Yingke Law Firm

Chairman: Xiangrong Mei
Executive Chairman of Yingke China: Zheng Li
Executive Chairman of Yingke International: Lin Yang
Number of Partners: 1897
Number of Lawyers: 12234
Languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, etc.

Firm Overview: Headquartered in Beijing, Yingke has 102 offices in China and is the largest law firm in Asia by headcount. Since its establishment in 2001, Yingke has offered comprehensive and quality legal services to thousands of PRC and multinational companies involving matters in China and abroad. Yingke’s global legal service platform with partners and affiliates in 145 cities of 83 countries worldwide enables the firm to meet the needs of its clients as business and commerce become increasingly globally. While the firm has successfully expanded its presence globally, the size and diversity of Yingke’s team in China continues to be a strength of the firm as it also allows the firm to be localized in the delivery of legal services. Yingke focuses on, first and foremost, in the creation of value to, and solving the problems of, its clients.

Main Areas of Practice:  

Real Estate & Construction Engineering: Yingke Real Estate and Construction Engineering practice advises clients on a wide-range of matters, including:
■ Real Estate Development
■ PPP Projects
■ Infrastructure Projects
■ International Construction Projects
■ Dispute Resolution
■ Investment & Financing
Several senior partners in real estate and construction engineering practice have been selected into the PPP Expert Database of the Ministry of Finance of PRC and National Development and Reform Commission.
Key Clients: CSCEC, Pacific Construction, CEEC, MCC, CECC, CGGC

Corporate Legal Affairs: The lawyers in Yingke’s corporate legal affairs practice provides clients with comprehensive and integrated legal services in
■ Investment and M&A
■ Restructuring and Bankruptcy
■ Industrial Integration
■ Other corporate transactions
Yingke advises on sophisticated corporate and transactional matters such as designing corporate control structure to ensure entrepreneurs will maintain control of the business they built. The lawyers also advises clients on matters relating to corporate dispute resolution and litigation.
Key Clients: Tencent, HUAWEI, CRRC, China Mobile, New York Life, Mellanox Technologies

International and Interregional Legal Affairs: Yingke’s international and interregional legal affairs practice advises clients on:
■ International and Interregional Trade
■ Cross border Investment and Financing
■ Cross border Dispute Resolution
Key Clients: MOFCOM of China, CASIC, ChemChina, Chongqing Grain Group, ADAMA, Inmarsat, Rockefeller

Administrative Laws Affairs：
■ Settlement of disputes such as administrative litigation, administrative reconsideration, and non-litigation disputes,etc
■ Legal argumentation of government decisions
■ Participation in negotiation of government projects, draft and sign contracts or provide legal opinions on related issues
Yingke's lawyers in administrative laws affairs put emphasis on serving the government's rule of law and safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of administrative counterparts. It focuses on administrative acts, administrative reconsideration, administrative litigation and government legal advisors, and strives to provide clients with quality and efficient legal services.

Financial & Capital Markets: Yingke’s financial and capital markets practice advises clients on a wide-range of matters, including those involving:
■ Financing and Taxation
■ Factoring
■ Insurance
■ Banking
■ Venture Capital
■ Private Equity
■ Financial Securities
■ Non-performing Assets
Key Clients: ICBC, CCB, ABC, Bank of China, HSBC, Export-Import Bank of China, China Development Bank

Civil and Commercial Legal Affairs:
■ Healthcare and Health Industry
■ Commercial Dispute Resolution
■ Information Network and New High-tech
■ Marriage and Family
■ Transportation and Management
■ Labor and Social Security Laws Affairs
■ Civil Procedure
■ Private Wealth Management
■ Blockchain
■ Emission Peak and Carbon Neutrality
■ Education and campus safety

Criminal Legal Affairs: Yingke’s criminal defense lawyers represents clients on various criminal matters including:
■ Litigation
Focus on criminal defense, victim agency and judicial handling of cross crime cases.
■ Non-litigation service
Provide legal advice and crime prevention training to help customers to establish a criminal risk prevention and control system.
■ Expert argumentation
Invite famous legal experts and practical experts to conduct research and argumentation on difficult cases and frontier issues.

Intellectual Property: Yingke’s Intellectual Property practice advises clients on a wide range of matters including:
■ Intellectual Property Litigation
■ Intellectual Property Portfolio Counseling
■ IP Audits and Due Diligence
■ Licensing and Technology Transfer
■ Patent Prosecution and Maintenance
■ Trademarks & Copyrights Prosecution and Maintenance
■ IP Regulatory and Compliance Key Clients: COMAC, Hermes, MI, FFF