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About Us
V&T is a comprehensive law firm committed to providing a full range of legal services for clients. We have offices in Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Chengdu, Wuhan, Xi’an, Madrid(Spain)and Manchester(UK).
V&T brings together leading lawyers, specializing in corporate & capital markets, banking & finance, private equity funds, mergers & acquisitions, intellectual property, international practice, real estate, construction & infrastructure, dispute resolution, criminal risk prevention & defense, and governmental legal affairs.
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Our lawyers graduated from top-ranked domestic and international universities, with strong professional backgrounds in law and securities, finance, insurance, construction, real estate management, environmental protection, business administration, intellectual property, etc.
Our partners have been appointed as legislative consultants of the Standing Committees of the NPC, legal counsels for a number of government departments and bureaus, arbitrators and legal counsels for various other legal organizations.
In 2016, V&T took a significant step on the path of exploring the reform of management patterns in the laws firm —“Firm (V&T Law firm, V&T Partner) + Management (V&T Management Consultants Ltd.) + Capital (DS Legal Capital)”, under the strategic guidance of “One Platform with Two-Wheel Drive”, in the next two or three years, we will expand regional and satellite offices throughout China.
In the meantime, we focus on professional risk control and accumulation of law firm management experiences. The large platform of V&T will emerge a vigorous development trend in the near future.
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Each regional central city office will be limited to 150 people, however, approximately 50 to 60 people for each satellite office. In terms of talent introduction, V&T will follow the principle of “open platform,professionalism -oriented”.
Wan Shang Law Firm was founded in Shenzhen.
Saide Tianqin Law Firm was founded in Beijing.
Wan Shang opened its Shanghai office in March, 2005.
Celebration of Wan Shang's 10th Anniversary.
Wan Shang merged with Saide Tianqin, and then set up V&T offices in Beijing, Shenzhen and Shanghai in June, 2008.
V&T Law Firm opened its Chengdu office in August, 2011.
Celebration of V&T's 20th Anniversary was held in Shenzhen.
V&T Law Firm opened its Wuhan office and Manchester office in December, 2017
V&T Management ConsultantsLtd.was founded.
V&T Law Firm and Orientconsulting Law & Tax Firm combined on November 16, 2017 to come to V&T Partner.
V&T completed the reform to Special GeneralPartnership in February, 2018
Strategy in China
Milestones
Regional central city + Satellite office
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Our Values
V&T commits to high standards of consistent professionalism practical and high quality efficient services while continuously strengthening and focusing on leading practices to meet the global and diverse needs of clients.
Upholding the aggressive and positive attitude of development, V&T is inviting the leading law firms located in the important global cities in the world to join our network in order to create V&T global legal service network.
Currently, V&T is negotiating with foreign institutions in Madrid (signed agreement), Hong Kong, Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver, Singapore, Stockholm, Berlin and London. At the certain stage, V&T will ultimately merge or acquire the foreign entities to establish our foreign subsidiary.
Global Strategy
Integrity
Professionalism
Dedication
Quality
We persist in integrated whole-process legal service mode, where we assemble professionals in various areas together to make reasonable work divisions and team collaborations, so as to track the progress of clients’ business, control and avoid legal risks during the whole legal service process.
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To become a leading law firm in China
To provide comprehensive global legal
services to clients
Individual lawyer service mode is substituted by team service mode featuring project responsibility system, where lead lawyers and co-lawyers jointly form a service team, conducting group discussions on major and knotty legal issues, so that personal intelligence and team strengths could be fully utilized and played to make the most cost-effective legal services for clients.
With a “client-oriented” culture, we focus on quality and risk control in the services. To ensure the benefits of clients, every single work delivered to clients is strictly checked and reviewed by partners and senior lawyers.
