Dacheng Law Offices

Chairman: Huazhi Yuan

Number of partners: 1,900+

Number of lawyers: 6,800+

Languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Russian

Firm Overview:

Founded in 1992, we are one of the first partnership law firms established in China and today one of the largest. With more than 9,000 lawyers in 48 offices across China, covering all of the nation’s provinces, direct-administered municipalities and autonomous regions, we are able to provide the full spectrum of legal services to our clients and boast strong practices in almost all practice areas.

The excellency of our lawyers and practice has been widely recognized in the legal industry. Just within the past three years, we have 35 practice areas and 188 lawyers ranked in Chambers Global & Greater China Region Legal Guides, and 25 practice areas and 317 lawyers recognized by The Legal 500, including among which, “2023 China (PRC Firms) Best Growth Law Firm of the Year” awarded by Chambers and Partners, “2022 Most Innovative Firm of the Year” awarded by China Law & Practice. We have also received awards and recognitions by many other mainstream legal media such as Asian Legal Business, China Business Law Journal, LEGALBAND, IFLR1000, asialaw Profiles, Benchmark Litigation, China Law and Practice, Who’s Who Legal, etc.

In 2007, we started to implement the strategy of “Global Reach, Local Insight”, that is, to build a global legal services network to serve the need of our clients across the world. Through the rapid expansion that has resulted, our lawyers have gained access to global resources, referrals, knowledge and experience – enhancing the delivery of high-quality, comprehensive, cost-effective, agile and efficient service to our clients both within and outside China. In particular, we enjoy close cooperation with Dentons, the world's largest law firm and a top 3 firm on the Acritas’ Global Elite Law Firm Brand Index, and are “Dentons’ Preferred Law Firm in China”. By collaborating with Dentons’ offices in more than 160 locations of 80-plus countries and regions as well as the Nextlaw Referral Network created by Dentons that has member law firms spanning more countries than any other legal referral network, we offer clients the benefit of more than 30,000 experienced lawyers in more than 190 countries and regions who are in and of the communities where clients want to do business or resolve a dispute.

Practice Areas

Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions

Securities & Capital Markets

Private Equity & Investment Funds

State-Owned Enterprise (SOE)

Restructuring & Property Rights Transactions

Real Estate & Construction

Mining, Energy & Natural Resources

Banking & Finance

Foreign Direct Investment

Outbound Investment

Antitrust & National Security Scrutiny

Tax

International Trade

International Trade Remedies & WTO

Maritime & Admiralty Law

Intellectual Property & Technology

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Criminal Defence

Employment & Labour

Main Areas of Practice:

Dacheng has always adhered to safeguarding its clients’ interests to the maximum extent. It is committed to providing its domestic and overseas clients with professional, comprehensive and timely legal services that are of a high quality and efficiency.

Every Dacheng lawyer has his or her specific practice areas and usually specialises in two or three of them. When clients call for multi-discipline comprehensive legal services, a cross-discipline, cross-area service team will be formed promptly to meet clients’ demands.

Key Sector Areas Include:

Aerospace and defence, transportation (including aviation), energy and chemical engineering, financial institutions, hotels and leisure (including gaming), manufacturing (including automotive/ aircraft), mining and natural resources (including agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery), real estate and construction, transportation infrastructure and PPP (including PPP project and construction), retail (including luxury, fashion and beauty), technology, media and telecommunications, film and television, culture, entertainment and sports, life science and health care, environmental protection, logistics and warehousing, food (including wine, beverages, cooking oil and catering), education, training and advisory services, charity and public welfare (including government and governmental organisations), others.