Global Law Office offers clients a broad litigation offering, often receiving mandates from multinational corporates and high-profile financial institutions. Representative work for the group spans a variety of industries, including disputes arising out of the financial services, construction, and tech sectors. Practice head Jiuguang Zhao is regularly called upon to handle both civil and commercial disputes, and he is ably supported by Hong Jiang, who has amassed considerable experience representing a varied client base of multinational corporates, state-owned enterprises, and private equity funds at all levels of the Chinese court system. Lei Niu is sought after by both domestic and international companies alike from the financial services, real estate, and maritime sectors.
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Testimonials
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‘Global Law Office is a PRC firm with a truly global perspective and practice profile.’
'The global lawyer team is based on legal professionalism and excellent communication skills, and I trust their professional opinion.'
'Global Law Office has a deep and unique understanding of our country's civil and commercial legal system and dispute resolution mechanism.'
'They are able to listen carefully to the real needs of customers, and continue to strive for the best agency results for the maximum benefit of customers under unfavourable conditions.'
'The most important feature of the team is its ability to work bilingually, assisting our company in handling commercial disputes with US counterparties in China, which not only helps us clearly express our demands, but also provide necessary deterrence to the US side, and successfully promote the complete resolution of systemic legal disputes.’
Key clients
- China National Light Industrial Products Imp & Exp Corp
- CITIC Securities Co., Ltd.
- HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited
- ByteDance Technology Co., Ltd.
- Sichuan Tianfu Bank Co., Ltd
- Harris & Ford, LLC
- Yunnan Biovalley Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- Lilly Asia Ventures and Northern Light Venture Capital
- GTJA Investment Group Co., Ltd.
- Guomao Dongfang Capital
- Adidas Sports (China) Co., Ltd.
- Aptiv Electronics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
Lawyers
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Jiuguang Zhao
Practice head
Jiuguang Zhao
Other key lawyers
Lei Niu; Hong Jiang; Kunlin Wang