Global Law Office

Global Law Office is one of the ‘Outstanding’ firms in banking and finance. The firm’s banking and finance team has extensive experience in onshore, offshore and cross-border financing work, covering bilateral and syndicated loans, project finance, acquisition finance, real estate finance, asset finance, trade and ECA-backed finance. Lawrence Lin leads the firm’s banking and finance team. The firm’s corporate and M&A team got a further boost with the hiring of eight partners in the last 12 months.

Client feedback

“Global Law Offices provides a one-stop quality service covering various aspects of clients’ needs.” – Corporate and M&A

“They are professional and diligent and provide very excellent legal service.” – Dispute resolution

“Global Law Office has a solid foundation in international law and a good sense of judgement on the priority of issues involved in investment arbitration. This law firm could develop well-thought-out legal strategies and opinions. It can deal with complex domestic legal issues and has a good understanding of government work procedures, which could ensure more efficient communication with government agencies.” – Dispute resolution

“The firm is very professional and has rich experience in dispute resolution.” – Dispute resolution

“The lawyers’ expertise in dispute resolution impressed me most. They are very diligent and professional. They helped us to win a case, which would have been very hard to achieve such a good outcome in our view without their diligence and expertise.” – Dispute resolution

“The firm is diligent and professional.” – Dispute resolution

“It’s one of those law firms that provides truly professional legal service and yet has a deep understanding of the nuances of conducting arbitrations in China.” – Energy

“GLO did a good job and navigated us through the workable methods on complying with China's privacy and data protection regulatory requirements, keeping a balance between fulfilling our business purposes of implementing those cloud services into our daily work and complying with Chinese laws.” – Technology and telecommunications

“They have good drafting and negotiation skills.” – Private equity

“The firm provides quick feedback and has professional legal ability.” – Private equity

“GLO's team has extensive experience in private equity investment projects, and its services representing investors are not limited to the establishment and operation of funds but also include assisting investors in making various arrangements for the compliance and security of the underlying asset transaction arrangements from an agreement perspective.” – Private equity

“They understand business and risk balancing solutions, have rich knowledge of the healthcare industry and a well-established network, and are good at cost control.” – Regulatory

Guangying (Amy) Dai

“She personally participated in the negotiation of the agreement and assisted the team in quality control.”

Yifeng Gao

“He is the doyen of the dispute resolution scene in Beijing.”

Shifang Guo

“Shifang is a well-versed transaction lawyer who can provide legally practicable and commercially viable solutions in various transaction settings, particularly those requiring quick responses and creative thinking. With profound experience in TMT sectors, Shifang is also equipped with unique industrial perspective and insights to tailor her services specifically for investments on this track.”

Huawei Lin

“He has good management ability.”

Jie (Maggie) Meng

“Jie is an excellent privacy and data protection expert, and she can provide workable solutions for any questions.”

Lei Niu

“Lei is responsible, accessible, and problem-solving. He has very deep industry sector knowledge.”

Qing Ren

“He is professional and efficient.”

“He has good legal knowledge and legal judgement.”

Jinghe Wang

“He has rich legal knowledge, outstanding professional ability and good service attitude.”

Tony Zhang

“He is professional and delivers.”

Alan Zhou

“Alan understands industry and business and is very proactive in risk management for the customer. He always responds on time.”

Work highlights

Advised Avistone Pharmaceuticals on its $139 million Series B financing.

Advised Hidden Hill Capital on its participation in CS Smart Automobile's Series B round of financing.

Advised CDB Equipment Manufacturing Industrial Fund on two projects involving about $125 million (Rmb900 million).

Key clients

CMB International, Digital Sustainable Transport, Eccogene, Xiaomi Industry Fund.

Work highlights

Represented Perfect World in a trademark infringement case against an online game company.

Represented Tsinghua University and Nuctech Company in a series of IP infringement cases against Beijing Juhe Xinda Technology.

Key clients

CIP United, Jemincare Group, Ningbo Dreamfish Technology, Sichuan Kelun Botai Biopharmaceutical.

Work highlights

Advised world-renowned automotive industry suppliers, Aptiv’s Suzhou subsidiary, to obtain a winning judgment in an environmental pollution liability case.

Advised WorldUnion Group in exiting leasing project at the lowest cost by assisting in negotiation and litigation.

Advised a well-known trust company in handling a dispute regarding the transfer of the creditor’s right.

Key clients

China North Industries Group Corporation, Yunnan Biovalley Pharmaceutical.

Work highlights

Advised China Guoxin in relation to the establishment of a fund for optimising and upgrading the stock of assets of state-owned enterprises.

Advised Financial Street Capital and Huarong Infrastructure to provide comprehensive legal services for the establishment of the fund, including legal due diligence, design of the transaction plan, drafting and negotiation of the transaction documents, etc., and provided all-round services to the clients.

Key clients

China Life Investment Management, Cloudview Capital, Eastern Bell Capital, Legend Capital.

Work highlights

Advised GLP Capital Partners on fund raising from China's leading insurance companies and acquisition of a nine-asset portfolio. The valuation of this transaction is around $370 million.

Advised Infore Group in purchase of controlling interest of Kuka Home.

Advised CGNPC Energy International on $457 million (Rmb3.3 billion) strategic investment.

Key clients

China Life Asset Management, Luxshare Precision Industry Company, Shanghai Foreign Service.

Work highlights

Advised Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and African Development Bank on Egypt's debut panda bonds issuance.

Advised Shandong High-Speed Holdings in its subscription of new shares worth $300 million and strategic investment in VNET.

Advised Microport on its issuance of $220 million convertible bonds.

Acted as sponsor’s PRC counsel in relation to the spin-off from Jinma Energy and Main Board H-share IPO of Jinyuan HCHEM.

Key clients

BaTeLab, CICC, Haitong International Capital, Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal.

Work highlights

Acted as the PRC counsel to the deal for International Finance Corporation’s second tranche lending to New China Water (Nanjing).

Advised Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) and DBS Bank as mandated lead arrangers in a secured loan facility of up to $300 million to Xiang L5 HK International Ship Lease, Xiang L6 HK International Ship Lease, and Xiang L7 HK International Ship Lease.

Key clients

African Development Bank, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Bank of Communications, Huaxia Financial Leasing, ING.

Work highlights

Advised China Merchants Expressway Network & Technology Holdings to acquire Road King's highway assets.

Advised Beijing Infrastructure Investment on establishment of Beijing Suburban Railway Joint Development Group.

Advised Beijing BII City Utility Tunnel Investment on the construction and development of underground utility tunnel in Beijing.

Key clients

Beijing Shouchuang Thermal Power, Mentougou Investment Management, Shanghai Fengqin Real Estate.