Service Features
Positioning
Mature professional team
Strict quality control system
Integrated whole-process tracking service
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To make positive contributions to develop Rules of Laws in China
Awards
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Practices
Justice Bureau of Shenzhen
Lawyer World
Beijing Outstanding Law Firm
Beijing Lawyers Association
Shenzhen Outstanding Law Firm
China Law Firm of the Year - Infrastructure
Finance Monthly
China Law Firm of the Year - Construction
China Outstanding Law Firm
All-China Lawyers Association
V&T Law was selected as
“Top 20 Chinese Law Firms”
Asian Legal Business(ALB)
♦ Corporate & Capital Markets
♦ Banking & Finance
♦ Private Equity Funds,Mergers & Acquisitions
♦ Intellectual Property
♦ International Practice
♦ Real Estate, Construction &Infrastructure
♦ Dispute Resolution
♦ Criminal Risk Prevention and Defense
China Business Law Journal
chinabidding.com.cn & paihang360.com
Outstanding Construction & Infrastructure
Law Firm of the Year
Top 10 Excellent Law Firms for Shenzhen Stock Exchange SME Board IPO
China Business Law Journal
Top 10 Legal Advisors for Domestic IPO
Zero2IPO Group
China Law Firm of the Year - Energy
Acquisition International Magazine
China Advisor of the Year - Capital Markets
Lawyer Monthly
Annual China Top 10 PPP Law Firms
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Corporate & Capital
Markets
Our legal services include but not limited to :
♦ Pre-IPO restructuring and reorganization
♦ Initial public offerings and listing
♦ Refinancing of listed companies
♦ M&A and restructuring of listed companies
♦ Other legal services related to corporate
Corporate & Capital Markets
Within V&T, a “Capital Markets Services Development & Advisory Committee” was set up to formulate a series of rules governing case acceptance reviews, technical support and internal audit of securities-related practices and is in charge of supervising the implementation of such rules, thus playing an important role in strategic development, quality control and risk control of corporate & capital markets practices. Our lawyers graduated from the most prestigious universities in China, and are able to provide a full range of professional and efficient legal services to our clients.
V&T is one of the first law firms approved to engage in securities-related legal practices. We have provided high quality legal services for hundreds of companies with regard to domestic and foreign IPO, refinancing, M&A, major asset restructuring, etc.
A number of our partners have served or currently are serving as members of the Public Offering Review Committee of China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), and Listing Committees of Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
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♦ Overseas listings
♦ Funds-related services
♦ Bonds-related services
♦ Futures-related services
♦ Corporate legal counsel
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Since the establishment of V&T, banking & finance has always been one of our main areas of practice.
Our clients include Chinese banks, joint-venture banks, subsidiaries or branches of foreign banks in China, insurance companies, trust companies, finance companies, auto financing companies, financial leasing companies, private funds, etc.
For years of assisting financial clients from such big financial institutions, it is confident to say that our firm has accumulated a great amount of experience in providing financial legal services.
Banking & Finance
Our legal services include but not limited to :
Banking & Finance
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Market access of commercial banks, non-bank financial intermediaries and foreign financial institutions, shareholding, and acquisition of bank shares
Commercial loans, policy-related loans, syndicated loans, import and export credits, project financing, real estate financing and other trade financing
Transformation, bankruptcy and liquidation of financial institutions
Regulatory, compliance and legal services for trust, insurance and securities companies
Insurance funds utilization, investment plans, insurance asset management plans and legal services
Legal services for transactions of financial futures, options and other derivatives
Non-performing assets disposal, debt restructuring and asset restructuring
Internet finance
Legal affairs and dispute handling of financial product innovations
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Private Equity Funds, Mergers and Acquisitions is another important V&T’s core area of practice.
V&T cooperates with numerous well-known investment banks, working with distinguished private equity funds, offering exceptional professional legal services with abundant resources in the investment and finance area.
The legal services of private funds include four key phases which are raising, investment, management and exit. V&T offers due diligence, transaction design, transaction guidance, secondary market transaction, liquidation and dispute resolution throughout the process of establishment and investment of private funds and managing its products. To meet the needs and requirements of clients in relation to private equity funds, we provide legal services in private fundraising, investors eligibility governance, operations, outsourcing management, staff management, association admission review, internal control, information disclosure, investment, staff training, etc. We also provide legal services in funds structuring of non-standard funds and transaction structure design.
Private Equity Funds,
Mergers & Acquisitions
Our legal services include but not limited to :
Private Equity Funds,
Mergers & Acquisitions
Registration for private equity fund managers and major changes
Compliance for fund products raising and solicitation documents drafting
Private equity funds investment framework design and investment agreement drafting
Investment management services for companies invested by private equity funds
Design exit routes for private funds
Private equity funds secondary market transactions
Liquidation of private equity fund products
Private equity funds framework design and agreement drafting invested by government guidance funds, fund of funds (FOF), listed companies, foreign-owned enterprises and state-owned enterprises or other special fund forms
Tax planning services for fund investment
Long-term legal counsel services for private equity fund managers (private equity fundraising, investors eligibility governance, operation, outsourcing management, staff management, association admission review, internal control, information disclosure, investment, staff training, etc.)
