Regional coverage: Other notable firms in Beijing in China

Beijing, the capital city of the People’s Republic of China, is China’s political, educational and cultural centre. It is home to most of China’s largest state-owned enterprises and has the largest number of Fortune Global 500 companies in the world,  as well as most of the country’s leading PRC law firms. Among nearly 3000 law firms that are active in Beijing, the Red Circle firms such as King & Wood Mallesons, JunHe LLP, Zhong Lun Law Firm, Global Law Office, Jingtian & Gongcheng and Commerce & Finance Law Offices, Haiwen & Partners as well as Shanghai-headquartered Fangda Partners, AllBright Law Offices and Grandall Law Firm regularly lead on the country’s big-ticket transactions and disputes resolution. The latter is a key practice area due to the fact that the main arbitration forums including the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) and Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC) are present in Beijing.This table includes firms that are currently not ranked in our national rankings or firms that are ranked in a couple of practice areas only but are active across a broad range of practice areas and sectors in the local and regional market.

Yingke Law Firm advises on corporate, M&A, intellectual property, tax, employment, insolvency, international trade and regulatory matters. Sector strengths for the team include real estate and construction, life sciences, and shipping. Private client work is also a key area of focus for the firm and Xiaojing Cao advises on family (enterprise) governance and risk prevention, family wealth inheritance and planning. Aimei Zhao and Qunli Zhang are recommended for real estate and construction matters.

Beijing DHH Law Firm has a full-service offering and counts SOEs and private companies as its key clients. It has notable experience advising clients active in the insurance, healthcare and life sciences, shipping, financial services and fintech sectors on a range of transactional and commercial disputes. Qi Jiang and Zexian Zhang are noted for contentious matters; Yanhong Chen focuses on banking and finance and capital markets matters; Qian Lin is a key name for international trade and tax matters.

Established in 2011, full-service firm Chance Bridge Law Firm advises on capital markets, banking and finance, cross-border investment and financing, construction, IP and dispute resolution. The team saw an uptick in instructions in the field of banking and commercial disputes, and antitrust matters, and has gained a large number of new financial institution sector clients including China Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank of China and Guotai Junan Securities. Being a member of the Sino-Global Legal Alliance, the team regularly works with a wide range of international firms globally; in 2020, it became the first Chinese law firm to join the Alliott Global Alliance. The firm further strengthened its market position and offering with the opening of the Haikou office in 2020. Managing partner Ning Zhu focuses on capital markets, cross-border investment and corporate financing transactions; John Ye acts for foreign and domestic clients in complex commercial disputes; and Gang Hu specialises in IPOs, securities issuance, and M&A transactions for listed and non-listed companies.

Kangda Law Firm provides a full-service offering and with a network of 20 offices across China, it is well placed to handle a mix of banking and finance, capital markets, corporate and commercial, real estate and construction matters. It advises a broad range of SOEs and private companies on domestic issuances and acts as issuer’s counsel to companies listing on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Aidong Lou, Hao Li and Hua Jiang are the main contacts with notable experience advising on domestic listing mandates. Litigation and arbitration also form key components of its practice and it acts for SOEs, financial institutions and a wide range of Chinese companies in commercial, real estate and employment disputes. The team also has notable expertise in the healthcare and insurance sectors.

Rui Bai Law Firm's team is a member of the PwC global network of firms which enables it to advise on major local and cross-border matters. Regionally, it works closely with Shanghai-based Xin Bai Law Firm and Hong Kong-based Tiang & Partners, which are also part of the PwC network. The team handles banking and finance, corporate and M&A, employment, tax and commercial disputes, and counts multinational companies among its main clients. Steve Kou leads the team, which saw the arrival of TMT and fintech specialist Barbara Li, who joined from Norton Rose Fulbright in 2020. Yi Liu is highly regarded for banking and finance and international arbitration.