ALLBRIGHT LAW OFFICES
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AllBright is one of the largest, full-service domestic law firms in China, headquartered in Shanghai and with branch offices in Beijing, Shenzhen and Hangzhou. We also have liaison offices in both the United States and Canada and collaborative partners in North America, Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. We are proud of the distinction of being the largest law firm in Shanghai in terms of both size and revenue.

AllBright¡¯s attorneys work within a modern, forward looking partnership structure. Among over 300 registered lawyers, more than 30 of them have obtained Doctroal degrees, and in excess of 240 have obtained Masters degrees, affiliations to special professional bodies or have held professorships or associate professorships. We also possess a wealth of international experience with 86 attorneys who have studied or worked overseas in places including the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Canada, Australia, Japan, France and Hong Kong. This international exposure has given AllBright attorneys the breadth of experience necessary to service the needs of clients from around the world.

AllBright provides a comprehensive range of legal service to various clients including multinational corporations, foreign financial institutions, offshore investment companies, government agencies, state-owned enterprises, private companies and individuals. Our practice areas include general corporate and FDI, securities and M&A, restructuring, insolvency and liquidation, investment fund formation, PE and VC investment, banking, finance and insurance, securitization and structured financing, international trade, anti-dumping, anti-trust and trade regulations, real estate and infrastructure, intellectual property, employment, maritime, tax and accounting, litigation and arbitration, etc. AllBright has been recognized as diversified and leading law firm in many of the above mentioned areas.

AllBright¡¯s partners and senior consultants come to the firm from diverse backgrounds and include former government officials, former judges from the Supreme People¡¯s Court, current arbitrators and special advisors to the legislative bodies. They possess a wealth of first-hand experience and legal expertise to provide effective solutions and to deal with complicated legal issues regarding the application of laws and regulations, governmental approval and complex legal procedures. Members of AllBright have played critical roles in advising and drafting Chinese laws and regulations, including: Company Law, Sino-foreign Equity Joint Venture Law, Sino-foreign Contractual Joint Venture Law, Law of Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprises, Regulation on Foreign-Invested Start-Up Enterprises, Anti-Dumping Law, Foreign Trade Law, Intellectual Property Law, Foreign Economic Contract Law, Customs and Tariffs Law, Tax Regulations and several international treaties concerning transnational investment, trade and other forms of economic cooperation.

AllBright¡¯s clients span the world. We provide efficient legal advice to multinational companies, foreign enterprises/institutions on their business in China. We also provide various legal services to state-owned enterprises and private companies. Our major clients include but not limited to Shanghai Stock Exchange, Shanghai Zhangjiang (Group) Co., Ltd., Shanghai Airport Authority, Shenergy (Group) Co., Ltd., Shanghai Electric (Group) Co., Ltd., GE (China) Co., Ltd., Laiwu Steel Corporation, Jiangxi Ganyue Expressway Co., Ltd., Bank of East Asia, Standard Charter Bank, Lightspeed Venture Partners, A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, COSCO, etc.

AllBright has aligned itself within the international law firm alliance known as ¡°Terralex¡± in order to respond to clients¡¯ diverse legal needs in the increasingly globalized economy and is the only member of this organization in mainland China. Meanwhile, AllBright is also the only Shanghai member law firm in SGLA (Sino-Global Legal Alliance) --- the first international legal alliance in the Mainland. AllBright is currently associated with over 130 law firms in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, France, Holland, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Therefore, we are able to provide legal services for clients in various cities, countries, and areas around the world. AllBright is also the only Shanghai member of the Yangtze River Alliance, which is composed of 22 influential law firms in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan which constitutes a regional network for legal service. Consequently, AllBright attorneys can coordinate a number of professional organizations and experts to provide a full range of legal services and advice.

AllBright Law Offices is consistently recognized as one of the major law firms in the global legal service market and one of the top 10 domestic law firms. Asia Pacific Legal 500: The Guide to Asia¡¯s Commercial Law Firms ranked AllBright as one of the top firms in Shanghai for Foreign Direct Investment, Corporate and Commercial Law, highlighting AllBright as the ¡°corporate and commercial firm other firms aspire to be.¡± In the recent Asia Legal Business ¡°2009 China Law Awards¡±, AllBright has been nominated as the Best Shanghai Law Firm of the Year, Best Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year, Best Insurance Law Firm of the Year and Managing Partner of the Year; and finally AllBright received the ¡°Shanghai Law Firm of the Year¡± award.

Allbright has been authorized, accredited or qualified to:

  • provide legal service involving Chinese securities, issues jointed by the Ministry of Justice (the ¡°MOJ¡±) and the Securities Regulatory Commission (the ¡°SRC¡±);
  • Provide legal service for securities of offshore companies involving Chinese asset or operations, issues by MOJ and the SRC;
  • consult with foreign companies regarding domestic investment venture, issued by the Ministry of Commerce (the ¡°MOC¡±);
  • provide legal service in property right determination to collective science and technology enterprises, issued jointly by the MOJ, the State Science and Technology Commission (the ¡°SSTC¡±) and the State Administration of State Assets (the ¡°SAOSA¡±, the predecessor of the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (¡°SASAC¡±));
  • provide foreign witness services, issued by the Shanghai Judicial Bureau;
  • provide legal services concerning state-owned assets;
  • act as the agency for enterprise registration and provide legal services in the specific industrial and commercial areas, issued by the Shanghai Administration of Industry and Commerce (the ¡°SAIC¡±);
  • provide legal service for public tendering and bidding of large- and medium- sized infrastructure construction projects, issues by the MOJ and the State Department and Plan Commission (the ¡°SDPC¡±).

    AllBright¡¯s Shanghai headquarters consist of offices in the Hong Kong Plaza and the Citigroup Building, with a total office area of over 6000 square meters. The offices have a secure local area network (LAN) with an advanced document printing system, data system and communication system. AllBright offers to clients Chinese, English, and Japanese-language versions of Chinese Policy & Law, Finance & Lawyer, Economics & Law Weekly, Real Estate Review and Forum on IP. Our modernized offices and first-class facilities enhance AllBright¡¯s capacity to provide outstanding legal services.

    In all that we do here at AllBright, our guiding principles are those of quality, efficiency, integrity and professionalism: we strive for excellence because that is what our clients have come to expect from us.

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