Baohua Law Firm

Chairman: Mr Sun Weixin

Managing Partner: Mr Dong Baohua

Number of partners: 6

Number of lawyers: 31

Languages: Chinese, English, Japanese

Firm Overview:

Baohua Law Firm is founded by Professor Dong baohua, Vice-chairman of China Law Society Social Law Studies Institute one of the few law firms providing professional labor law consultancy in Shanghai.Our clients come from all walks of life. Our lawyers provide legal service in various areas of labor law to clients from different countries, owning extensive experiences in labor law and related areas.Baohua Law Firm has first-class labor law team led by Prof. Baohua Dong. Our lawyers have engaged in various labor law services for long, owning extensive work experiences and excellent professional skills.Our lawyers are specialized in helping clients establish labor and HR management systems, deal with HR and labor law related daily cases, and resolve labor disputes involving complex business issues. We have been employed as legal consultant by a number of Global Fortune 500, large state-owned enterprises and their local headquarters.

Main Areas of Practice: Labor Law

Labour & Employment:

Chief Expert：Baohua Dong

Mr. Dong Baohua, Vice-chairman of China Law Society Social Law Studies Institute, Professor of East China Normal University, Vice-chairman of Shanghai Institute of Labor and Social Security, Executive director of The China Association For Labour Studies, Chairman of Professional Committee of Labor Law of Shanghai Labor Society and Lawyer of the Shanghai Baohua Law Firm.Mr. Dong Baohua was one of the lawyers to pass the lawyer qualification examination. He was successively selected as the leading lawyer in Asian labor law in 2012 and 2014 by Chambers and Partners, a famous legal rating agency. He was selected as the first professional lawyer in China's labor law in Chambers' Asia-Pacific Legal Guide 2015 and Asia-Pacific Legal Guide 2016 and won the honor of "Industry leaders".

Mr. Dong Baohua has long been engaged in numerous international lawsuits and large-scale international disputes. He has written legal opinions and acted as an expert witness on various issues in the field of labor law and has won numerous favorable comments.Professor Dong Baohua alsoParticipated in the argumentation and drafting of Labor Law of the People's Republic of China and other laws and regulations. Mr. Dong Baohua is the main representative who holds the southern view in the great discussion of labor contract law.Professor Dong is frequently invited to attend lectures and trainings of courts at all levels and various social public welfare organizations nationwide, giving in-depth analysis and guidance to difficult problems arising from labor relations and showing outstanding practicability.

Partners: John Dong

Mr Dong has for long engaged in the practical and theoretical regimes of labor and employment law, has provided legal service to many multi-national corporations and large-scale stated-owned corporations such as Carrefore, General Motor, General Electrics, Bank of Communications, Johnson and Johnson and so on. Services provided to those corporations include Chinese and English legal consultancy, legal document reviews, collective bargainings and litigations. Mr Dong also has wide experience in helping companies dealing with international commercial disputes involving labor or employment issue.Mr Dong has published quite a few legal articles, some of which were embodied by the core legal journals such as “Heibei Law Science”. Mr Dong has also authored publications such as “Case Analysis on Latest PRC Labor Contract Law (Chinese – English version) ” ,“2012 China Labor Law Yearbook (Chinese – English version) ” and “HR Legal Counsel” which have been highly complimented.Lawyer John Dong has been recognized as a Leading Lawyer in the Field of Employment Law in the Asia-Pacific/ China Region by Chambers & Partners for multiple times. Additionally, he has also been awarded A-list China's Elite 100 Lawyers, Ranked Lawyer in Employment Law, Top Ten Outstanding Young Lawyers, Golden List Top 100 Young Lawyers, 2024 GRCD Most Preferred Labor Compliance Lawyers and so on by several famous evaluation institutions and medias including China Business Law Journal, Benchmark Litigation, CLECSS, China Law & Practice Awards, and Asia Pacific Media Foundation.Under the leadership of Lawyer John Dong, the Baohua Law Firm has been consecutively recognized, by the Chambers & Partners, as the Tier 1 Law Firm for the Employment Law in the Asia-Pacific/ China region. Besides, Baohua Law Firm has also been granted the China Business Law Awards by the China Business Law Journal，the Outstanding Law Firm by the Asia law Profiles, the Top Tier Law Firm of Employment Law by the Benchmark Litigation, and the Corporate Law Firm of the Year by the Corporate INTL.

Type of work handled：Regular Company Labor Consultation and Training, Labor Dispute Resolution, Human Resources Compliance, Equity Incentives, Taxation and Salary, Major Personnel Placement Project and Labor Relations Handling, Trade Secrets and Intellectual Property Protection, Cross-border Talent Exchange and Immigration Related.