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AllBright Law Offices
锦天城律师事务所
File:AllBright Law Offices Logo 2013.jpg
HeadquartersShanghai, China
No. of offices11
No. of lawyers800
Major practice areasCorporate & Commercial, Securities & Capital Markets, Banking & Finance, Real Estate & Construction, Dispute Resolution, International Trade, Intellectual Property
Date founded1999
WebsiteAllBright Law Offices

AllBright Law Offices (Chinese: 锦天城律师事务所) is a Shanghai-based Chinese law firm ranked the ninth largest in the country and tenth largest in Asia by number of lawyers.[1] Among national corporate law firms, AllBright is the only one headquartered in Shanghai.

Practice areas

AllBright's main practice areas include:[2]

  • Corporate and commercial (including mergers and acquisitions)
  • Securities and capital markets
  • Banking and finance
  • Real estate and infrastructure
  • Intellectual property
  • International trade (including WTO disputes)
  • Dispute resolution (arbitration and litigation)

Offices

AllBright presently has offices located in 10 cities in mainland China and Hong Kong SAR:

AllBright marked the opening of its first office outside of mainland China on November 15, 2013 through an association and eventual merger with the Hong Kong-based law firm of Stevenson, Wong & Co.[3]

Global alliances

AllBright is one of the original member firms of the Sino-Global Legal Alliance, which was formed with Hogan Lovells in 2007.[4] The SGLA is a non-exclusive referral network which provides clients with legal services in mainland China and abroad.[5]

AllBright signed a formal (non-exclusive) cooperation agreement in 2012 with De Pardieu law firm of France, cementing already existing working relationships on cross-border transactions.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Asia's 50 Largest Law Firms of 2011". The ALB. 16 April 2012.
  2. ^ http://www.chambersandpartners.com/firm/92423/8
  3. ^ Yun Kriegler, China's AllBright opens in Hong Kong and forms local association, The Lawyer, Nov. 4, 2013
  4. ^ Asian Legal Business, New Analysis: Nine firms, 27 offices, 1,000 lawyers: China's new law alliance launched, Nov. 1, 2007
  5. ^ Sino-Global Legal Alliance
  6. ^ Joanne Harris, France's De Pardieu and China's AllBright enter into cooperation, The Lawyer, Mar. 19, 2012