Law View Partners Steps into a Merger with Li & Partners

Amid the progress of the Belt and Road Initiative, to enhance the connection and synergy of legal services among Mainland China, Hong Kong and overseas jurisdictions, LawView Partners and Li & Partners have recently reached agreement on working together to build a comprehensive international platform for legal service to the Chinese all around the world, which aims at a subsequent merger of the two firms based on Swiss Verein Structure.

Established in Hong Kong, 1998, Li & Partners has developed into a large trans-border and the trans-jurisdiction international law firm which majorly serves the Chinese community. Being the largest international-oriented law firm founded by Chinese in Hong Kong, Li & Partners, with its global offices in Beijing, Shenzhen, Sydney, Tokyo, Osaka, Saitama and other major cities, has distinguished itself from others in the trans-border and overseas legal services with its wide global perspective and unparalleled advantage.

As one of leading innovative law firms in Mainland China, Law View Partners, based in Shanghai adhering to the combination of international insights and professional skillset ever since its establishment, has established offices throughout China in Suzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Changsha, Shanxi, Anhui and other cities.

The two firms highly share the common value in the development goals, practice concept, management model, among others, as well as complement each other in the geographical distribution of offices. Hence, upon friendly consultation, two firms reached an agreement to establish close collaboration by utilizing their respective strengths, with “LP” as a common logo of both firms embodying the common goals of serving Chinese and Chinese companies, which aims at a subsequent merger under theSwiss Verein Structure.

This cooperation is another milestone of Law View Partners’ footprint towards internationalization. Based on the current field of professional legal services, Law View Partners will work closely with Li & Partners to further strengthen its professional and industrial advantage in the fields of international intellectual property,entertainment law, international commercial arbitration, cross-border finance,insurance and trust, IPO of Hong Kong and overseas companies, cross-borderM&A, white-collar crime, among other fields in order to serve clients at global reaches.