Dispute resolution services for private fund managers and private fund products
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The V&T intellectual property team is composed of “V&T Intellectual Property Office” and other professional lawyers. V&T Intellectual Property Office was established with approval by the State Intellectual Property Office of the P.R.C,and it has provided intellectual property-related legal services to more than 100 domestic and foreign enterprises such as GPNE (USA), Yau Lee (Hong Kong), China Resources, Fangda Group, ZTE, Mindray, Netac, Ernest Borel, Minan Insurance, Hong Kong Baili Electronics, etc.
Our intellectual property team, which consists of senior patent agents and professional intellectual property lawyers with academic backgrounds both in law and science & technology, has accumulated extensive experience in agency, maintenance and dispute settlement of intellectual property. The team has served as an agent for many influential cases of intellectual property infringement, including GPNE’s lawsuits against Apple Inc.’s (iPhone&iPad), Nokia patent infringement. Many partners of the team served or are currently serving as expert advisors on the Shenzhen Intellectual Property Committee, standing directors of the Shenzhen Intellectual Property Society, and expert mediators for the Shenzhen Intellectual Property Disputes Mediation Center.
Intellectual
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Our legal services include but not limited to :
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Patent application, trademark registration and copyright registration
Litigation of intellectual property infringement
Trade secrets protection
Registrations of patent, trademark and copyright with Chinese Customs
Due diligence on intellectual property for enterprise listing and restructuring
Patent and trademark forewarning analysis
Risk analysis on patent infringement of product sales
Strategic advisor of corporate intellectual property
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International practice is another big core area of practice. V&T provides customized and professional legal services for companies around the “One Belt, One Road” countries as well as those around the world, including multinational companies, listed companies and their subsidiaries of China, USA, UK, Australia, Germany and from many other countries and regions.
Our strong cross-border legal team has gathered lawyers with top-notch legal education, practice qualifications and professional experience from China, USA, Hong Kong, Germany, etc., where they worked in courtrooms and well-known law firms, becoming very familiar with the legal and judicial systems of their respective countries. The cross-border lawyers possess a wealth of international and domestics legal practices and experiences as well as completed in-depth research and studies in corporate, securities, M&A, investment & financing, anti-unfair competition, contract, labor, intellectual property, finance, etc.
International Practice
Our legal services include but not limited to :
International Practice
Cross-border M&A
IPO & RTO
International investment and financing (foreign investment and international PPP projects)
International trade
Anti-unfair competition
International intellectual property protection
Long-term legal counsel services for multinational companies
International litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution
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Construction & Infrastructure
The legal services in the field of real estate, construction and infrastructure is one of the main businesses of V&T, V&T has provided legal services related to investment, M&A, financing, development, construction, operations of various projects for well-known real estate enterprises, as well as investment and financing institutions including China Overseas Property, China Resources, Gemdale, OCT, CITIC, Excellence Group, Huaye, Centralcon, etc.
In the field of construction, V&T provides whole-process professional services include bidding & tendering, construction, project management and settlement upon completion, insurance, guarantee, environmental protection, etc., which constitute for a complete professional legal service system.
In the field of infrastructure, V&T provides legal services for many BT, BOT, TOT, BOOT, EPC and PPP projects, on behalf of various domestic and foreign investors, project companies and government organizations, which cover a wide range of areas in relation to highways, metros, light rails, bridges, ports, piers, stadiums, water and wastewater treatment plants, and hazardous waste disposal.
Our legal services include but not limited to :
Construction & Infrastructure
Real estate-related M&A, investment and financing
Real estate development, business operations, long-term apartment rental, property management
Bidding, tendering and contract negotiation of construction projects
Infrastructure project feasibility analysis
Construction, operations management and transfer of infrastructure
Financial leasing, bonds issuing, asset securitization
Dispute resolution for real estate, construction and infrastructure
Urban renewal and "Three Old” (old towns, old factories, old villages) reconstruction
Introduction of hotel brands and hotel management
Project insurance and claims
Project claims and counterclaims
Bidding and tendering of franchise rights
Financing structure design and
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V&T has established long-term cooperation with a large number of domestic and foreign law firms to jointly provide the highest quality and most efficient services in domestic and international litigation or arbitration.
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Dispute resolution is a foundation core leading practice of our firm. With considerable amount of practical experience in litigation, arbitration and enforcement, V&T has represented a large number of clients and has successfully handled many major challenging and difficult civil, commercial and administrative cases domestically and internationally. For instance, V&T was entrusted by the Ministry of Commerce to intervene in a WTO dispute regarding China’s export restrictions on raw materials to the US, EU, and Mexico. V&T also represented Shenzhen People's Government Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor Office on an arbitration case regarding a construction dispute of the Shenzhen Bay Bridge.
