ESTABLISHED IN 1992
Managing Partner: Kevin Shao
Number of partners: 290
Number of associates: 1,079
Firm Overview
Recognised as a top law firm in China, City Development Law Firm was founded in 1992, having almost 30 years of experience in providing legal services at various sectors, for clients across the world. The firm is headquartered in Shanghai, initially established to provide services for the industries of construction, real estate and infrastructure.
As a law firm with large scale of services, City Development Law Firm has now formed a team with over 1,000 lawyers in our HQ, Shanghai, and almost 30 local presences throughout China, a large portion of which are multi-disciplined, majored or qualified in law as well as in construction engineering, quantum, urban planning, accounting, insurance areas and so on.
We have been invited to comment on the drafts of laws, regulations, rules and judicial interpretations as a representative law firm on legislation such as the Construction Law, Property Law, Contract Law, Regulations on Administration of Construction Project Duality, Rules of Shanghai Municipality on Real Estate Mortgage, Understanding and Application of Judicial Interpretations of the Supreme People’s Court on Project Construction Contracts, and the Measures for Identification and Punishment of Contracting and illegal Sub-contracting in Construction Projects (for trial implementation). We have also been invited to provide our professional advice on revisions of draft legislation.
We have been appointed by the Ministry of Construction, State Administration for Industry and Commerce, and China Civil Engineering Society to assist in drafting example contracts for construction general contracting, project construction, construction project sub-contracting, and construction project labour sub-contracting.
City Development Law Firm has received multiple awards and recognition from the most authoritative entities since its establishment, among which is Band 1 of Construction & Infrastructure area by Chambers & Partners for the past 10 years. The firm believes that specialisation and articulated services will assist and advance clients in their business development.
Key Practice Areas
Construction; Real estate; Natural resources abd infrastructure; Finance; Urban renewal; EPC/DB; International practice; Compliance and risk control; Corporate and commerce; PPP; Labour law; M&A; Water projects; Insurance; Intelligent manufacturing and smart city; Dispute resolution, etc.
Contact us
Shanghai Head Office
31/F, Building S1, the Bund Finance Center
600, Zhongshan 2nd Road(E)
Shanghai 200010, China
Telephone +86 21 5239 3188
Fax +86 21 5239 3128
Email jw@jianwei.com
Beijing
Telephone +86 010 85660559
Shenzhen
Telephone +86 0755 8296 0782/0755 2266 1566
Kunming
Telephone +86 0871 6364 1566-1568
Wuhan
Telephone +86 027 8548 2077
Changsha
Telephone +86 731 8224 1828/731 8222 3063
Hangzhou
Telephone +86 0571 8526 8526
Tianjin
Telephone +86 022 2731 0738
Fuzhou
Telephone +86 0591 8756 8838
Urumqi
Telephone +86 0991 4182 652
Nanchang
Telephone +86 0791 8819 5911
Nanjing
Telephone +86 025 8460 0679
Zhengzhou
Telephone +86 0371 6338 0963
Xi’an
Telephone +86 029 8550 8389/029 8550 8398
Baotou
Telephone +86 0472 5158 018
Chongqing
Telephone +86 023 6749 7727/023 6749 6879
Hefei
Telephone +86 0551 6266 9668
Taiyuan
Telephone +86 0351 2915 678
Chengdu
Telephone +86 028 8557 4960
Jinan
Telephone +86 0531 8825 5075/0531 8825 5076
Qingdao
Telephone +86 0532 8386 3855
Dalian
Telephone +86 0411 8076 4011
Dongguan
Telephone +86 0769 2302 7526
Guangzhou
Telephone +86 20 3195 5660
Xining
Telephone +86 0971 8080 959
Haikou
Telephone +86 0898 6858 1296
Lanzhou
Telephone +86 0931 8528 057
Guiyang
Telephone +86 0851 8881 1918
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