ESTABLISHED IN 1994
Managing Partner: Chen Cong, Zhang He
Number of partners: 347
Number of associates: 1,030
Firm Overview
Established in 1994, Tiantai Law Firm is one of the earliest established large-scale law firms in China. Tiantai is an influential firm in the sector and has built a good reputation in the business. It has been awarded “Excellent National Law Firm” by the All-China Lawyers Association. It has also been awarded the “Excellent Beijing Law Firm” title by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice and the Beijing Lawyers Association for several consecutive years.
Tiantai has nearly 1,000 practising lawyers who have graduated from prominent law schools and affiliated colleges and universities, and is equipped with a robust backend support team. Following a systematic pupillage, Tiantai’s lawyers are endowed with high levels of professionalism and the ability of sustained knowledge-seeking and research. Tiantai’s lawyers are ranked at the frontier of the industry with their outstanding foresight and first-class service capability in both traditional legal services and emerging frontier professional sectors.
Loyal to the facts, belief in the rule of law and clients first are the unswerving practice philosophies of Tiantai. The firm’s clients include government agencies, prestigious enterprises, individuals and other organisations both at home and abroad. Our service fields cover industries such as manufacturing, trade, banking and finance, project development and operation, real estate, life sciences, film, television and entertainment, civil aviation, mineral resources, the internet, and high technology. The services offered by Tiantai cover whole business areas including litigation and arbitration, intellectual property rights, corporate business, private equity, mergers, acquisitions and listings, tax, criminal defence, administrative litigation, and bankruptcy reorganisation.
We are publicising the law and advocating morality, helping others and improving ourselves. Tiantai is committed to providing professional, accurate and pragmatic legal services to customers both at home and abroad.
Key Practice Areas
Dispute resolution; Capital markets; Banking and finance; M&A; Real estate project development and operation; Intellectual property rights; Criminal defence; Credit management; Tax and wealth planning; Civil aviation; Environmental resources; Government legal system; Medical health; International trade and investment; Private equity and investment funds; Bankruptcy reorganisation and liquidation; IT, telecoms, media and entertainment.
Independent intelligence on this law firm
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Testimonials
“We are co-operating in a criminal case involving multiple criminal suspects,” says Lucy Liu, Asia-Pacific trademark counsel at Essilor China. “For each suspect’s situation, Tiantai lawyers have made analysis and summarized in Excel, according to the case, which is convenient for us to have a general understanding of the situation. They always give us opinions and suggestions for each step.”
China Business Law Awards 2020
Notable Deals
Recognised by China Business Law Journal as Deals of the Year
| Great River acquisition, take private of Dragon Crown | 2022 | US$200 million | Details |
| Huajin Aramco Petrochemical joint venture | 2019 | N/A | Details |
| CDB’s USD53.3bn infrastructure fund | 2022 | US$53.3 billion | Details |
Contact us
Beijing Head Office
Huibin Plaza
No. 8 Beichen East Road
ChaoYang District
Beijing 100101, China
Telephone: +86 10 6184 8000
Fax: +86 10 6184 8008
Email: tiantai@tiantailaw.com
Shanghai • Guangzhou • Shenzhen
Tianjin • Changchun • Nanjing
Zhengzhou • Chengdu • Fuzhou
Wuhan • Zhuhai • Suzhou • Hefei
Hangzhou • Taiyuan • Chongqing
Ningbo • Haikou • Kunming
Yinchuan • Jinan • Shenyang
Wuxi • Nanchang • Huhhot • Xi’an
Website
www.tiantailaw.com
