ESTABLISHED IN 1999
Chief representative: Gu Gongyun
Number of partners: 800+
Number of associates: 3,500+
Firm Overview
AllBright Law Offices was founded in 1999 as a full-service law firm committed to providing highest standard quality services to clients.
Based in Shanghai, China, AllBright has established offices in Beijing, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Nanjing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Taiyuan, Qingdao, Xiamen, Tianjin, Jinan, Hefei, Zhengzhou, Fuzhou, Nanchang, Xi’an, Guangzhou, Changchun, Wuhan, Urumqi, Haikou, Changsha, Hong Kong SAR, London, Seattle, Singapore and Tokyo. In addition, we have established an association with a Hong Kong law firm, Stevenson Wong & Co, and a strategic co-operation with an international law firm, Bird & Bird.
AllBright has never stopped upgrading and improving its legal professional services and continues to optimise its practice areas. Currently, there are fourteen professional practice committees and five industry committees, i.e. Securities and Capital Markets, Banking and Finance, Corporate and M&A, Litigation and Arbitration, Real Estate and Construction, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Cross-Border Investment, Maritime, Bankruptcy Liquidation and Reorganisation, Criminal, Tax Law, Labour and Social Security, Marriage, Family Affairs and Private Wealth Management, Internet and Information Technology, Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals, Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, Consumption and Retail, and State-owned Enterprises.
Key Practice Areas
Securities and capital markets; Banking and finance; Corporate and M&A; Litigation and arbitration; Real estate and construction; Intellectual property; International trade; Cross-border investment; Maritime; Bankruptcy liquidation and reorganisation; Criminal; Tax law; Labor and social security; Marriage, family affairs and private wealth management; Internet and information technology; Healthcare and pharmaceuticals; Energy, natural resources and environmental protection; Consumption and retail; and State-owned enterprises.
Independent intelligence on this law firm
The following information is sourced directly from China Business Law Journal and/or Law.asia and is not part of the directory listing provided by the law firm.
Testimonials
Lilian Ding, a senior claims officer at Maersk, is very satisfied with AllBright’s services and professionalism. She says of Shanghai-based senior partner Cao Fang: “Cao understands our company’s situation and is experienced in practice, so that he can consider both the law and the practice, and provide practical and efficient solutions.”
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One of AllBright’s clients, Ping An Construction, especially recommended partner Liu Fei, saying: “Liu is highly professional and has extensive practical experience in the field of construction and infrastructure. She has served various forms of enterprises in this field and all kinds of demands and difficulties are clearly understood.”
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China Jushi’s general manager of the development strategy department, Shen Guoming, was impressed by the high comprehensive ability of AllBright: “The trade remedy involved many areas of cross-border expertise such as law and finance, and also combined with the company’s products, there were high overall composite requirements, which the team were able to accomplish very well.”
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Shen Guoming, general manager of the development strategy department of Jushi Group, says that the company has a long-standing relationship with AllBright’s international trade team, which he considers to have a high overall competence, and praises the team’s dedication: “Because many trade remedy cases are often time-sensitive and extensive, the team were fully committed and worked overtime for most of the time.” He also recommends Xiang Dong, a Beijing-based senior partner at AllBright.
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A representative of another trust company adds: “[AllBright] provided superb legal services for the innovation and expansion of our family trust business, especially the all-round legal support on trust laws and family trust tax regulations in our pioneering establishment of family trusts by taking a family enterprises’ stakes as trust properties.”
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“In a market with the frequent emergence of new rules and regulations, [AllBright’s] updated professional knowledge is paramount to our getting the job done right,” says the assistant general manager of a flagship real estate company based in Hong Kong.
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Yao Jili, from the risk management department of Shanghai AJ Trust, says: “AllBright participated in the whole process of the establishment and gradual improvement of our company’s business in the field of family wealth management. The firm provided comprehensive and professional legal services on model research, business design, contract drafting, and other aspects.”
