Dentons China is ‘Highly recommended’ in our construction and labour and employment tables. The firm is best known for its speciality in handling matters across the spectrum of transportation and infrastructure. Through cooperation with the government and enterprises in major construction projects, the team has accumulated extensive experience in public–private partnerships (PPPs). Based in Beijing, senior partner Huazhi Yuan heads the firm’s real estate and natural resources practices. Real estate, construction, PPP, mineral resources and general corporate law are some of his core practices.
Client feedback
“Dentons China is professional and enthusiastic to provide us with high-quality legal services all the time. Meanwhile, it also has a professional team to provide us with customised, professional, team-based and elite services. The multi-field international team cooperation gives us a broader vision and helps us to establish a better and more professional enterprise management mechanism.” – Construction
“Dentons China has provided us with efficient, timely and professional legal services, which have solved many problems for us. At the same time, the law firm's docking team keeps in touch with our company every week to timely inquire about the project and the company's daily situation, so as to provide legal services at any time.” – Construction
Tao Li
“I would like to recommend Tao Li, the director of Dentons China. Since establishing of our holding company, we have been working with many lawyers both in China and North America for many different cases for the past 30 years. Li is the best lawyer we have known for many aspects. She is currently handling a case before the Supreme Court. This case is extremely difficult. She can accurately analyse the key points of the case within limited time frame. She always thinks from all sides and gives the most professional advice to us. She is familiar with the current civil code law, and constantly strives for perfection.”
Changde Luo
“Luo is an outstanding lawyer I have never seen before. He is not only good at construction engineering and real estate, but also has sufficient strength in capital markets and dispute settlement. No matter how complicated the matters are, he can easily find the pain points and give corresponding solutions. This is the real lawyer we have been looking for.”
“Luo has been engaged in the practice area of real estate and construction for over fifteen years. He has provided professional legal services for our company in the past four years and has received appraisals and satisfied feedback from the leaders in our company. Moreover, he has also showed strong project coordination ability as well as professionalism in real estate and construction.”
Work highlights
Acted for an automobile company in defending a lawsuit filed by an employee who was dismissed for violating corporate cultural values.
Work highlights
Represented China Non-ferrous Metals Industry’s 12th Metallurgical Construction on a construction contract dispute against Anhui Wante Investment Development.
Represented China Datang Corporation in an arbitration against Zhejiang Dunan Industrial over equity transfer.
Key clients
China Datang Group Technologies Engineering, China Eleventh Chemical Construction Company, Xinjiang Communications Construction Group
Work highlights
Advised China Railway Investment Group of Culture and Tourism on its investment in the comprehensive treatment and restoration project of the ecological environment in Zongling mining area of Nayong County.
Acted for Arçelik, a Turkish multinational household appliances manufacturer which owns Beko and Grundig, on its asset carve-out transaction involving the sale of Beko Electrical Appliances to Konka Group by an asset deal.
Key clients
FMC Corporation, Lavazza, Oshkosh JLG (Tianjin) Equipment Technology, Shell Energy (China)
Work highlights
Acted on the merger filing of the establishment of a joint venture between Porsche and Munich Re Group.
Key clients
CITIC Capital Holdings, Shenzhen SF Taisen Holding (Group)
