Commerce & Finance Law Offices (Tongshang)

Managing Partners: Xin Kong, Gang Wu, Xinyang Zhang

Number of partners: 120+

Number of lawyers: 800+

Languages: English, Mandarin, Cantonese, German, Japanese

Address: 12-14th Floor, China World Office 2, No. 1 Jianguomenwai Avenue, Beijing, 100004, China

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.tongshang.com

Firm Overview

Commerce & Finance Law Offices (“Tongshang”) is one of the first truly private partnership and of the best commercial law firms in China. Founded in 1992, Tongshang has steadily built up its well-recognized practice and reputation in capital markets, corporate/M&A, private equity, dispute resolution, banking & finance, new economy (TMT, healthcare and education), competition & antitrust, investment fund, restructuring & insolvency, regulatory, labour and employment, wealth management, real estate & construction and intellectual property. Tongshang dedicated to providing advice and expertise at the highest levels.

Commerce & Finance Law Offices is one of the eight “red circle” law firms in China. Since its establishment, it has been focusing on major industries in the world, and has deeply involved in the legal service market. Accordingly, it has created several major projects with extensive market influence that have changed and reshaped the industry structure, and is thus highly recognized both in and outside the industry: it is one of the legal advisors who are most frequently engaged in overseas listing projects, in which it not only serves as the legal advisor to the issuers, but also the Chinese legal adviser of the underwriters; moreover, it is also one of the law firms who have participated in the largest number of projects for Chinese companies to go public overseas.

Commerce & Finance has steadily built up its practice and reputation. At present, it has branch offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Chengdu, Hangzhou and Wuhan, with more than 700 professionals in C&F, including more than 100 partners and more than 500 attorneys and paralegals. All attorneys in C&F graduated from top-ranking universities in China; in particular, a number of them have obtained doctoral and master’s degrees from prestigious law schools in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, and have internship or work experience in law firms in the UK, the US, Canada, Japan or Hong Kong respectively.

Most firms provide legal advice, Commerce & Finance Law Offices delivers business solutions.

Main Areas of Practice

• Domestic capital markets
• Hong Kong and overseas capital markets
• Banking and finance
• Merger & Acquisition
• Private equity
• Investment funds
• New economy (TMT)
• Cross-border investment
• Healthcare and life sciences
• Real estate and infrastructure
• Compliance & Government regulation
• Intellectual property
• Bankruptcy and reorganization
• Antitrust and competition
• Taxation and wealth planning
• International trade / WTO
• Labor and employment
• Cybersecurity & Data protection

Sector Expertise

• Banking
• Energy
• Industrials and manufacturing
• Real estate
• Infrastructure
• Media and entertainment
• Technology and telecommunications
• Healthcare and life sciences

Offices

Shanghai Office

A: 10/F, Tower 1, Jing An Kerry Centre, 1515 West Nanjing Road, Shanghai 200040, China

T: +86 21-60192600

F: +86 21-60192697

E: [email protected]

Shenzhen Office

A: 23/F, Building A, CASC Plaza, Haide 3rd Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518067, China

T: +86 755-83517570

F: +86 755-83515502

E: [email protected]

Hongkong Office

A: 29/F, 238 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong, China

T: +852 21515150

F: +852 21515158

E: [email protected]

Chengdu Office

A: 33/F,TWIN RIVERS INTERNATIONAL No.535 Tianfu 1st Street,High-tech District,Chengdu, China

T: +86 28-67535588

F: +86 28-67535588

E: [email protected]

Hangzhou Office

A: 12/F, 69 Chengxing Road, Hangzhou CBD, China

T: +86 571-88298760

F: +86 571-88888888

E: [email protected]

Wuhan Office

A: 27/F,Ping An Finance Centre, No.1628 Zhongshan Avenue, Jiang'an District, Wuhan, China

T: +86 27-82883835

F: +86 27-82887122

E: [email protected]

Haikou Office

A: Room 2102, Windows to Global Trade，No.15A, Guoxing Avenue, Meilan District, Haikou, 570203, China

T: +86 898 6535 4225

E: [email protected]

Suzhou Office

A: Room 1801-1802, Block D, Suzhou Center，Suzhou Industrial Park

T: +86 512 6591 1800

E: [email protected]