FinTech Legal (PRC Firms) - China
What the Team is Known For
Fangda Partners is a well-regarded PRC firm for TMT and financial services work. It advises major international and Chinese clients on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, data protection and cross-border data transmission and network security compliance.
Strengths
"Fangda has an experienced team. They have developed longstanding relationships with many of the leading international and domestic financial institutions and know their businesses well."
"Fangda Partners are able to help us navigate in a complex regulatory environment and are good at giving practical solutions."
"The quality of Fangda's deliverables is really high. They have solid capabilities and we go to them for complex matters."
Work Highlights
Fangda Partners is advising Santander/PagoNxt on regulatory risks during its exploration of a potential business cooperation with a Shanghai bank in order to expand its cross-border payment services offering.
Notable Practitioners
Grace Yu is a key partner within the firm's FinTech offering. Yu regularly acts for significant clients on a range of mandates, often with a cross-border component, including financing, data protection and regulatory issues. "Grace Yu is a leader of the Fangda FIG team. She is a veteran adviser in regulatory and M&A transactions in the PRC financial market."
