Commerce & Finance Law Offices provides a comprehensive and diverse array of legal services that range from capital markets, corporate and M&A and dispute resolution to restructuring and insolvency. The firm has etched itself a formidable niche in the China legal landscape with its concentration on representing overseas companies that have investment interests in China. Its capital markets team has assisted many companies in completing their IPOs, refinancing and offering of bonds and other securities in the capital markets arena. Its dispute resolution practice, on the other hand, hosts a stable of litigators including Hongji Li and Jialu Wang, who have proven adept with a particular focus on the commercial disputes space. Partners Chengchen (Mark) Gan, Bin Wang and Yudong (Steve) Zhao joined the firm recently. Partners Lingyun Dai and Tao Liu left the firm.
Client feedback
“The Commerce & Finance Law Offices possess the ability to quickly and deeply understand the commercial needs of their clients. They are not only capable of resolving disputes through litigation and arbitration but also adept at providing alternative solutions to other issues. In our collaboration with the Commerce & Finance Law Offices, we have found the lawyers we worked with to be professional and diligent, making them excellent partners to work with.” – Dispute resolution
“The firm has demonstrated excellence in trademark matters.” – Intellectual property
Jing Chen
“She has excelled in trademark matters and has also worked in other areas of intellectual property.”
Qiang Cui
“Mr. Cui possesses extensive professional abilities and skills in litigation and arbitration, and at the same time, he has a profound understanding of financial products and financial markets. He can provide clients with professional and practical advice.”
Work highlights
Acted for New China Trust in the enforcement of notarised creditor’s rights documents, with the involved amount of $76 million.
Acting for Bebebus with China Merchants Bank to seek compensation for losses incurred due to its improper promotion activities.
Key clients
China Hainan Rubber Industry Group, China Construction Bank, Harvest Fund Management, Zhongtai Securities.
Work highlights
Advised Wuling Power on the development and acquisition of new energy projects in Bangladesh. Coba Wind Power Project in Bangladesh is the first green power project integrating investment, construction, and operation of SINOPEC in south Asia and the first wind power project in Bangladesh.
Advised Goldman Sachs (Asia) on Bilibili's issuance of American depositary shares and purchase of exchangeable bonds, which is the first concurrent notes exchange and equity offering ever completed by a US and Hong Kong dual-listed issuer, and the first new share issuance financing for Chinese red-chip companies in the US markets since 2023.
Key clients
China Resources National Corporation, CICC, Gravitas Education Holdings, Qingdao Port International Company.
Work highlights
Acted as the Chinese legal adviser of the underwriter in Zhejiang Expressway Company's new H shares listing on the HKEX. The total amount of equity financing raised is equivalent to about $848 million (Rmb6.15 billion), which is the largest equity financing in the history of Hong Kong-listed companies in the highway industry.
Advised Laekna as the PRC legal adviser to the sole sponsor on the IPO and listing on the Main Board of HKEX.
Advised the underwriter for the Hong Kong listing of J&T Express and provided Chinese legal services for the sponsor and underwriters, Morgan Stanley, CICC, and BofA.
Key clients
China Resources National Corporation, Taiwan Cement Corporation, Zhongtai Securities.
