Fangda

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Fangda Partners
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Headquarters Shanghai, China
No. of officesFive
No. of lawyersApproximately 700 [1]
Major practice areasGeneral practice
Date founded1993 (Shanghai) [1]
Website www.fangdalaw.com

Fangda Partners is a law firm headquartered in Shanghai, China with offices in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. It is one of the 15 largest China-based law firms measured by number of lawyers. It is one of the most profitable law firms in China measured by either revenue or profit per partner and is generally believed to be the most difficult law firm to be hired at.

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Fangda currently has offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou. [2]

Fangda is smaller than other large law firms and has a relatively narrower focus on high-value work for high-end financial institution clients and major multinationals. While Fangda is making efforts to break into other practice areas, the firm currently focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, commercial litigation and arbitration, and bankruptcy as well as the capital market.

History

Fangda Partners was founded in Shanghai in 1993 by six partners. [3]

Fangda opened an office in Hong Kong in April 2012, following the recruitment of former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer litigation partner Peter Yuen. [4]

Fangda joined Ius Laboris, the international HR law firm network, in 2012. [5]

Main practice areas

Fangda has the following main practice areas: [6]

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References

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  5. "Ius Laboris Expands in Asia, Central America and Eastern Europe". Ius Laboris. 25 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
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