V&T has a brilliant team of lawyers who are fully experienced and professional, Many partners and lawyers have worked as former judges and prosecutors for the courts. Some of the partners act as arbitrators and mediators at several arbitration institutions, including China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (Shenzhen Arbitration Commission), Shanghai International Economy and Trade Arbitration Commission (Shanghai International Arbitration Center), Beijing Arbitration Commission (Beijing International Arbitration Center), Arbitration Center Across the Straits, etc. By using a variety of methods such as negotiation, mediation, arbitration or litigation, our team is able to protect the rights and interests of clients, as well as minimize dispute resolution costs.
Dispute Resolution
Our legal services include but not limited to :
Credit and Debt Disputes
Marriage Family and Inheritance Dispute
Commercial Disputes
Notes and Securities Interest Disputes
Labor Disputes and Work-related injury insurance
Property Rights Disputes
Bankruptcy and Claims Declaration
Insurance and Claims
Civil and Commercial Execution
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Criminal Risk
Prevention & Defense
Our legal services include but not limited to :
V&T‘s criminal prosecution team consists of professional defense lawyers specializing in various types of criminal cases. Most of our leading lawyers graduated from China’s top universities with a solid foundation and expertise in a broad range of fields. Prior to joining the firm, some of our lawyers served as former police officers, senior prosecutors and judges in public security bureaus, procuratorates and courts, where they gained vast and valuable experience working with the criminal justice system.
The criminal prosecution team focuses on gathering and researching criminal law, judicial interpretations, meeting minutes and guidance of public security bureaus, procuratorates and courts at all levels, common and significant procedural law, and guiding cases of substantive law; we pay attention to handling criminal cases in interdisciplinary, multi-disciplinary, team-oriented and accurate ways; we have in-depth knowledge and achievements dealing with smuggling, drugs, intellectual property, finance, taxation, commercial bribery, job-related crimes and traditional crimes. We also have extensive trial experiences with solid professional and theoretical knowledge, not only limited to major and famous cases supervised by the Ministry of Public Security, the Provincial Public Security Departments and China Securities Regulatory Commission, but also the cases broadcasted by leading nationwide media, such as CCTV, as well as other important provincial and municipal television and newspapers.
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Provide criminal defense services to companies or individuals
Criminal legal risk prevention and control to companies or individuals
Analysis of criminal accusation and related applicable laws
Representation for criminal charges, appeals, investigation and obtaining evidence
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V&T has a substantial amount of experience in providing legal services for the government.
Governmental Legal Affairs
We gathered a batch of professionals who have served as NPC and CPPCC members at provincial and municipal levels.
Many of our partners and lawyers have been serving as part-time NPC members fulfilling government council advisory and social duties, providing a full spectrum of diversified legal services for financial, construction, environmental, railway and health departments, as well as local governments related to administrative bureaus, providing relevant legal support and guarantees for government decision-making and administrative action-taking issues, which are issues with solutions that have already created prominent social changes.
Our legal services include but not limited to :
Government decision-making review and legal support
Drafting and amendment of national and local laws, regulations, rules and other regulatory documents
Drafting and modifying contract templates
Compliance review of administrative actions and legal protection
Project feasibility analysis and legal risk control
Government procurement
Bidding and tendering
Old city transformation and relocation
Daily administrative affairs
Legal training
Administrative reconsideration and administrative litigation
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Shape a distinctive"Scholar" culture
Governmental Legal Affairs
Our Culture
Our Culture
V&T actively participate in various social welfare activities, and committed to the promotion of children, education and other public welfare undertakings for a long time. In August 2000, V&T donated funds to open “Sai Jin Hope Primary School”, and construction completed in August, 2004.
We also set up Scholarship in a number of law Schools, such as Peking University, China University of Political Science and Law, and Southwest University of Political Science and Law. At the same time, V&T actively encourages its employees to participate in activities for public good to practically fulfill social responsibilities and serve the society.
An inclusive view of gathering talents all over the world
A scholastic view of keeping integrity and sincere conducts
A family view of harmony and integration
A business view of developing business in good faith
A competition view of gaining a foothold by professional skills
A working view of detail-oriented diligence
A service view of cautiousness and responsibility
An innovation view of pioneering and adventurous spirits
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Europe
V&T has the abilities of expansion and business innovation, committed to building a China-centered global legal cooperation network. For the purpose of providing global and localized services to clients, V&T create opportunities for alliances to participate in China’s development.
V&T Law Firm and Orientconsulting Law & Tax Firm combined on November 16, 2017 to become to V&T Partner.
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Manchester
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