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Notable Deals
Recognised by China Business Law Journal as Deals of the Year
| Project | Year | Money | Section | Category |
| CNOOC’s USD4.4bn A-share listing | 2022 | USD4.4 billion | Capital Markets | A-share listing; energy |
| NCG substantive consolidation | 2022 | N/A | Domestic | Restructuring; construction |
| Puyang Lubao acquires energy stake | 2022 | RMB10.2 billion | Domestic | M&A |
| Shanghai Airport undergoes restructuring | 2022 | RMB19.1 billion | Domestic | Restructuring; aviation |
| Sunnsy Group corporate control dispute | 2022 | N/A | Disputes & Investigations | Corporate control dispute |
| Tsingtao Brewery stocks ownership dispute | 2022 | N/A | Disputes & Investigations | SOE ownership reform |
| XCMG’s massive machinery merger with Xuzhou | 2022 | RMB38.7 billion | Domestic | M&A; equipment manufacturing |
| Zhongchuang Environmental corporate control dispute | 2022 | N/A | Disputes & Investigations | Corporate control dispute |
| Zhongtai Group issues FTZ offshore bonds | 2022 | RMB760 million | Capital Markets | Bonds; free trade zone |
| CR Pharmaceutical acquires Boya | 2021 | RMB4.7 billion | Domestic | M&A; biopharmacy |
| Ineos’ investment in ABS production base | 2021 | N/A | Cross-border | Petrochemicals; energy |
| JAC-VW’s strategic co-operation | 2021 | EUR1 billion | Cross-border | Restructuring; automotive |
| Kangmei Pharma’s fraud liability dispute | 2021 | RMB2.46 billion | Disputes & Investigations | Capital markets; litigation |
| Volvo acquires JMC Heavy Duty Vehicle | 2021 | RMB800 million | Cross-border | M&A; Automotive |
| BRI joint project rejuvenates overland exports | 2020 | N/A | Belt & Road | Cross-border transport; exports |
| Jushi Egypt and EU anti-dumping investigation | 2020 | N/A | Disputes & Investigations | Anti-dumping investigation |
| Norwegian Shipowners’ Association dispute with China shipyard | 2020 | USD50 million | Disputes & Investigations | Maritime |
| SMIC’s A-share listing on Star board | 2020 | RMB53.2 billion | Deals in China | Star board listing |
| XGMG Machinery mixed-ownership reform | 2020 | RMB21.05 billion | Deals in China | Asset restructuring |
| Fosun Tourism Group’s HK listing | 2019 | USD428 million | Overseas Deals | Hong Kong IPO |
| PerkinElmer acquires Meizheng Group | 2019 | RMB1 billion | Deals in China | Acquisition |
| SPD Bank issues RMB50 billion convertible bonds | 2019 | RMB50 billion | Deals in China | Bond issuance; banking |
| A.P. Moller – Maersk v. Zhejiang Longda Stailess Steel: Supreme Court’s retrial of the claim for goods | 2018 | N/A | Belt & Road | Marine transport; litigation |
| China party wins malleable cast-iron pipe fittings anti-dumping case before the European Court of First Instance | 2016 | N/A | Disputes & Investigations | Anti-dumping; dispute |
| Doublestar Group acquires Kumho Tire | 2018 | RMB4 billion | Overseas Deals | Overseas M&A |
| EU ends anti-dumping investigation on China’s low carbon Ferrochrome | 2018 | N/A | Disputes & Investigations | Anti-dumping investigation; iron and steel industry |
| Microsoft sues two internet companies in Shanghai for software copyright infringement | 2017 | N/A | Disputes & Investigations | Software copyright; Litigation |
| Orient Minerva-Huaneng Guicheng’s First tranche of beneficial ownership asset-backed securitization special programme | 2016 | RMB2 billion | Deals in China | Asset securitization |
| PAG restructures enterprise, acquires assets of Golden Apple Education Group | 2016 | N/A | Deals in China | Education; restructuring |
| Qihoo 360 Technology goes private | 2016 | USD9.3 billion | Overseas Deals | Private equity; privatization; TMT |
| Turkey’s anti-dumping investigation of Egypt’s glass fibre (involving China Jushi) | 2018 | N/A | Disputes & Investigations | Anti-dumping investigation |
| US anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations against iron mechanical transfer drive components from China | 2017 | N/A | Disputes & Investigations | Anti-dumping; Anti-subsidy; International trade |
| An Fu No. 1 trust plan | 2013 | USD1.1 billion | Banking & Finance | Banking & Finance |
| Establishment of East-West-North Guangdong Revitalisation Fund | 2014 | USD1.96 billion | Private equity & venture capital | Private equity |
| Global Logistic Properties’ acquisition of a Shanghai R&D company | 2014 | USD31 million | Deals in China | M&A |
| Golden Domain wins dispute over VAM | 2015 | USD3 million | N/A | N/A |
| Greenland’s bond offering | 2014 | USD1 billion | Debt capital market | Debt capital market |
| Sinopec Marketing’s mixed ownership investment | 2014 | USD17.3 billion | Private equity & venture capital | Private equity |
Contact us
Shanghai Head Office
9, 11, 12/F, Shanghai Tower
No.501, Yincheng Middle Road
Pudong New Area
Shanghai 200120, China
Telephone: +86 21 2051 1000
Email: shanghai@allbrightlaw.com
Beijing
Telephone: +86 10 8523 0688
Changchun
Telephone: +86 431 8118 5588
Changsha
Telephone: +86 731 8986 9999
Chengdu
Telephone: +86 28 8593 9898
Chongqing
Telephone: +86 23 8895 1999
Fuzhou
Telephone: +86 591 8785 0803
Guangzhou
Telephone: +86 20 8928 1168
Haikou
Telephone: +86 898 6866 8216
Hangzhou
Telephone: +86 571 8983 8088
Hefei
Telephone: +86 551 6579 0988
Jinan
Telephone: +86 531 5568 5656
Nanchang
Telephone: +86 791 8390 0500
Nanjing
Telephone: +86 25 6851 5000
Qingdao
Telephone: +86 532 5576 9166
Shenzhen
Telephone: +86 755 8281 6698
Suzhou
Telephone: +86 512 6936 5188
Taiyuan
Telephone: +86 351 526 0570
Tianjin
Telephone: +86 22 5878 8882
Urumqi
Telephone: +86 0991 518 7777
Wuhan
Telephone: +86 27 8382 8888
Xi’an
Telephone: +86 29 8984 0840
Xiamen
Telephone: +86 592 261 3399
Zhengzhou
Telephone: +86 371 5562 9908
Hong Kong
Telephone: +852 2526 6311
London
Telephone: +44 20 3848 5721
Seattle
Telephone: +1 42 5999 4162
Singapore
Telephone: +65 6653 4391
Tokyo
Telephone: +81 03 5533 8906
Website
www.allbrightlaw.com
