Hylands Law Firm

Firm overview

Hylands Law Firm was established in 2007 through the merger of Beijing Hao Tian Law Office and Beijing Li Wen & Partners. Its two predecessors, founded in the 1990s, had scored impressive results in their respective practice areas.

Headquartered in Beijing, Hylands has also set up branches in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Wenzhou, Shenyang, Changsha and Jiangyin, and, as a member firm of TerraLex, boasts upwards of 150 law firm partners in more than 100 countries and regions worldwide, thereby better providing its clients worldwide with a full range of professional services.

As a leading full-service law firm in China, Hylands has nearly 100 partners and upwards of 400 practicing lawyers, paralegals and other professional legal staff – who have graduated from prestigious law schools, and who can practice work in Mandarin, Cantonese, English, French, German, Italian or Japanese. This professional team of lawyers is composed of legal experts in various fields who are well-versed in China’s investment environment and different business practices in various industries.

Recent awards

• 2016 | Chambers & Partners | Asia-Pacific Leading PRC Firm in International Trade/ Technology, Media & Telecom/ Intellectual Property

• 2016 | Asialaw | Recommended PRC Firm in Banking & Finance/ Capital Markets/ Construction & Real Estate/ Corporate/M&A/ Dispute Resolution & Litigation/ Energy & Natural Resources/ Financial Services Regulatory/ Intellectual Property/ Investment Funds/ IT, Telco & Media/ Labour & Employment/ Private Equity/ Restructuring & Insolvency

• 2016 | Acquisition International | Best for International Investment Disputes - China

• 2016 | China Business Law Journal | Top 20 China asset securitization deals

- Zhongying Xinyidai 2016-1 Consumer Credit Asset-Backed Securities

• 2015 | China Business Law Journal | Firm of the Year in Private equity & venture capital

• 2015 | China Business Law Journal | Top PRC law firms by inbound M&A deal value/ Top 10 China inbound M&A deals

• 2015 | The Legal 500 | Leading PRC Firm in Intellectual Property

• 2015 | The Lawyer | Asia-Pacific’s Top 100 Local Firms

• 2015 | Asian Legal Business | Top 50 Largest Law Firms in Asia/ Top 30 Largest Law Firms in China

Key Practice Areas

Intellectual property, trade remedy, anti-monopoly, entertainment & media, capital markets & financial services, corporate & investment, energy, mining & infrastructure, real estate, dispute resolution, labour & employment, and wealth inheritance.

Our offices

Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Wenzhou, Shenyang, Changsha and Jiangyin.