International Law Firm Located in the Prestigious Lujiazui District of Shanghai

Shanghai Promise Law Firm

Suite 808, 707 Zhangyang Road
Pudong New Area
Shanghai 200120
China

+86 21 6887 9992

+86 21 6887 9993

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Shanghai Promise is a leading Chinese law firm that provides comprehensive legal advice to foreign-owned companies, major corporations, foreign governments as well as private individuals. Founders of the Promise Network, we maintain an active presence in nearly 40 countries worldwide.

In addition to our thriving general practice, SPLF operates four specialized groups: Corporate Affairs; Incorporation (WFOE, JV, RO); International Family Law (Divorce, Separation, Mediation); and Commercial Dispute Resolution. Fully committed to serving our substantial international clientele, our core practice groups are staffed by highly experienced, fully bilingual and culturally aware legal advisers.

The breadth of our expertise, outstanding quality of our professionals, and depth of resources enable us to provide the highest-quality advisory services for our client. Selected from China's top universities, most of our attorneys have undertaken advanced study (Master's degree or higher) to further hone their skills. Trusted not only for our outstanding legal expertise, our clients regularly seek our advice on business critical issues and market opportunities both in China and abroad.

Tireless innovators, we are the first and only Chinese law firm to offer select clients legal advice on the go, 24/7 through a dedicated service team called Promise Concierge. Quick to recognize the benefits technology could offer our clients we were also the first Mainland law firm to offer virtual consultations via video conference. Client satisfaction is our singular obsession and everything we do is motivated by it.

Year this Office was Established: 2003

Languages: English, Chinese.

Partners

	Lenon Woo Managing Partner Bankruptcy, Business and Industry, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International Law		Peiguo Xu Partner Litigation
	Lixin Zhang Partner Criminal Law, Employment, Family Law

Lawyers

	Prof. Zhiwei Dong Lawyer Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Banking and Finance, Business and Industry, Corporate Taxation, Tax		Flora Huang Lawyer Business and Industry, Family Law, International Law, Litigation, Real Estate
	Chris Huang Lawyer Criminal Law, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Personal Injury		Baron Li Lawyer Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Banking and Finance, Bankruptcy, Business and Industry, Employment
	Zhihui Liu Lawyer Banking and Finance, Corporate Law, Employment		Charlie Shen Lawyer Business and Industry, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Import and Export, International Investments
	Xin Yang Lawyer Family Law		Dan Zhang Lawyer Admiralty and Maritime, Commercial Law, Contracts, Real Estate

Areas of Law

Additional Areas of Law: China Company Formation; Outbound Investment, Business Formation.

Areas of Law Description

- Corporate Services

Corporate law is one of our core practice areas. Shanghai Promise prides itself on providing high quality services to a wide range of clients including: multinationals, large and medium state-owned enterprises, private enterprises, and government organs. Our lawyers are not only active pioneers in various sophisticated cross-border and domestic transactions, but also experts in providing ongoing advice to clients on corporate, labor, real estate and taxation-related legal and regulatory issues.

The main corporate and re-structuring services we offer are:

• Corporate Reorganization and Restructuring
• Corporate Governance & Compliance
• Establishment of corporate governance structure
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Equity dispute mediation
• Bankruptcy and Liquidation
• Labor Relations
• Real Estate
• Corporate legal counsel
• Tax law

- Litigation & Arbitration

In keeping with our commitment to traditional legal services, our lawyers represent their clients in various types of disputes and settlement proceedings. Through the handling of many high-value and complex cases our lawyers have amassed extensive experience in resolving even the most contentious disputes.

Our litigation & arbitration practice offers clients a wide range of services including:

• Providing remediation programs to prevent escalation and furtherance of a dispute
• Due diligence on background issues
• Analysis of strategic research
• Offering professional opinions on potential commercial litigation strategies
• Representing clients in arbitration, mediation and other forms of dispute resolution
• Apply for judicial enforcement of arbitral awards
• Civil litigation, including litigation application analysis, strategic research and planning, representation in appellate proceedings, replies, counter-suits, and negotiated settlement
• Intellectual Property litigation and alternative dispute settlement

- FDI

We provide a comprehensive range of legal services and advice for investors wishing enter or grow their presence in Mainland China. Our team has rich and invaluable experience in all aspects of FDI including application and initial investment planning stages. Shanghai Promise is fully accredited by the Shanghai Foreign Economic and Trade Commission as well as the Shanghai Foreign Investment Commission as having the qualifications required to successfully represent major foreign projects.

The major services in this field are:

• Registration Filing with all Chinese Government Authorities
• Initial Investment Planning and Due Diligence
• Establishment of Joint Ventures (JV), Cooperative Ventures, Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprises (WFOE) and Other Forms of Corporate Entity
• Import and Export of Foreign Exchange
• Foreign Reinvestment
• Labor Relations and Human Resource development assistance
• Tax Planning
• Exit Strategy Formulation

- Outbound Investment

With regard to overseas investment, Promise lawyers have amassed vast experience in establishing offshore companies for large domestic enterprises investing abroad. As well as assessing a business and its various factors including taxation and operational requirements in order to evaluate and determine corporate structure, offshore holdings, licensing, contracts and other strategic arrangements.

Our major services in this field are:

• Offshore Company Registration and Ongoing Legal Services
• Researching the legal and regulatory environment in target countries
• Setting up overseas branches and subsidiaries offices of Chinese companies
• Obtaining approval from domestic authorities
• Selection, coordination and oversight of foreign counsel
• Coordination of all parties
• Cooperating with foreign law firms on due diligence investigations
• Consultation in project negotiations
• Drafting & reviewing legal documents
• Solutions relating to conflict of laws in different jurisdictions
• Chinese international overdue receivables management