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Headquarters | Beijing, China |
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No. of offices | Four |
No. of lawyers | Approximately 200 [1] |
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Date founded | 1992 | (Beijing)
Website | http://www.haiwen-law.com/en/ |
Haiwen & Partners ( simplified Chinese: 海问律师事务所; traditional Chinese: 海問律師事務所) is a Chinese law firm focused on cross-border securities, M&A transactions, private equity, general corporate and commercial dispute resolution practice. Haiwen is a fully integrated partnership with a modified lockstep compensation system. [3][ non-primary source needed]
Haiwen currently has around 200 lawyers in total working at its Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen [4] and Hong Kong offices. [5] [6]
Compared with most major PRC law firms, Haiwen & Partners maintains a relatively small number of attorneys and focuses on capital market and M&A practices. [7] Haiwen & Partners is one of the " Red Circle" [8] law firms in PRC China.
Haiwen & Partners was founded in May 1992. The founding partners of Haiwen include Duke Law School graduate Gao Xiqing, [9] who was the first Chinese citizen to pass the New York Bar exam [10] and later became the President and Chief Investment Officer of the China Investment Corporation.