德恒律师事务所

ESTABLISHED IN 1993

Number of partners: 705
Number of associates: 2,820

Firm Overview

DeHeng Law Offices is one of the leading law firms providing comprehensive legal services. It was founded in 1993 as China Law Office, and was renamed in 1995 as DeHeng Law Offices, which now has 45 domestic and foreign offices, and more than 2,800 legal professionals.

For more than 27 years, DeHeng has been com-mitted to providing quality and efficient legal services for clients at home and abroad. The firm has made outstanding contributions to the economy’s reform and opening-up, national development, and the prevalence of rule of law. We have supported key rational infrastructure projects and created a number of firsts in the field of Chinese legal services, including the Three Gorges Project and the South-North Water Transfer Project. We have also acted as legal advisers for the largest IPOs in the history of domestic capital markets, including the listings of Country Garden and Poly Property. We also provided services for Yunnan Baiyao on merging with Baiyao Holdings and listing through merger, Shuanghui I&D on merging with Shuanghui Group through absorption, the listing of SMIC and so on.

Awards

• DeHeng won the first issue of IFLR1000 China 2020

• DeHeng won the “Top10 Outstanding Law firms for IPO projects” of China Business Law Awards 2020

• DeHeng was nominated for 17 Thomson Reuters ALB China Law Awards 2020

• DeHeng won China Business Law Awards 2020

• DeHeng lawyer named among 2020 Asian Legal Business “Rising Star Lawyers”

• DeHeng lawyer named among 2020 Asian Legal Business Top 15 M&A Lawyers

• DeHeng claims several spots on the Deals of the Year 2019 List Released by China Business Law Journal

• DeHeng’s practice areas and lawyers ranked in Chambers & Partners Global Guide 2020

• DeHeng is recommended by Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020 Guide in 12 Practice Areas

• DeHeng lawyers named among the “A-List” of China 2019 by China Business Law Journal

• DeHeng awarded China Business Law Awards 2019

• DeHeng 13 practice areas and 16 lawyers listed on Chambers 2020 Asia-Pacific Guide

• DeHeng and its lawyers among Asialaw Profiles 2020 Recommendations

• China Law and Practice Awards 2019: DeHeng shortlisted in several categories

Key Practice Areas

Dispute resolution; Capital markets; Banking & finance; M&A; Cross-border investment & finance; Construction & real estate; Antitrust & competition; Intellectual property; WTO; Employment & social security; International construction & projects; Bankruptcy & restructuring; Government & public policy; Healthcare industry; Environment; Maritime; Tax; Science and Technology.