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Jin Tai Law Firm

Profile
Founded in 1996 as one of the pioneer private partnership law firms in Beijing, Jin Tai Law Firm witnessed rapid development in recent years as it has grown up to be one of the leading law firms in China. We provide legal services in a broad range of fields including corporate, finance, securities, real estates, international trade, foreign direct investment, intellectual property, commercial litigation and arbitration, etc.

The firm has attracted many talented professional lawyers. All attorneys are graduates from famous local law schools, and some of them are further educated or trained abroad. Many of them brought to the firm the experience of working at other law firms, governmental agencies, judicial organs, famous law schools, or well-known international enterprises, from which they benefit a lot in today’s practicing. The accumulation of their diversified backgrounds enables the firm to provide comprehensive legal services to meet diverse needs of a wide variety of clients. Also, worthy of mention is the spacious office, state-of-the-art equipment and facilities that provide the lawyers with a comfortable working environment.

Over the years, we have provided services to many transnational companies, large-scale state and foreign-owned enterprises, famous private entities, banks and other financial institutions, security companies, investment funds, insurance companies real estate developers and venture capitals. The services furnished involve industries of manufacturing, transportation, infrastructure, mining, railroad, IT, telecommunications, electronic, servicing, retailing and e-commerce etc..

Jin Tai lawyers can deeply understand the needs of clients and accurately master the ongoing legislative progress of China. This facilitates the firm to provide its clients with timely and efficient legal services in the huge Chinese market.

We adhere to the principle of providing quality, prompt, effective professional services to clients.

Address: 13/F Gaoxin Bldg., No.1 Nanbinhe Road., Guanganmen, Beijing, China
Post Code: 100055
Telephone: (86)-10-63288571
Fax: (86)-10-63288570
E-mail: Jintai@ktlawyer.com

Practice Areas

BANKING, FINANCE AND SECURITIES

The lawyers in the finance and securities group of the firm are familiar with laws relating to banking, insurance and securities of the PRC. We render legal services in the area of syndicated loans, commercial loans, infrastructure financing, financing lease, debt restructuring, commercial notes, property insurance and life insurance, futures trading, investment fund etc.

Jin Tai was one of the first law firms approved by China’s securities regulatory authority to provide legal services to securities transactions. The firm has developed close working relationship with many public-listed companies, domestic and foreign securities underwriters and brokers. Over the years, lawyers of the firm have represented issuers and underwriters in more than 60 transactions concerning IPOs, issuance of corporate and project bonds. Today, the firm is recognized as one of the leading local law firms in the area of securities transactions.

CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE

The lawyers in the firm have solid understanding of the complex relations among parties to construction projects, which enable the firm to provide services catering special needs of particular clients. The firm has extensive experience in preparing bidding documents, drafting or reviewing construction contracts and procurement agreement, advising on legal issues during performance of contract, and handling claims or disputes.

The firm can provide full range of legal services in the areas of real estate development and financing, including project structuring, due diligence investigation, formation of real estate development company, grant and transfer of land use right, project transfer(merger & acquisition of project company), mortgage loan, sales or lease of property, property management and dispute settlement. Over the past years, the firm provided services to many domestic and overseas real estate enterprises and property management companies, and have accumulated abundant experience in the field.



INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE


The firm has rich experience in the field of foreign direct investment (FDI) and international trade. We maintain good working relations with relevant governmental departments in handling relevant business.

The firm has advised many foreign and domestic clients with their FDI projects.? ?Our practice in this field includes: formation of joint ventures/wholly foreign-owned enterprise and holding companies(due diligence, application documents, joint venture agreements, articles of association etc.), tax arrangement, operational matters such as labor and tax issues, reorganization, reinvestment, merger and acquisition, dissolution and liquidation. We also assist foreign companies to establish representative offices or branches offices in China. With rapid economic development in China in recent years, we have also been actively involved in overseas investment by domestic PRC enterprises.

The lawyers have sound knowledge about international trade rules and practice and can provide quality legal services on issues relating to export and import contract, agency/distributorship arrangement, franchise agreement, letter of credit, shipping, marine cargo insurance, technology transfer, WTO affairs, etc..




CORPORATE, MERGER AND AQUIZITION

The lawyers in the firm have strong experience in the field of corporate law, and can provide comprehensive services in all types of corporate matters. Our services in this field mainly includes: shareholder’s agreement, share structure, formation of various types of companies, regulatory compliance, conversion of limited liability company to joint stock company and vice verse, tax arrangement, labor issues, share transfer, protection of shareholders’ rights, stock/asset acquisition/disposition, reorganization, debt/equity swap, merger and acquisition, liquidation and/or bankruptcy etc. The firm is among the first group of law firms qualified as bankruptcy administrator in Beijing.

Our mergers and acquisition practice concentrates on conducting due diligence investigation, providing legal advice, participating in negotiations and preparing legal documentation for acquisition and disposition of business and assets. We have considerable experience in representing acquirers, target companies, financial advisors and major stockholders in a wide variety of industries and in all types of takeover transactions.


INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY


Our intellectual property (IP) lawyers act as legal counsel to and give advises to a wide variety of companies, both domestic and foreign, in connection with patents, industrial design, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, know-how, passing off and unfair competition. The services rendered by the firm includes: advising on strategy for protection of patent, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights, drafting agreements on assignment/licensing of patent, copyright and trademarks, and on transfer of technology, procurement of copyright and computer software registrations, advising on domain name issues, IP infringement investigation, enforcing intellectual property rights through administrative or legal proceedings, representing clients in litigation and arbitration in relation to intellectual property right infringement and/or dispute.


LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION

Apart from rendering general legal services such as advising and documenting, the firm actively involves in commercial litigation and arbitration practice to better protect lawful interests of our clients. The firm is highly experienced in litigation on all types of commercial disputes before all levels of courts throughout China. The lawyers in the firm are also experienced in representing clients in hearings before various regulatory agencies and administrative courts. Over the past years, we have appeared? on behalf of many foreign and domestic clients before the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) for trade or investment disputes. Some of our lawyers are qualified arbitrators of various arbitral bodies or former judges. The firm is familiar with procedures of enforcement of foreign judgment and arbitral awards in China.


OUR SERVICE

In the legal services to clients, the firm conducts legal research, carries out due diligence investigation, offers advice, participate in negotiations, draft and review various legal documents. The lawyers also act as legal counsel, provide legal opinions and represent clients in commercial litigation and arbitration.

Our clients are central to everything we do. We aim to provide cost-effective, high efficiency legal services to our clients.