The Legal 500

Within Beijing, Jingtian & Gongcheng is a third tier firm,

Led by Hongjiu Zhang and Jiejiang Wu, Jingtian & Gongcheng acted as PRC legal adviser to China Development Bank in connection with both acquisition and aircraft financings.

Within Beijing, Jingtian & Gongcheng is a first tier firm,

Jingtian & Gongcheng is praised by the market for its experience in securities listings on the capital markets of China, US, Hong Kong and Singapore. The practice acted as PRC legal counsel in connection with Baoxin Auto Group’s IPO; assisted as PRC legal counsel in relation to Baosteel Group Corporation’s issue of RMB3.6bn and RMB2.9bn-worth of bonds, which were listed on the SEHK, marking the first offshore RMB bonds issued by a Chinese domestic company. Founding partner Wei Bai is highly regarded across the market, and Xusheng Zhang is also a key adviser.

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Within Beijing, Jingtian & Gongcheng is a third tier firm,

A ‘reliable and trustworthy business and legal adviser’, Jingtian & Gongcheng acts predominantly on the acquisition of domestic enterprises by foreign investors, the takeover and material asset reorganisation of listed companies, and M&A between domestic enterprises. The team acted as PRC legal counsel to Motel 168 International Holdings in its $470m sale to Home Inns & Hotels Management. Xiaofeng Cheng specialises in investments and M&A, and has handled large-scale matters in the finance, rail, oil, power, new energy and mining sectors. Wei Bai is another key contact.

Within Beijing, Jingtian & Gongcheng is a third tier firm,

Jingtian & Gongcheng’s litigation and arbitration team is led by Xuejun Peng. The group has recently been acting in one of the largest ever (in terms of scale and amount of claims) product-liability actions against Chinese enterprises in the US courts. The team also has expertise in investment disputes, having recently advised ECO Environmental Investments and its affiliates on investments and investment disputes with mainland partners in Inner Mongolia and Hubei province. Chungang Dong, Yue Liu and Xuejun Peng are highly regarded litigation and arbitration practitioners.

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