Established 1992
Tel: +86 10 5776 3888
Fax: +86 10 5776 3777
Email: marketing@tylaw.com.cn
Website: www.tylaw.com.cn
Contact: Mr. Xiaohui Zhu (Managing Partner)
Number of partners: 108
Number of lawyers: 505
Languages: Chinese, English
Practice Areas: Capital market, Corporate/M&A, Antitrust and competition, PE/VC, Real estate & Construction, Compliance, Energy & Natural resources, Cross-Border investment/M&A, TMT, Finance & Asset Management, Dispute resolution, Intellectual property, Labour Law, Education, Healthcare, Infrastructure and project finance (PPP), Insolvency
Firm overview
Beijing Tian Yuan Law Firm ("Tian Yuan") is a general-service Chinese law firm. Founded in 1992, it is one of the earliest partnership law firms in China. Tian Yuan has its headquarters in Beijing and has branch offices in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, and Hong Kong. Tian Yuan has a team of over 100 partners and more than 500 practitioners and other professionals who can provide full, diversified, one-stop and comprehensive legal services to our domestic and foreign clients.
The practice of Tian Yuan covers a wide range of domestic and overseas capital markets, investment and M&A, finance, asset management and insurance, antitrust and competition, dispute resolution and other areas of expertise, especially leading the industries in the fields of education, healthcare, TMT, new economy, and the Belt and Road.
Recent awards
Chambers and Partners 2018
Recommended firm in Capital Market, Corporate/M&A, Competition/Antitrust, Dispute Resolution, Energy & Natural Resources, Insurance and Private Equity: Buyouts/Venture Capital Investment.
The Legal 500 2018
Recommended firm in Capital Market, Corporate/M&A, Antitrust/Competition, Dispute Resolution, Projects & Energy and Real Estate & Infrastructure.
LEGALBAND & China Law Awards 2018
Recommended firm in Capital Market, Antitrust/Competition, Corporate/M&A, Education, Insurance, Healthcare & Life sciences, Dispute Resolution, IP, Labour Law, Compliance, Outbound Investment and PE/VC.
The Antitrust & Competition Law Firm of the Year
The Education Law Firm of the Year
Asian Legal Business 2017 - 2018
M&A Rankings: China M&A Law Firms
IP Rankings: China IP Law Firms - Patents / Trademarks and Copyrights
China Business Law Journal’s China Business Law Awards 2017-2018
The Antitrust & competition Law Firm of the Year
The Education Law Firm of the Year
The Healthcare, pharma & life science Law Firm of the Year
China Venture 2018
China’s TOP5 PE/VC Legal Service Institutions
The International Legal Alliance Summit & Awards 2018
Best Chinese Law Firm of the Year (Silver Award)
China
Capital Markets
Yan Liu and Guanxiong Wu head the capital markets practice at Tian Yuan Law Firm. The firm advised China Securities Finance on its HK$8.2 billion global H shares IPO, one of the largest transactions for securities companies in China in 2016. The firm also advised China YuHua Education on its HK$1.46 billion IPO on the main board of SEHK, marking one of Hong Kong’s largest listings for educational institutions and one of the largest Chinese educational institutions with a school system listed overseas.
Competition & Antitrust
Wei Huang at Tian Yuan Law Firm is advising COFCO Corporation, a China’s state-owned food processing holding company, on its Rmb33 billion merger with Chinatex Corporation which became COFCO Corporation’s subsidiary. Huang is also advising Zhuhai Meizu Technology on a Rmb520 million antitrust litigation brought by Qualcomm.
Corporate/M&A
“Unlike other firms, Tian Yuan has relatively senior lawyers to handle transactions. We trust their strength and technical abilities. It is very comfortable to work with them,” says a client. Yan Liu and Yixing Li advised Yunda Express, a leading domestic express company in China, on a backdoor listing by acquiring Ningbo Xinhai Electric for Rmb17.8 billion. Liu also advised Dalian Wanda Commercial Real Estate on a delisting offer and the privatisation of H shares of Wanda Commercial for HK$34 billion.
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| Lawyer | Ranking | Practice Area |
|---|---|---|
| Huang, Zaizai | Leading lawyer | Corporate/M&A, Energy & Natural Resources |
| Xu, Wei | Leading lawyer | Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Insurance, Projects & Infrastructure |
| Zhu, Xiaohui | Leading lawyer | Corporate/M&A |
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