Fangda Partners
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| Headquarters | Shanghai, China |
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| No. of offices | 7[1] |
| No. of lawyers | Approximately 800[1] |
| Major practice areas | General practice |
| Date founded | 1993 (Shanghai)[2] |
| Website | www |
Fangda Partners is a law firm headquartered in Shanghai, China with offices in Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Nanjing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Singapore.[3][4] It is one of the 15 largest China-based law firms measured by number of lawyers. The firm focuses on Chinese and international companies, financial institutions, investment funds and other organisations on domestic and cross-border transactions, disputes, investigations, regulatory matters and other commercial legal issues.[5] It is one of eight Red Circle law firms in China, perceived by some legal publications as prestigious or high-quality, analogous to the Magic Circle firms in the UK and white-shoe firms in the US.[6]
History
[edit]Fangda Partners was founded in Shanghai in 1993 by six partners.[7] Fangda opened an office in Hong Kong in April 2012, following the recruitment of former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer litigation partner Peter Yuen.[8] Fangda joined Ius Laboris, the international HR law firm network, in 2012.[9] In 2024, Fangda opened an office in Singapore, its first office outside China.[10]
Main practice areas
[edit]Fangda has the following main practice areas:[11]
- Antitrust/Competition
- Asset-Backed Securities
- Banking & Finance
- Capital Markets
- Compliance & Government Enforcement
- Dispute Resolution
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Finance Institutions
- General Industries
- Insolvency & Restructuring
- Intellectual Property
- Investment Funds
- Investment Management
- Labour & Employment
- Life Sciences & Healthcare
- M&A
- Private Equity
- Private Wealth Management
- Real Estate & Construction
- Technology, Media & Telecommunications
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "上海市方达律师事务所" [Shanghai Fangda Law Firm]. 上海市企业走出去综合服务平台 (in Chinese). Shanghai Municipal Government. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
- ↑ "Firms: Fangda Partners". Chambers and Partners. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ↑ "Fangda opens new office in Singapore with key hire". Law.asia. 7 August 2024.
- ↑ "Offices". Fangda Partners. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ↑ Nanda, Ashish; Rohrer, Lisa (June 2019). "Fangda Partners: A Step Ahead". Harvard Business School Case Collection. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
- ↑ Dowell, Katy (25 March 2014). "Elite 'red circle' firms Zhong Lun and Jun He plot merger as consolidation grips China legal market". www.thelawyer.com. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
- ↑ "Shanghai lawyers size up their future". Australasian Legal Business. 1 June 2002. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "China's Fangda hires Freshfields partner to spearhead Hong Kong office". The Lawyer. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ↑ "Ius Laboris Expands in Asia, Central America and Eastern Europe". Ius Laboris. 25 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ↑ "Fangda relocates pair of partners to new Singapore office". China Business Law Journal. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
- ↑ "Practices". Fangda Partners. Retrieved 6 June 2021.