Fangda Partners is a
law firm
A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law. The primary service rendered by a law firm is to advise consumer, clients (individuals or corporations) about their legal rights and Obligation, respon ...
headquartered in
Shanghai
Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...
,
China
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with offices in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. It is one of the
15 largest China-based law firms measured by number of lawyers. It is one of the most profitable law firms in China measured by either revenue or profit per partner and is generally believed to be the most difficult law firm to be hired at.
Fangda currently has offices in Beijing,
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
,
Shanghai
Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...
,
Shenzhen
Shenzhen is a prefecture-level city in the province of Guangdong, China. A Special economic zones of China, special economic zone, it is located on the east bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of Guangdong ...
Guangzhou
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and
Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...
.
Fangda is smaller than other large law firms and has a relatively narrower focus on high-value work for high-end financial institution clients and major multinationals. While Fangda is making efforts to break into other practice areas, the firm currently focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, commercial litigation and arbitration, and bankruptcy as well as the capital market.
History
Fangda Partners was founded in Shanghai in 1993 by six partners.
Fangda opened an office in Hong Kong in April 2012, following the recruitment of former
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Freshfields LLP (formerly Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, or FBD) is a British multinational law firm headquartered in London, England, and a member of the so-called " Magic Circle". The firm has 28 offices in 17 jurisdictions across Asia, Europ ...
litigation partner Peter Yuen.
Fangda joined
Ius Laboris, the international HR
law firm network
A law firm network (law firm association or legal network) is a membership organization consisting of independent law firms. These networks are one type of professional services networks similar to networks found in the accounting profession. ...
, in 2012.
Main practice areas
Fangda has the following main practice areas:
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* Antitrust/Competition
* Asset-Backed Securities
* Banking & Finance
* Capital Markets
* Compliance & Government Enforcement
* Dispute Resolution
* Energy & Infrastructure
* Finance Institutions
* General Industries
* Insolvency & Restructuring
* Intellectual Property
* Investment Funds
* Investment Management
* Labour & Employment
* Life Sciences & Healthcare
* M&A
* Private Equity
* Private Wealth Management
* Real Estate & Construction
* Technology, Media & Telecommunications
See also
*
List of largest Chinese law firms
*
Legal history of China
The origin of the current law of the People's Republic of China can be traced back to the period of the early 1930s, during the establishment of the Chinese Soviet Republic. In 1931 the first supreme court was established. Though the contempora ...
*
Chinese law
Chinese law is one of the oldest legal traditions in the world. The core of modern Chinese law is based on Germanic-style civil law, socialist law, and traditional Chinese approaches. For most of the history of China, its legal system has ...
*
Law of the People's Republic of China
The Law of the People's Republic of China, officially referred to as the socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics, is the legal regime of China, with the separate legal traditions and systems of mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau.
C ...
References
External links
Fangda Partners official site
Law firms of China
Law firms established in 1993