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China > Regional coverage: Other notable firms in Beijing Tier 1

Headquartered in Beijing, East & Concord Partners acts for state-owned enterprises, multinationals, private companies, and government agencies, with expertise spanning capital markets, M&A, antitrust, and taxation. Bing Guan heads the intellectual property department and is often instructed by cultural and entertainment media companies regarding copyright licensing, film and television distribution, and performance contracts. Chaoyi (Rocky) Ji leads the dispute resolution practice, serving as counsel in real estate, engineering, and PE/VC disputes.

China > Private wealth: PRC firms Tier 2

Based in Guangzhou, Zejun Lin leads the family and wealth management team at East & Concord Partners. Lin is particularly experienced in a vast range of cross-border matters, including assisting foreign families with migration to China, and providing families with offshore trusts, among other services. Xue Bai is well-versed in building family trusts and employee trust structures for controllers of domestically listed companies. Shuo Wu is also an expert on family trusts and inheritance plans.

China > Data protection: PRC firms Tier 3

East & Concord Partners continues to advise clients on creating network security systems and implementing data compliance programmes and risk control systems. The team handles a mix of domestic and international clients and is especially well-versed in advising Japanese companies on cross-border issues involving Japan. Offering 'rich business experience', the Beijing-based group focuses on a number of sectors including finance and automobile, where it assists with sensitive data protection compliance issues. Peng Ye is key to digital transformation matters, advising on risk assessment and compliance issues. Ye jointly heads the practice with Xiaoyu Shen, who advises TMT, healthcare, automotive and retail sectors on data compliance and personal privacy protection.

China > Dispute resolution: Arbitration: PRC firms Tier 3

East & Concord Partners regularly represents clients before domestic arbitration organisations such as CIETAC, addressing commercial disputes related to sales contracts, foreign investments, real estate development agreements, and insurance. The dispute resolution practice is co-led by Chaoyi (Rocky) Ji, who is active in ICC, HKIAC, SIAC and other international arbitration forums and Wen Ye, who brings extensive experience in civil and commercial arbitration involving foreign investment, M&A, real estate, and labour disputes. Founding partner Qi Zhou is a key member of the team.

China > Intellectual property: PRC firms

East & Concord Partners‘ Beijing-based team, comprised of IP specialists and patent agents, is well-versed in handling both contentious and non-contentious patent issues including patent applications, re-examinations, invalidation disputes, and litigation. Copyright is also a strong feature of the practice, which often assists media clients with copyright infringement disputes and copyright transactions. Practice head Bing Guan often acts as legal counsel for entertainment companies, advising on copyright issues. Song Zhang co-leads the team and utilises his background in electronics to advise on patent issues for semiconductor, electronics, and software clients.

China > WTO/international trade: PRC firms Tier 3

The East & Concord Partners international trade department is commended by clients for ‘its exceptional depth of expertise in navigating complex international trade regulations, coupled with a strategic approach‘. The practice has a strong focus on representing overseas China-invested companies in trade remedy investigations. In Beijing, Vivian Wang heads the practice and often acts in anti-dumping cases in a variety of jurisdictions in Europe, North America, South America and Asia.

China > Banking and finance: PRC firms Tier 4

The banking and finance team at East & Concord Partners is headed up by Dorothy Xing, Beijing-based managing partner, who combines her capital markets experience with expertise regarding the establishment, governance, and operation of financial holding companies. Team co-head Xuan Zhang provides specialised legal services for financial institutions, while co-head Jian Kang has longstanding financial markets experience.

China > Dispute resolution: Litigation: PRC firms Tier 4

China > Corporate and M&A: PRC firms Tier 5

East & Concord Partners assists clients with a wide range of corporate matters, including company incorporation, equity acquisitions and transfers, mergers, and liquidation. Cindy Hu leads the practice from Beijing, specialising in the pharmaceutical and medical health sectors, and offers expertise in M&A, investment and financing, restructuring, and corporate compliance. Notable team members include Peng Huang in Hangzhou and Beijing-based Dorothy Xing.

China > Regional coverage: Other notable firms in Shanghai

East & Concord Partners offers expertise in areas such as criminal litigation, intellectual property, and bankruptcy, to clients such as state-owned enterprises, multinationals, private companies, and listed enterprises. Yongxing Chen, Xiangming Zhu, and Dongfang (Albert) Wang co-lead the real estate and construction department, which handles M&A, financing, project risk management, and engineering dispute resolution matters.