ESTABLISHED IN 2006
Managing Partner: Long Haitao
Number of partners: 110
Number of associates: 310
Firm Overview
Merits & Tree Law Offices (M&T) takes “honorable, professional, co-operative, enterprising and friendly” as our values. After five years of development, M&T has grown into a comprehensive law firm with six offices nationwide (Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Zhuhai and Haikou), and more than 450 lawyers and professionals, including 110 partners.
Under the mission of “Quality Services Enable Clients”, M&T strives to deliver full-range, multidimensional and one-stop comprehensive legal services at each stage of the “investment (issuer-end)”, “transaction (asset-end)”, and “exit (dispute-end)” cycle along the life chain of its domestic and foreign corporate, financial and capital market clients from their stages of startup and growth to maturity.
M&T’s partners are all top-tier experts in the PRC legal industry. They have accumulated rich experience from their previous career paths, including leading international and PRC law firms, financial investment institutions, Fortune 500 companies, and judicial authorities. Our partners are highly seasoned in project management, organisation and execution, and capable of representing complex, challenging and ground-breaking transactions or cases. About half of our partners have an international education background and bilingual capabilities.
Awards
Chambers
• 2020-2022 Private Equity/Venture Capital
The Legal 500
• 2019-2022 Private Equity/Venture Capital
ALB
• 2022 China Law Awards; 2018-2022 Employer Of Choice; 2020-2022 IP Rankings; 2018, 2020, 2022 China’s Fastest Growing Firms
China Business Law Journal
• 2019, 2022 Notable Achiever; 2018-2022 China Business Law Awards; 2019-2021 Deals of the Year
IFLR 1000 Asia-Pacific
• 2020-2022 Private Equity; 2020 Investment Funds
IFLR 1000 China
• 2022 Private Equity; 2022 Capital Markets; 2022 Investment Funds; 2020, 2022 Financial & Corporate
Asialaw Profiles
• 2020-2022 Private Equity; 2020-2022 Media & Entertainment; 2020-2022 TMT
Key Practice Areas
Banking and finance; Investment funds; Family law and wealth management; Private equity/venture capital; Mergers and acquisitions; Real estate and infrastructure; Capital markets; Dispute resolution; Intellectual property; Special assets; Restructuring and insolvency; Regulatory and compliance; Antitrust and competition; Human resources and labour relations; Tax.
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
Shi Jinpeng, senior vice president and board secretary of USI, recommends Ye Han, partner and head of Merits & Trees’ antitrust practice, praising him for his “high efficiency, professionalism and pragmatic approach, and outstanding achievements”.
China Business Law Awards 2022
A senior executive at a well-known biopharmaceutical company says that Merits & Tree was very professional when communicating and co-ordinating with different investors. “The firm has deep research in the field of biopharmaceuticals, so it can weigh and balance the interests of all parties and complete complex transactions with high quality in a short period,” says the client. Jin Youyuan, a leading partner at the firm, has also been recommended by clients for his professionalism and management capacity.
China Business Law Awards 2020
One chief legal officer says Merits & Tree consistently demonstrated professionalism, maintained good communication with the client and the transaction counterparty, and the firm is very diligent in the development of young lawyers, adding: “Merits & Tree’s development of young lawyers is enviable. Their dedicated vocational training camp allows veteran lawyers to fully contribute and share their knowledge structure and practice experience, permitting young lawyers to rapidly master the framework and details of the entire business.”
China Business Law Awards 2019
“Reliability and professionalism on one occasion is not difficult. What is difficult, though, is sustained reliability … all of the Merits & Tree lawyers with whom we have worked are beyond reproach when it comes to professionalism,” said one client in the asset management business about Merits & Tree Law Offices. “Regardless of whether it is on a statutory holiday or during paid leave, or even during sick leave of the handling lawyer, delivery or handover is always arranged impeccably.”
China Business Law Awards 2019
Private equity is one of Merits & Tree’s core services, with numerous clients in the asset management business giving it high praise and recommending its managing partner, Jin Youyuan. “In project negotiations, Mr Jin’s approach is clear, with broad vision, and he is adept at thinking outside the box in endeavouring to benefit his clients,” said one client. “Where required by a project, he can closely match the project’s schedule and time requirements.”
China Business Law Awards 2019
Notable Deals
Recognised by China Business Law Journal as Deals of the Year
Trust bank product a first | 2022 | US$1.5 billion | Details |
Tsinghua Unigroup’s restructuring | 2022 | US$8.2 billion | Details |
China Biologic’s Nasdaq delisting | 2021 | US$4.76 billion | Details |
First biodiversity-themed charitable trust | 2021 | N/A | Details |
Gree sues AUX for patent infringement | 2021 | US$1.3 million | Details |
Universal Global Technology acquires Asteelflash | 2020 | N/A | Details |
Bankruptcy reorganization of Pangda Group | 2019 | N/A | Details |
Contact us
Beijing
5/F, 12/F, Raffles City Beijing Office Tower
1 Dongzhimen South Street
Dongcheng District
Beijing 100007, China
Telephone +86 10 5650 0900
Fax +86 10 5650 0999
Email meritsandtree@meritsandtree.com
Shanghai
18/F, Raffles City
Changning Office Tower 1
No. 1133 Changning Road
Changning District
Shanghai 200051, China
Telephone +86 21 5253 3500
Fax +86 21 5253 3599
Shenzhen
9/F, China Resources Tower
2666 Keyuan South Road
Nanshan District
Shenzhen 518052, China
Telephone +86 755 3325 7500
Fax +86 755 3325 7555
Wuhan
45/F, Enterprise World No. 1
1505 Zhongshan Avenue, Jiang’An District
Wuhan, Hubei 430014, China
Telephone +86 27 8277 2772
Fax +86 27 8277 2773
Zhuhai
Rm 3319, Fuli Center
128 Xingsheng 1st Road
Hengqin New Area
Zhuhai, Guangdong 519000, China
Haikou
Rm 512, 5/F, Block B, Empire Mansion
Guomao Avenue, Longhua District
Haikou, Hainan 570125, China
Website
www.meritsandtree.com