AnJie Broad Law Firm

China

Analysis

Overview

AnJie Broad Law Firm is ranked ‘Outstanding’ in insurance. The firm also has expertise in the areas of banking and finance, cross-border M&A, dispute resolution, intellectual property, and labour and employment. Partner Hao Zhan has handled a large number of cases in antitrust civil litigation, antitrust investigations, notifications for concentrations of undertakings and antitrust compliance. Ying Song and Zhining Wang are other two key partners for competition/antitrust in the firm.

Client feedback

Anjie provided us with very comprehensive and pragmatic solutions and advice. The firm was very responsive.” – Technology and telecommunications

Zhenghe Liu

“He is very pragmatic and very responsive.”

Labour and employment

Work highlights

Advised Citigroup on all consumer banking layoff projects in mainland China.

Advised Swiss Re China on various employment matters, including labour dispatch and outsourcing, pension plans, social insurance and housing funds.

Key clients

DHL China, Omron.

Intellectual property

Work highlights

Advised Autel Intelligent Technology in a trade secret litigation with Snap-on, a US company, and its subsidiary Mitchell 1. The case is the first ever involving data exportation under the Data Security Law of China.

Advised Thatgamecompany in all types of its trademark prosecution and enforcement activities in China.

Key clients

Hanshow Technology, Happinet Corporation.

Dispute resolution

Work highlights

Advised Khorgos Zerun Film and Media Company in a dispute with Mainai Company.

Key clients

Cornerstone International Financial Leasing, Shanghai Bestone Information & Technology, Shanghai Juyin Information Technology.

Corporate and M&A

Work highlights

Advised CICC Qichen Phase II Industry Equity Investment Fund on its investment into the Series B financing of Wuxi DIS Microelectronics Company with a total investment amount of $72 million (Rmb520 million).

Advised Pregene Biopharma to grant a licence for further development and commercialisation of a new medicine and related matters.

Competition/antitrust

Work highlights

Represented Korean Air in a merger control filing before the State Administration for Market Regulation for its acquisition of Asiana Airlines’ shares. The milestone filing is conditionally approved, making it the first conditionally approved transaction between airlines in China's merger control history.

Advised Proterial in an antitrust litigation brought by four rare earth manufacturers for refusal to license related to IP licensing.

Key clients

Shanghai Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal Company, Wanhua Chemical Group.