China Commercial Law Firm

Managing Partner: Gao Shu

Senior Partner: 126

Number of partners: 256

Number of other fee-earners: 2500+

Number of offices: 50

Domestic Offices:

Beijing, Chengdu, Changsha, Shenyang, Nanning, Liuzhou, Dongguan, Longgang, Shanghai, Wuhan, Zhengzhou, Kunming, Qingdao, Yongzhou, Huizhou, Guangming, Tianjin, Hangzhou, Hefei, Nanchang, Quanzhou, Qinhuangdao, Zhuhai, Longhua, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Changchun, Ganzhou, Yiwu, Shantou, Yantian, Hong Kong, Xi'an, Foshan, Jieyang, Pingshan, Huangshan, Yangzhou and Chongqing.

International Offices:

Sydney, Toronto, New York, Ghana.

Firm Overview

Founded in 1993,China Commercial Law Firm is one of the first partnership law firms in China and is one of the largest comprehensive law firms in China. It is ranked 13th among the 30 largest law firms in China by ALB China and has been ranked first in Shenzhen and Guangdong in terms of size, revenue and tax payment for many years.

With 15 cities having a GDP of over RMB 1 trillion,China Commercial has branches in major economic zones, provincial capitals, and economically significant cities around China.

China Commercial has 50 branches, 3,000+ professionals of all kinds, 2,500+ practicing lawyers, more than 50% with postgraduate degrees or above, more than 150 lawyers who are fluent in English, Japanese, Korean, and other foreign languages, more than 20 lawyers who have obtained foreign lawyer licenses, and more as of April 2024.

China Commercial has 150+ registered professional teams, 6 research institutions, 3 business research centers, and 22 professional committees. The Legal Services Directory, which lists 370 legal services and spans 21 professional disciplines, was introduced in 2020, creating a complete industrial chain legal services system. With a balanced growth of litigation and non-litigation business and close to 1,000 cases involving international company, the firm manages close to 14,000 cases annually.

Offering legal services with local, industrial, and global views is our primary competitive advantage: With roots in Shenzhen going back 31 years, China Commercial has developed solid business relationships with the administrative, judicial, and business sectors in Shenzhen and the Pearl River Delta. With several different securities service providers, we have developed strong relationships and get along well with them. We serve a diverse range of clients, from the top 500 multinational corporations in the world to numerous large and medium-sized state-owned businesses and expanding private ones. These clients also include well-known domestic and international banks, financial and insurance companies, investment funds, telecommunications, information technology, real estate, and other institutions or businesses, as well as the government. Additionally, we offer legal services to citizens, institutions, business groupings, and government bodies.