China

Bird & Bird have been doing business in China for almost 30 years. We use our extensive experience to help clients navigate the complexities of China’s business and regulatory environment and support clients across a broad range of industry sectors in relation to their legal requirements.

Our Hong Kong office was established in 1995 to meet the growing demand of our international clients wanting to undertake business in China and more widely throughout Asia. This was followed by our offices in Beijing in 2004, Shanghai in 2009, and Shenzhen in 2022. Our China offices operate as a collaborative integrated practice, and assists clients with their complex business activities throughout the broader China region, as well as advising Chinese state-owned and private companies on their outbound investment opportunities.

Today, we have over 100 legal specialists in the Greater China region and operate as a collaborative and integrated practice. We assist clients in their complex business activities in mainland China with expert legal advice in Intellectual Property, Corporate, Commercial, Capital Markets, Dispute Resolution, Privacy & Data Protection, Franchising, Outsourcing, Employment, Private Equity & Venture Capital and Real Estate.

Through our formal association with a prominent local Chinese law firm, Lawjay Partners, we are able to assist our clients with contentious matters in Mainland China by litigating in the Chinese Courts. We also have an established wholly owned trademark agency in Beijing, Bird & Bird IP (Beijing) Co. Ltd., which enables us to conduct trademark and copyright matters directly for our clients.

In November 2017, we established a co-operation agreement with AllBright Law Offices (“AllBright”). This agreement primarily sees us support AllBright's domestic Chinese clients with their international expansion ambitions, providing these companies with access to our 32 offices in 22 countries.

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Offices in China

Beijing

Bird & Bird
8/F China World Office 1
1 Jianguomenwai Dajie Chaoyang District
Beijing
100004
China

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Hong Kong

Bird & Bird
6/F, The Annex, Central Plaza
18 Harbour Road
Hong Kong
China

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Shanghai

Bird & Bird
36/F Bund Center
222 Yan An Dong Road
Shanghai
200002
China

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Shenzhen

Bird & Bird
Unit 18, level 13, GEM Tower
No 3033 Zhong Xin Road
Nanshan District
Shenzhen 518054
China

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Bird & Bird achieves excellent results in Chambers Asia-Pacific guide

Dec 21 2022

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Accolades

Bird & Bird 'provide good feedback in discussions and also offer alternative solutions. They are good at adapting to what the business needs and they are commercially minded in their advice, understanding the needs of the business.'

Chambers Greater China Region, 2023

'The team grasp the key issues quickly and they have a good understanding of what we are trying to achieve as a business on each particular matter.'

Chambers Greater China Region, 2023

'Its work ethic, concise advice, responsiveness, respect and professionalism make navigating the tricky IP landscape in China easier to navigate.'

Legal 500 EMEA, 2023

With one of the leading TMT practices in the Asia-Pacific, Bird & Bird‘s telecoms, IT and online services credentials represent a core strength for the Greater China group.

Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, 2022