Shanghai
| 28th Floor, Huai Hai Plaza, |
Tel: 86 21 2412 6000 |
| 1045 Huai Hai Rd. (M), |
Fax: 86 21 2412 6150 |
| Shanghai, 200031, PRC |
Since opening in June 1995, our Shanghai office boasts a highly diverse and experienced team, including 30 Partners and 130 legal professionals, which has earned a lasting reputation for providing a broad spectrum of premium and comprehensive legal services.
Shanghai is one China's most dynamic metropolitan areas and a key financial center. Our team offers our domestic and international clients comprehensive legal services in every area of investment in China, mergers and acquisitions, trade, finance and intellectual property. Our Shanghai office has a particularly strong record in foreign direct investment projects, banking, project finance, securities, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, IP litigation, and private equity fund formation, regularly providing high-quality legal services to multinational companies and finance organizations.
Alongside our offices in Hangzhou and Suzhou, the Shanghai office provides comprehensive legal and business advice to our clients in the Yangtze River Delta.
The core practices of our Shanghai office include:
Foreign Direct Investment
Our Shanghai office has a highly successful practice in foreign direct investment in China and has helped foreign investors (including many well-known multinational companies) successfully complete their investment in Shanghai and other regions in Eastern China.
Banking
Since the establishment of our Shanghai Office, our banking practice has been highly recognized by well-known foreign banks and domestic banks in Shanghai. Our lawyers assist our clients with a large range of banking and financing business, including the standardization of banking documentation, syndicated loans, secured transactions, trade finance, project finance, M&A finance, the establishment of or investment in financial institutions, and debt restructuring.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Our lawyers have extensive experience in M&A practice and have represented our clients to successfully acquire equity in a number of Chinese companies. Those milestone M&A transactions include the acquisition of a 50% equity interest in Shanghai Waterworks Pudong Co., Ltd. through international bidding, which was the first public utility network opened to foreign investors after China entered the WTO.
Infrastructure Projects
Acting on behalf of lenders, sponsors, developers and project companies, our Shanghai Office has extensive experience in the development and financing of major infrastructure projects including toll roads, water treatment, shipyards and energy.
Litigation & Arbitration
Our lawyers are involved in every stage of litigation including asset investigations, pretrial procedures, evidence collection, court hearings, appeals, settlement negotiations, and judgment enforcement. Our Shanghai office provides clients with various complicated and cross-jurisdictional litigation and arbitration services, covering disputes in relation to: bankruptcy liquidation and restructuring; bank loans, guarantees and financial derivatives; corporate investment; intellectual property rights litigation (including patent, copyright, trademark, unfair competition, network / ecommerce / domain name); international commerce arbitration; labor and employment; insurance; product liability; corporate compliance audits; and, criminal charges. Our lawyers have free access to the extensive knowledge and experience accumulated by our non-contentious practices and strong working relationships with experts in the areas of finance, securities and futures, funds, intellectual property rights, real estate, labor and employment, taxation, and antitrust, ensuring the quality of our services whether advising on one or multiple practice areas. Our lawyers lay emphasis on the planning and management of litigation and arbitration cases and on practical solutions. Our wealth of practice experience and thorough understanding of our clients' needs enables us to realize their business objectives.
Securities
Our Shanghai office has represented issuers and underwriters respectively in a variety of domestic and international securities transactions. Our lawyers assist our clients in dealing with all relevant corporate matters related to securities transactions.
Labor & Employment
King & Wood's Labor and Employment Practice consists of Chinese leading labor law experts and skilled and experienced lawyers. Our past experience working with various government bureaus and legal research institutions has given us a substantive understanding of the development and application of the law in this area enabling us to provide the most efficient and favorable results to our clients in every situation.
Intellectual Property
King & Wood's Intellectual Property Group in Shanghai is capable of providing full comprehensive IP-related consultations and legal services, including but not limited to the application and registration of patents, copyrights, trademarks, domain names, layout designs, and chemical products. In addition, we provide corporate IP strategies and general consultation services, and various IP dispute prevention and resolution services (including administrative, civil, criminal actions and alternatives). Our Shanghai office is renowned for offering legal services in complex cases, involving both technology and law, such as: IP management for the R&D centers of multinational corporations; M&A-related IP due diligence processes; investment and co-operation; legal services concerning IP licenses and trading (including consultation, negotiation, document drafting, etc.); IP infringement analyses; FTO; stability analyses; among others. King & Wood’s Intellectual Property Group in Shanghai is capable of working in English, German, Japanese, and Korean, and our current and former clients include numerous multinationals (largely European, US, Japanese, and Korean), and domestic Chinese enterprises.
Private Equity
King & Wood is a leading PRC counsel in advising on private equity and venture investments. We regularly represent private equity firms, venture capitalists, private equity fund sponsors and issuers and domestic companies seeking equity financing in a wide variety of private equity transactions, including, early and late-stage venture investments, restructuring, and offshore financing through special purpose vehicles for domestic companies. Combining our in-depth knowledge of local law with international experience, our lawyers are very active in all aspects of the evolving private equity market in China. To best represent our private equity clients, our corporate finance and securities lawyers are regularly involved in our private equity transactions; this enables us to provide comprehensive solutions tailored to clients' business objectives. Our private equity practice mainly involves the formation of venture capital and private equity funds, pre-closing restructuring, structuring, documenting, negotiating and managing a private equity transaction on a domestic or cross-border basis, and advising on legal and regulatory implications and exit strategies. Additionally, we have abundant experience in RMB fund formation.