approved by the Ministry of Justice of China. The firm has won many honors such as National, Provincial, and Municipal Outstanding Law Firm, and has been repeatedly honored in various rankings of international legal research companies. At present, Kangda has 22 branch offices with more than 1,800 legal practitioners, including outstanding representatives of the first batch of legal practitioners after the restoration of the lawyer system in China. The firm's staff also includes former core personnel from the public security organs, procuratorates, and people's courts, as well as young and seasoned elite lawyers who graduated from well-known law schools at home and abroad. They all share a commitment to provide domestic and foreign clients with professional, high-quality, and efficient legal services.

As a full-service law firm, Kangda not only ranks among the top in the traditional areas, such as criminal defense, civil and commercial dispute resolution, corporate legal services, government and administrative legal affairs but also maintains its competitiveness in the securities and capital markets, bankruptcy liquidation and reorganization. Kangda has notable expertise in other practice areas, such as intellectual property, tax law, maritime legal services, foreign-related legal services, labor law/labor arbitration, corporate compliance, etc.

By adhering to the cultural and spiritual inheritance of Openness and Inclusiveness, Diligence and Foresight, Modesty and Dignity, Harmony and Solidarity, Kangda has developed into a large-scale, specialized and branded law firm providing full services after more than 35 years of effort. Forming a modern legal service system through crossregional and multicultural integration and exchange, as well as service expansion and cooperation in various fields. Keeping up with the pace of China's social development, Kangda will, as always, forge ahead and contribute to the rule of law in China.

Firm overview

JunHe, founded in Beijing in 1989, is one of the first private partnership law firms in China. Since its establishment, JunHe has grown to be one of the largest and most recognized Chinese law firms. The firm has twelve offices around the world and a team comprised of more than 800 professionals, including over 240 partners and legal counsel, as well as over 560 associates and legal translators.

JunHe is committed to providing top-tier legal services in commercial transactions and litigation. Just as each industry requires specialized knowledge, our attorneys are organized in multidisciplinary practice groups so that they are equipped with deep expertise in market-tailored legal fields and industry sectors. By consistently providing exceptional representation, we have earned our reputation for excellence.

At JunHe we are keenly aware that our core competitiveness lies in the strength of our collective intelligence. Our attorneys are primarily recruited from the top law schools and law firms in the world and some have in their previous careers served as government officials, judges, accountants, tax analysts and scientists.While most of our lawyers are licensed in China, many are qualified to practice law in multiple jurisdictions, such as theUS, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. Our attorneys are multilingual, with fluency in Chinese as well as English, German, Japanese and several other languages.

Firm overview

Founded in May 1992, Haiwen & Partners is one of the leading law firms in China. Haiwen has developed unrivaled expertise in a broad range of practice areas. With its creativity and professionalism demonstrated in numerous large-scale, complex and cross-border transactions, the firm is one of the most sought-after PRC law firms in many areas including securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, fund formation, compliance, entertainment and media, employment, tax, ABS, banking and finance, bankruptcy and reorganization, anti-trust and competition law, intellectual property and commercial dispute resolutions.

Currently, more than 400 lawyers and paralegals work at Haiwen's Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Chengdu and Haikou offices. Lawyers at Haiwen are graduates of prestigious law schools in China and abroad, and many have worked at some of the most respected international law firms. The depth of our expertise, the breadth of our experience, and the excellence of our team spirit enable us to provide full range of high-quality services to our clients.

The firm's professional services have been widely recognized by our clients, as well as the international legal and financial community. The firm has received numerous awards, such as "Best Law Firm of the Year", "Best Deal of the Year" and "Best Team of the Year", from professional ranking publications and institutions.