Zhong Lun Law Firm

Number of partners: over 390

Number of lawyers: 1,650

Languages: Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Firm Overview:

Zhong Lun Law Firm LLP is a full-service law firm with over 2, 400 professionals located in 18 offices throughout Greater China and in major financial centres around the world. Its Hong Kong office is staffed by a team of nearly 50 lawyers with one of the most experienced teams serving the HNW market in the region.

Zhong Lun’s HNW practice is unique in combining a market leading Hong Kong-based team with PRC legal and tax advice within the firm. The firm approaches private clients knowing the issues they face cross different disciplines and jurisdictions. The firm provides integrated support across different practice areas and jurisdictions to ensure all of the client’s needs are met.

Main Areas of Practice:

Private Clients:

Zhong Lun’s private client practice boasts one of the largest and most experienced teams in the market and has been long recognised as a leader in this field. This team is often the first point of call and serves as a hub for HNW clients in looking after their legal issues.

Scope of services:

· Family and business succession and planning including using trusts and other structures

· Probate and administration of estates

· Multi-jurisdictional tax planning

· Pre-marital planning

· Divorce

· Asset preservation

· Disclosure and compliance

· Tax

· Philanthropy

Contact: Clifford Ng

Tel: 852 9300 8430

Email: [email protected]

Corporate & M&A:

Corporate and M&A is one of Zhong Lun’s core practices. The firm advises clients on a wide range of matters including reorganisations, private equity investments, shareholder and joint venture agreements, and cross border M&A transactions.

Contact: Clifford Ng

Tel: 852 9300 8430

Email: [email protected]

Securities & Regulatory:

Zhong Lun regularly represents listed companies and their major shareholders in their securities regulatory issues as well as IPOs. For HNW clients, the firm’s capabilities extend from assisting them to reorganise their businesses to take them public to ensuring their compliance needs are met after listing.

Contact: Henry Lau / Jaycen Liao

Tel: 852 2298 7128/ 852 2298 7108

Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Litigation & Dispute Resolution:

Zhong Lun’s litigation and dispute resolution practice has extensive experience resolving contentious matters, by litigation, arbitration and mediation. They advise clients on a broad range of cases and aim to provide them with strategic, yet practical solutions to their disputes and other potential issues arising from business transactions and dealings.

They assist clients with cross-border litigation and arbitration, and also work frequently with 17 other Zhong Lun offices as well as law firms from other countries within the TerraLex law firm network.

Scope of services:

· High net-worth client family disputes

· Probate and succession litigation

· Enforcing international judgments and arbitration awards

· Internet fraud & white collar crime

· Constructions and engineering disputes

· Insurance related disputes

· Criminal defense

· Commercial and contractual disputes

· Trademark and patent disputes

· Employment disputes & personal injuries litigation

Contact: Dorothy Siron / Frederick Hui

Tel: 852 2298 7620 / 852 2298 7126

Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Practice Areas:

Private Client, Tax, Wealth Management, Philanthropy and Charities, Corporate and M&A, Securities and Regulatory, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Employment and Family

Offices:

Almaty, Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Qingdao, Wuhan, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Tokyo.