Haiwen & Partners

Firm Overview: 

Founded in May 1992, Haiwen & Partners is one of the leading law firms in China. Haiwen has developed unrivaled expertise in a broad range of practice areas. With its creativity and professionalism demonstrated in numerous large-scale, complex and cross-border transactions, the firm is one of the most sought-after PRC law firms in many areas including securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, fund formation, compliance, entertainment and media, employment, tax, ABS, banking and finance, bankruptcy and reorganization, anti-trust and competition law, intellectual property and commercial dispute resolutions.

Currently, more than 400 lawyers and paralegals work at Haiwen's Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Chengdu and Haikou offices. Lawyers at Haiwen are graduates of prestigious law schools in China and abroad, and many have worked at some of the most respected international law firms. The depth of our expertise, the breadth of our experience, and the excellence of our team spirit enable us to provide full range of high-quality services to our clients.

The firm's professional services have been widely recognized by our clients, as well as the international legal and financial community. The firm has received numerous awards, such as "Best Law Firm of the Year", "Best Deal of the Year" and "Best Team of the Year", from professional ranking publications and institutions.

Main Areas Of Practice:  

Capital Markets:  

Haiwen is the first law firm in China to focus on capital market transactions for Chinese enterprises.We hold a distinctive reputation fordevising and leading many of the largest transactions ofdomestic and international securities offerings and and related restructuring.

Haiwen is widely recognized as a pioneer PRC law firm in the area of securities offerings, and has led many innovative transactions involving Chinese issuers.We have represented many top-tier international and domestic investment banking firms and issuers in numerous securities offering transactions, both domestically and internationally, including initial public offerings (IPOs), secondary equity offerings, and all types of debt offerings.

Haiwen has acted as PRC legal counsel for the following projects:

· First batch of A-share offerings and listings

· First B-share offering and listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)

· First H-share offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE) by a Chinese issuer

· First N-share offering and listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) by a Chinese issuer

· First L-share offering and listing on the London Stock Exchange by a Chinese issuer

· First American depository receipt (ADR) offering by a Chinese issuer

· First dual listing of a Chinese issuer on both the HKSE and the SSE

· First dual listing of a Chinese issuer on both the HKSE and the NYSE

· First triple listing of a Chinese issuer on the SSE, the HKSE and the NYSE

· First simultaneous dual listing of a Chinese issuer on the SSE and the HKSE

· First A-share offering and listing of a red-chip company on the Main Board

· First A-share with no par value offering and listing in China

· First 100-year USD bond (Yankee Bond) offering by a foreign sovereign issuer (the Central Government of China)

· First RMB treasury bond offering in Hong Kong by the Central Government of China

· First RMB bond (Panda Bond) offering in China by an international financial develop-ment institution

· First RMB bond offering in Hong Kong by a Chinese financial institution

· First RMB corporate bond (Dim-sum Bond) offering in Hong Kong by an offshore issuer

· First RMB quasi-REITs offering in China

· First batch of publicly-offered infrastructure REITs in China

Mergers & Acquisitions: 

Haiwen is one of China's most preeminent law firms in the M&A field.Our lawyers participate widely in large scale, sophisticated structure and innovative domestic and cross-border M&A transactions.We represent buyers, sellers, lenders, and financial advisors and provide legal services from different perspectives.Our clients include domestic and international companies, investment banks, venture capital funds, private equity funds, commercial banks and insurance companies, etc.

In extremely complex M&A transactions, our dedicated lawyers can always provide professional insights that increase efficiency in transaction structure planning, and execution.Our team in dispute resolution, securities, banking and financing, antitrust, employment andlabor, tax, intellectual property, real estate, and other specialty areas can also provide seamless support andrelevant professional advice and assist clients in completing M&A transactions.

Private Equity: 

Private equity is Haiwen's traditional area of strength, where we have continued to maintain a leading position. Haiwen serves a wide range of private equity funds, start-ups and other market players of all types, and provides legal solutions to complex and ground breaking investment projects.With our extensive expertise in a broad range of industries and with the support from our first-class team in capital markets, intellectual property, tax, compliance and antitrust, we provide our clients with holistic and tailor-made, legal advice to achieve their business goals efficiently.

For more areas of practice, please see the official website: www.haiwen-law.com