ESTABLISHED IN 1998
Managing Partner: Christophe Han
Number of partners: 60
Number of associates: 250+
Firm Overview
Llinks Law Offices (Llinks), founded in 1998, is a leading Chinese law firm with a nationwide and international practice that focuses on legal services for businesses. In the spirit of “collaboration based upon specialisation” and “true partnership”, and with the focus on domestic and international integration and innovation, Llinks has gathered profound professional and industrial expertise, solid practical experience and extensive co-operation networks. Llinks has been recognised as a leading law firm by numerous reputable national and international legal publications and agencies, and has earned a great market reputation in the legal industry.
With professional, dedicated and innovative efforts and expertise, Llinks devotes itself to providing global clients with Chinese legal solutions integrated with commercial needs to solve legal problems in complex markets, and to assisting domestic and overseas clients in achieving their business aims.
Llinks has set up offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and London, with business activities all over the world, and has established close co-operative relationships
with many mainstream law offices around the world to respond to clients at any time and to offer reliable legal services for Chinese and overseas clients.
Llinks, beyond resolving specific legal issues, strives to deliver trustworthy, one-stop legal solutions for all businesses.
Llinks Values
Local Resources and Global Vision
Professional Expertise and Extensive Experience
Integration and Co-operation
Innovation and Perfection
Key Practice Areas
Antitrust and competition; Asset management; Banking and financial services; Capital markets; Compliance advisory; Corporate; Dispute resolution; Healthcare and life sciences; Intellectual property; Labour and employment; Mergers and acquisitions; Private equity and venture capital; Real estate and construction; Restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy; Sports law; Technology, media and telecommunications; Wealth management.
Independent intelligence on this law firm
The following information is sourced directly from China Business Law Journal and/or Law.asia and is not part of the directory listing provided by the law firm.
Testimonials
Ma Teng, an in-house counsel with ICBC’s private banking department, says: “Llinks’ banking and finance team always maintains an attitude of excellence in its practice, and is able to offer professional legal analysis, explanation and advice on legal issues involved in specialised areas such as private banking, financial consumer protection, data compliance and investment in financial products. For new businesses we want to explore, Llinks is also able to provide proven analysis and insights based on our needs.”
China Business Law Awards 2022
A client from a financial holding company commented: “[We are very satisfied with Llink’s services], in the previous cooperation, they provided tips for the legal risks which may be caused by business conditions.”
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The client recommends partner Colin Shi, saying that he is “highly professional and experienced in the field of equity investment and has a clear structure when preparing relevant investment documents”.
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A client from Huatai Securities Asset Management shared: “We are very satisfied and recognise the efforts made by the lawyers of Llinks, especially in the professional interpretation of the difficult legal issues in the asset management business involving non-standard investments. They provide professional advice to support the actual asset management business.”
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James Guo, director of the board and manager of the China office at American Securities, says, “[The legal services of Llinks are] professional, pragmatic, efficient and client-oriented,” He recommends Selena She and Collin Shi, partners of Llinks in Shanghai.
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James Guo, director of the board and manager of the China office at American Securities, says, “[The legal services of Llinks are] professional, pragmatic, efficient and client-oriented,” He recommends Selena She and Collin Shi, partners of Llinks in Shanghai.
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Li Yutong, legal counsel at Sinochem International, thinks that Shi is “an outstanding investment and M&A lawyer” and he is “very satisfied” with the firm’s services in a number of acquisition projects for the company. “Llinks is a professional, dedicated and innovative law firm that provides us with integrated commercial legal solutions and is a very reliable partner,” says Li.
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Zhang Jiarong, a partner at Summitview Capital, says: “[Llinks] has a very high degree of legal expertise and rich practical experience in private equity and venture capital. At the same time, they always think from the perspective of clients, and respond quickly.”
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“Llinks demonstrates tremendous legal professionalism,” is how one client in the medical technology industry assesses Llinks Law Offices. “Something else that really gratifies us is Llinks’ profound grasp of knowledge in the medical industry, not only serving for the current requirements of the enterprise’s project, but also actively assisting in the planning of subsequent relevant legal matters.”
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Another client of Llinks recommended Yang Xun, the firm’s partner in Shanghai, for his “solid knowledge and extensive experience”, adding, “he not only has a solid knowledge of the law itself but also a good understanding of the legislative trends. Additionally, what makes him distinctive is his understanding of the special features of our life science business.”
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A client of Llinks Law Offices considers that the law firm has great service and expertise on IT matters. “As [we are] a fund company, IT systems are of course very important and the cyber security law creates new rules for us,” says the client. “Their in-depth understanding towards the business and laws/regulations, as well as practical advice, turned out to be very helpful.”
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Notable Deals
Recognised by China Business Law Journal as Deals of the Year
| Anhui Transportation REIT raises USD1.6bn | 2022 | US$1.6 billion | Details |
| CATL raises USD6.7bn in private placement | 2022 | US$6.7 billion | Details |
| First A-listed companies make Swiss GDR offering | 2022 | N/A | Details |
| United Imaging Healthcare’s USD1.6bn listing | 2022 | US$1.6 billion | Details |
| Unifrax acquisition of shares in Luyang | 2022 | US$398 million | Details |
| SenseTime’s series D and D+ financing | 2021 | US$2.3 billion, US$12 billion | Details |
| Contemporary Amperex Technology’s non-public offering | 2020 | N/A | Details |
| SenseTime C++/C-prime round financing | 2019 | US$1 billion | Details |
| Suzhou HYC Technology’s A-share listing on Star board | 2019 | N/A | Details |
| Ganfeng Lithium’s Hong Kong IPO | 2018 | N/A | Details |
| SenseTime’s series C/C+ round financing | 2018 | US$ 1 billion | Details |
| China Molybdenum acquires mineral assets in Brazil, Congo | 2017 | N/A | Details |
| Shengang Securities a first under CEPA | 2016 | Details | |
| BesTV acquires Shanghai Oriental Pearl Media share issuance and fundraising | 2015 | US$7.65 billion | Details |
| China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group’s privatization | 2015 | US$743 million | Details |
| Cheung Kong and Hutchison’s reorganization spin off and listing | 2015 | US$54.2 billion | Details |
| Greenland’s joint venture with Forest City | 2014 | Details | |
| Harvest Yuanhe Direct Investment’s closed-ended fund | 2014 | US$1.62 billion) | Details |
| Xiamen International Bank’s capital increase and transformation of corporate form | 2013 | US$921.8 million | Details |
| Shanghai International Trust sets up a QDII assembled fund trust scheme | 2012 | US$160 million | Details |
Contact us
Shanghai Head Office
19F, ONE LUJIAZUI
68 Yin Cheng Road Middle
Shanghai, China
Telephone: +86 21 3135 8666
Fax: +86 21 3135 8600
Beijing
30F, Central Tower, China Overseas Plaza
8 Guanghuadongli, Chaoyang District
Beijing, China
Telephone: +86 10 5081 3888
Fax: +86 10 5081 3866
Shenzhen
18F, China Resources Tower
2666 Keyuan South Road
Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China
Telephone: +86 755 3391 7666
Fax: +86 755 3391 7668
Hong Kong
Room 3201, 32/F, Alexandra House
18 Chater Road Central, Hong Kong
Telephone: +852 2592 1978
Fax: +852 2868 0883
London
1F, 3 More London Riverside
London SE1 2RE
United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 20 3283 4337
+44 20 3283 4323
Email
master@llinkslaw.com
WeChat
LlinksLaw
Website
www.llinkslaw.com
