Dentons China 大成律师事务所

Dentons China is ranked ‘Highly recommended’ in our Construction and Labour and employment tables. Managing partner Xuefeng Peng is known for his expertise in antitrust, dispute resolution, M&A, public listings and restructuring. 

Competition/antitrust 

Work highlights 

Assisted shipping company Pacific International Lines in applying for suspension of antitrust investigation in respect of liner convention and terminal handling charges. 

Assisted China Chamber of International Commerce in participating in a US class action against a freight forwarding cartel to claim compensation for the client’s numerous members. 

Acted on the merger filing for SF Express’s acquisition of DHL’s supply chain business. 

Key clients 

Highsun Group, Standard Chartered Private Equity (Singapore) 

Construction 

Work highlights 

Acted for CIECC Overseas Consulting on the PPP project of modern tram Line T1 for Yizhuang New Town in Beijing. 

Acted for China International Engineering Consulting Corporation on the PPP project of urban rail transit Line 1 first phase for Hohhot city. 

Acted for Guizhou Borun Environmental Engineering on the PPP Project of domestic sewage treatment of Hongfeng lake bank villages in Qingzhen city. 

Key clients 

SAIC Anji (Hunan) Logistics, Shanghai Jinshan Xincheng Construction Development 

Corporate and M&A 

Work highlights 

Acted for Allianz China Life Insurance on its preparation of the establishment of the first wholly foreign-owned insurance holding company in China. 

Acted for Pacific Insurance Senior Living Investment Management on the establishment of the joint venture company with Orpea China. 

Acted for Tech-New Group on its acquisition of Jinan Maiteli Technology Group and its subsidiaries. 

Key clients 

Global Logistic Properties Investment Management (China), New Trend Property (Shanghai), Shanghai NOVA Enterprise Management and Consultancy 

Dispute resolution 

Work highlights 

Acted for Peking University in defending litigation over the ownership of 649 collections. 

Represented China Merchants Bank in a finance loan contract dispute with Leview Mobile HK.  

Represented Zhong Chong Group in a series of litigation and arbitration concerning an equity cooperation dispute with Bin Jiang Real Estate Group. 

Key clients 

China Galaxy Securities, Wuxi Borui Investment and Development, Shanghai Caitong Asset Management 

Restructuring and insolvency  

Work highlights 

Acted for Xintai Electric on its bankruptcy reorganisation. 

Acted for Jilin Jien Nickel Industry on its bankruptcy reorganisation. 

Acted for Chongqing Qianneng Industrial (Group) on its debt restructuring. 

Key clients 

Beijing Jianlong Heavy Industry Group, Baoding Tianwei Group, North Heavy Industries Group, Yunnan Coal Chemical Industry Group 

Client feedback 

“Strong in competition compliance, merger and acquisition, capital markets.” – Corporate and M&A 

“Dentons China is an overall very experienced and highly professional law firm. They offer comprehensive legal services with prompt response, and the fee charged is reasonable as well.” – Dispute resolution 

Ken (Jianmin) Dai 

“Strong in compliance advice with reasonable solutions for Chinese companies.”  

Yan Zhu 

“Ms Zhu is an excellent advisor and solution provider. She has solved many cases in her career and is using her experience to serve her clients in a more effective and efficient way.”