City Development Law Firm

Director 事务所主任: Wanquan Shao 邵万权

Managing Partners 管理合伙人: Wanquan Shao 邵万权, Shuying Zhu 朱树英, Zhongchun Song 宋仲春, Rubo Han 韩如波, Jun Chen 陈军, Lai Wei 魏来, Pengzhou Shi 史鹏舟, Zengping Gu 顾增平, Yi Zhao 赵轶

Number of partners 合伙人数量: 350+

Number of lawyers 律师人数: 1600+

Languages 工作语言:Mandarin普通话, English 英语, French 法语, German 德语, Japanese 日语, Korean 韩语, Russian 俄语

Recognized as a top law firm in China, City Development Law Firm was founded in 1992, having over 30 years of experience in providing legal service at various sectors, for clients across the world. The firm is headquartered in Shanghai, initially established to provide services for the industries of construction, real estate and infrastructure.

As a law firm with large scale of services, City Development Law Firm has now formed a team with over 1600 lawyers in HQ Shanghai and 32 local presences throughout China, a large portion of which are multiply disciplined, majored or qualified in law as well as in construction engineering, quantum, urban planning, accounting, insurance areas and so on.

City Development Law Firm has received multiple awards and recognition from the most authoritative entities since its establishment, among which is Band 1 of Construction & Infrastructure area by Chambers & Partners for the past 15 years. The firm believes that specialization and articulated services will assist and advance clients in their business development.

建纬律师事务所成立于 1992 年，是我国首批以建筑工程、城市基础设施建设、房地产开发及相关融资领域法律服务为主的专业律师事务所。建纬总部设在上海，另在全国30个城市设立办公室。建所三十三年来，建纬以“超前、务实、至诚、优质”为服务理念，在中国城乡建设法律服务领域打造了知名品牌，并且结合自身在建设工程及房地产领域的专业能力及优势，在公司与并购、项目投融资、资产证券化、境外投资等领域取得了不菲的成就。建纬所以专业的法律服务能力、丰富的办案经验及严谨认真的工作态度，在全国各地承办了一大批案件或项目情况复杂、标的额巨大且具有典型意义的案件及建设工程、房地产项目，在行业内外产生了重大影响。

建纬作为中国律师界工程领域专业法律服务提供者的代表，曾先后参与了《建筑法》《合同法》《物权法》《建设工程质量管理条例》《房屋建筑和市政基础设施项目工程总承包管理办法》《建筑工程施工发包与承包违法行为认定查处管理办法》《基础设施和公共服务领域政府和社会资本合作条例》，以及先后三部《最高人民法院关于审理建设工程施工合同纠纷案件适用法律问题的解释》等国家与地方法律、法规、规章以及司法解释的讨论，提供了专业的起草和修改意见。同时，建纬还接受住建部、国家工商总局及中国土木工程学会等单位的委托，协助负责了《建设工程总承包合同》《建设工程施工合同》《建设工程施工专业分包合同》和《建设工程劳务分包合同》等合同示范文本的起草工作。

建纬律师多为同时拥有法律、建设工程、金融、外语等专业背景的复合型人才；同时具有造价工程师、注册会计师、高级工程师、专利代理人、国家实验室评审委员会注册评审员等专业技术资格或职称。成立至今，建纬先后为港珠澳大桥、杭绍台铁路、兰州水源地、杭州亚运公园、中央电视台总部大楼、国家博物馆、上海浦东国际机场、上海国际金融中心、上海迪士尼乐园、深圳证券交易所营运中心、天津地铁等诸多国家及地方重点工程项目提供法律服务。

■ Construction contract awarding, contracting and sub-contracting

■ Contract, bid plans and related legal documents drafting, reviewing, business negotiation, and execution

■ Completion check, acceptance, delivery and maintenance of constructions

■ Settlement, claim and anti-claim for compensation

■ Dispute resolution, estimation, litigation and arbitration

■ Assisting in tender and bid projects and risk analysis

Contact: Pengzhou Shi

Email: [email protected]

■ Primary land development and due diligence study of the project

■ Grant and transfer of the State-owned land use right

■ Land expropriation, reconnaissance, design, and compensation for demolition

■ Urban village renovation and relocation

■ Industrial park and new residential communities’ development

■ Procurement of materials and equipment

■ All related legal contracts and documents drafting, amending and negotiation

■ Property management

■ Mergers and acquisitions and liquidation of real property companies

Contact: Wanquan Shao

Email: [email protected]

■ National and regional PPP and franchise legislation seminars

■ Legislation updates about infrastructure and public service investment

■ Recommendation, bids, operation, and other related issues of PPP projects with the authority from the government or the organisers

■ Plans and legal document for PPP projects issued by government with the authority from the social capital organisations

Contact: Zhongchun Song

Email: [email protected]

■ Loans, Project, trade and structured financing, Letter of Credit and note

■ Finance leasing

■ Financial trust and asset-backed securitisation

■ Foundation, operation, and restructuring of financial institutes

■ PE/VC and other Fund Practice

Contact: Zhongchun Song

Email: [email protected]

■ EPC contract review

■ Bid plans and assisting in tender and bid projects and risk analysis

■ Dispute resolution, estimation, ligitation and arbitration

Contact: Rubo Han

Email: [email protected]

■ Compliance advice on daily operation

■ Set up of compliance system

■ Compliance investigation and risk analysis

Contact: Rubo Han

Email: [email protected]

■ International Trading

■ International Investment

■ International Construction

Contact: Jun Chen

Email: [email protected]

■ Corporation

■ Labour

■ Environment and natural resource protection

■ Intellectual property

Contact: Jingyong Zhong

Email: [email protected]

■PatentProsecution and validation; portfolio strategy; dispute resolution and litigation; commercialization and licensing

■Trademark Registration and application; search and clearance; opposition, review, and invalidation; enforcement and dispute resolution

■Copyright project compliance management; trade secret system establishment

■Data governance and compliance;cross-border data transfer compliance

■IP Transactions agreement drafting and negotiation; due diligence and strategic planning

■IP Administrative, civil, and criminal enforcement actions; arbitration and mediation; IP risk assessment and compliance counseling

Contact: Jiaming Li

Email: [email protected]

Scope of service：

■Criminal defense and representation

■Criminal complaints

■Crisis response for criminal risks

■Criminal risk prevention for enterprises

■Criminal-specificinternal investigation

■Dispute resolution of criminal-civil overlaps

Key areasof strength：

■Response and defense of criminal risks involving construction enterprises, real estate development enterprises, actual controllers, project managers, etc.

■Specialized internal investigations and criminal complaints in the industriesof construction, real estate, etc.

■Prevention and resolutionof criminal risks arising from project settlement, bidding and tendering, fund flow, etc.

■Criminal&civil risk analysis and dispute resolution for construction projects, real estate projects, etc.

Contact： Lisa Li

Email： [email protected]