Heavy! The joint office of Zhiheng and Sleibo Law Firm (Qianhai) officially landed as the joint office of Chinese and foreign law firms in Guangdong Province
On the morning of July 26, 2024, the first joint office of Chinese and foreign law firms in Guangdong Province -
and the joint office of the American Sleiber Law Firm (Qianhai) was grandly held at the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Justice. Jiang Xiaowen, Secretary and Director of the Party Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Justice, Liu Weidong, Director of the Lawyer Work Management Office of the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Justice and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Shenzhen Lawyer Industry, Zhang Bin, President of the Shenzhen Bar Association, Song Liang, Director of the Legal Affairs Department of the Qianhai Administration, and Gong Enlai, Executive Director of the American Sleiber Law Firm in China, attended the event.
Zhang Shanhua, Director of the Management Committee of Zhiheng Headquarters, Lan Caiming, Director of the Management Committee of Zhiheng Qianhai, Liu Hong, Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Zhiheng Headquarters, Chai Yongxia, Executive Director of Zhiheng Headquarters, and Gu Xiaoqing, Executive Director of Zhiheng Hong Kong and Qianhai attended the event. The event was presided over by Chen Ming, a member of the Party Committee of Shenzhen Judicial Bureau and a full-time secretary of the Party Committee of Shenzhen Lawyers Industry.
In 2021, the Central Committee for the Comprehensive Rule of Law issued the "Opinions on Supporting Shenzhen to Build a Socialist Model City of the Rule of Law with Chinese Characteristics", which clearly stated that "allowing Chinese mainland law firms to jointly operate with foreign law firms in Qianhai". In 2023, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Justice issued the "Guangdong Provincial Department of Justice on the Implementation of the Pilot Program of Joint Venturing of Chinese and Foreign Law Firms in Qianhai-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone". Shenzhen became the third region after Shanghai and Hainan to carry out joint venture pilot work of Chinese and foreign law firms, and is currently the only region in Guangdong Province to carry out this innovation.
A few days ago, with the approval of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Justice, the joint venture office of
and the American Sleibo Law Firm (Qianhai) was officially established in Qianhai.
This is a joint office of Chinese and foreign law firms approved by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Justice, making Shenzhen the second region in the country to have a joint office of Chinese and foreign law firms. The smooth implementation of the joint venture pilot work of Chinese and foreign law firms will better promote the construction of Qianhai-Shenzhen-Hong Kong International Legal District, comprehensively enhance the level of foreign-related legal services and international influence in Shenzhen, which means that Shenzhen has taken a solid and important step in implementing the decision of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on strengthening the construction of foreign-related rule of law, and is a milestone in the expansion and opening up of the legal service industry.
Speech by the representative of
Zhang Shanhua, Director of the Management Committee of
Zhang Shanhua, director of the management committee of
, said, "Through this platform, legal professionals from the two countries will better communicate and cooperate, provide better quality, efficient and convenient legal services for enterprises and individuals of the two countries, and help the two sides continue to cooperate and develop better in the international market."
The joint venture office will actively explore and develop professional legal services such as 337 investigations and 301 investigations in the field of Sino-US trade, on the basis of its service advantages such as cross-border investment and mergers and acquisitions, international data and information security, cross-border e-commerce, international intellectual property protection, international litigation and arbitration, and cross-border marriage immigration, in order to provide more efficient, convenient and professional legal support for Chinese enterprises going overseas.
Speech by the representative of Slabo Law Firm
Gong Enlai, Executive Director of Slabo Law Firm China
Gong Enlai, executive director of Sleeper & Partners in China, said, "The cooperation between Sleeper & Partners and Zhiheng is a strong alliance. We will jointly provide more efficient, convenient and professional legal services for Chinese companies going overseas to the United States."
The joint offices of Chinese and foreign law firms have been successfully launched, promoting Shenzhen's foreign-related legal services to run out of "acceleration".
Speech by the President of Shenzhen Lawyers Association
Zhang Bin, President of Shenzhen Lawyers Association
Zhang Bin, president of the Shenzhen Lawyers Association, said that the Shenzhen lawyer industry has also actively focused on solving the main problems and key links encountered in foreign-related legal services, and continued to deepen the reform of foreign-related legal service systems and mechanisms, personnel training, cooperation models and service methods.
Speech by the Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Shenzhen Judicial Bureau
Jiang Xiaowen, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Shenzhen Judicial Bureau
Jiang Xiaowen, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Justice, said that the establishment of the joint office of Chinese and foreign law firms is a useful supplement for Shenzhen to further build a high ground for foreign-related legal services and enhance its foreign-related legal service capabilities. At the same time, she put forward three suggestions for the future development of the joint venture of Chinese and foreign law firms:
The first is to take root in Shenzhen and serve the overall situation. It is necessary to give full play to the unique advantages of joint venture between Chinese and foreign law firms, actively integrate and serve the construction of Shenzhen's "dual zones" and "five centers", focus on the seven strategic emerging industries and the "20 + 8" industrial cluster "new blue ocean", vigorously develop cross-border legal services, empower enterprises to "go overseas", and better safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Shenzhen enterprises overseas.
The second is to develop internal skills and strengthen skills. It is necessary to strengthen the introduction and training of foreign-related lawyer talents, continuously improve the professional and standardized level of the team; continuously innovate the content of legal services, provide more comprehensive and professional legal services for domestic and foreign clients in the fields of cross-border investment, international trade, civil and commercial litigation and arbitration, intellectual property protection, etc., and form a foreign-related legal service brand rich in characteristics and market competitiveness.
The third is to be innovative and set a benchmark. We must emancipate our minds and be brave in innovation, actively explore the joint venture model and path of Chinese and foreign law firms with Shenzhen characteristics, and provide more replicable and popularized Shenzhen experience for the pilot work.
The joint venture between Chinese and foreign law firms is a unique win-win strategy. The approval of the joint venture office enables the two parties to jointly provide clients with seamless connection services between international and Chinese law, and provide more efficient, convenient and professional legal support for Chinese enterprises going overseas in the United States. It is a milestone for the further opening and development of China's legal service market.
