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| Headquarters | Beijing, China |
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| No. of offices | 80 [1] |
| No. of employees | Over 10,000 lawyers |
| Major practice areas | General practice |
| Revenue | $624,000,000 gross revenue in 2018 RMB450 million (£48 million) (2012) $445 million (2018) [1] |
| Date founded | August 14, 2001 (Beijing) |
| Company type | Special general partnership |
| Website | www |
Yingke Law Firm (Yingke) is an international commercial law firm headquartered in Beijing, China. [2] It is the largest China-based law firm measured by number of lawyers. [3]
Yingke Law Firm was founded on August 14, 2001. [4] In the 12 months to June 2010, Yingke opened offices in Hohhot, Nanjing, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang and Tianjin, China. [5] [6]
In September 2010, Yingke opened an office in Budapest, its first in Europe, through the formation of a joint-venture with the Hungarian law firm Várnai & Partners. [7]
In March 2011, Yingke opened an office in Verona, Italy through the creation of a joint-venture with the Italian law firm Advoco. [7]
In January 2012, Yingke opened offices in Istanbul and Warsaw, with a plan to initially recruit 25 lawyers and consultants in the latter city. [8] [9]
In March 2012, Yingke opened offices in New York City and São Paulo, and received approval from the Law Society of Hong Kong to establish a branch office in Hong Kong. [2]
In October 2012, Yingke opened an office in Mexico City. [10]
In March 2013, Yingke announced that it would open offices in Brussels and Milan in April 2013, through associations with local firms Oswell & Vahida and Mercanti Dorio e Associati respectively. [1]
In April 2013 Yingke merged with the Israeli boutique law firm Eyal Khayat Zolty, Neiger & Co, providing it with its first office in the country, [11] which later on merged with Lipa Meir & Co. Advocates, [12] a prominent law firm in Israel. [13]
In September 2019, Yingke established its new New York office: YK Law LLP.
In March 2020, Yingke established its new consulting arm: YK Consulting.
In July 2020, Yingke established its Sydney office: Yingke Law Firm (Sydney).
Yingke's main practice areas include: [14]
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