Hylands Law Firm

ESTABLISHED IN 1997

Managing Partner: Liu Hong
Number of partners: 400
Number of associates: 1,000+

Firm Overview

Hylands Law Firm can be traced back to Haotian Law Firm, founded in 1997. Headquartered in Beijing, Hylands has an IP agency and 29 offices in cities nationwide. Hylands has established working relationships with more than 150 law firms in over 130 countries and regions, providing clients with one-stop, cross-border professional legal services in multiple disciplines.

Hylands has over 400 partners and counsel, and more than 1,000 lawyers and professionals who are able to provide legal services in many languages including English, Japanese and Korean. With intensive practical skills and rich experience, Hylands lawyers are legal experts in their respective areas and are well-versed in China’s investment environment and different practice areas in various industries. Thanks to close and efficient teamwork, Hylands lawyers provide tailor-made, practical legal solutions that always go beyond the expectation of clients.

Since its inception, Hylands has won widespread acclaim from clients and high recognition in the industry. Hylands has been honoured with such titles as “Excellent Chinese Law Firm of the Year”, “Leading Law Firm in China”, “Outstanding Law Firm of the Year” and “Recommended Chinese Law Firm” in many areas for many consecutive years by professional legal rating agencies including Chambers and Partners, ALB, The Legal 500, asialaw Profiles, and China Business Law Journal. Many major projects undertaken by Hylands are rated as transactions/projects of the year by major industry publications, and have been highly praised by the government at all levels and competent industry authorities.

Key Practice Areas

Asset management; Energy and natural resources; Automobile and manufacturing; Entertainment and media; Internet; Health and life sciences; Family wealth management and inheritance; Consumer and retail; Dispute resolution; Bankruptcy reorganisation and special assets disposal; Company business; Capital markets; Banking and finance; Intellectual property; Compliance and government regulatory; International trade; Real estate and construction engineering; Criminal; Private equity and investment funds; Customs.