Overview
Top-tier firm Fangda Partners dominates the majority of ranking tables. Its regulatory team provides one-stop compliance and government enforcement services, including corporate investigations, government enforcement, compliance advisory and related contentious matters. A key partner to note in the team is Kate Yin, who is a recognised leader in complex government enforcement, internal investigation and regulatory compliance, especially for challenging cross-border matters. Corporate partner Jeffrey Ding attends to a varied practice composed of capital markets, corporate M&A and private equity, while Pu (Alexandra) Yang is a long-time authority in the intellectual property capacity.
Client feedback
“Fangda Partners is our long-term trusted external legal partner with outstanding professional strengths and service merits. As a top-tier PRC law firm, it owns elite cross-border legal teams, solid industry experience and precise commercial legal insight. The firm performs excellently in corporate legal affairs, transaction support, legal risk control and daily legal advisory services.
Besides rigorous professional standards and compliant legal solutions, Fangda features an efficient reply mechanism, smooth team communication and client-orientated service awareness. Its lawyers fully combine legal professionalism with our business demands and deliver pragmatic, stable and high-quality legal support all the time. With reliable credibility and consistent service quality, it builds steady, long-term and trustworthy cooperative relations with our company.” – Aviation
“Fangda Law Firm excels at high-standard case analysis and client communication, boasting outstanding professional competence.” – Banking and finance
“The Fangda team has very extensive experience and knowledge to share with the issuer team on the China Panda bond area and also has a very sufficient understanding of EU regulation, which significantly increases our confidence to access this newly developing market.” – Capital markets
“Precise control over the concentration of the undertaking process ensures the transaction progresses successfully according to the preset schedule. Based on in-depth industry research, propose targeted market definitions and scientifically estimate regulatory attitudes.” – Competition/antitrust
“Expertise in the industry, so it is good to provide advice from a practical angle.” – Construction
“Solid legal expertise, extensive project experience, and rapid response times.” – Corporate and M&A
“Fast response and flexible fee arrangements.” – Corporate and M&A
“Professional and dedicated.” – Corporate and M&A
“Fangda discovered significant leads and secured evidence of the same to support the filing of a solid complaint to the relevant authority. As a result, the relevant authority took our complaint seriously.” – Corporate and M&A
“1. Deep understanding of the industry;
2. Leverage of internal experts of the firm.” – Corporate and M&A
“Fangda has assisted our company in handling several complex cases. The team of Fangda has demonstrated outstanding problem-solving skills, handling complex cases with ease and providing professional, feasible, compliant with legal norms, and commercially reasonable suggestions.” – Dispute resolution
“At the forefront of industry technology, excelling in the delivery of cutting-edge technical services, with particular expertise in AI-related solutions.” – Dispute resolution
“We are very satisfied with Fangda’s services. Their legal documents are professional, well-structured, and logically clear. The lawyers are not only highly capable and experienced but also very pleasant to work with. They have provided strong support to our litigation work, demonstrated excellent responsiveness, and shown great dedication, resilience, and willingness to go the extra mile even under tight timelines and heavy workloads.” – Dispute resolution
“Fangda Partners excels at addressing emerging legal challenges with clear, adaptive strategies suited to today’s fast-changing regulatory and business landscape. Rather than offering generic advice, the firm consistently provides highly practical, execution-ready solutions that align with our operational realities. Their forward-looking and commercially grounded approach makes them a highly reliable partner for complex, dynamic matters.” – Intellectual property
“Fangda Partners has extremely high professional competence in handling copyright infringement and anti-unfair competition cases, possesses sufficient litigation practice experience, is conscientious and responsible, has strong communication skills, and can well understand clients' needs.” – Intellectual property
“Fangda Partners delivers comprehensive, multi-practice expertise, ensuring that complex and integrated transactions is supported by dedicated specialists in each relevant field.” – Intellectual property
“Fangda is so comprehensive that they could cover all of my business and legal issues. They are doing extremely fantastic and professional work.” – Labour and employment
“They excel at rapidly understanding the core problems and providing expert-level solutions.” – Private equity
“They demonstrate strong attention to detail and a highly rigorous approach. They consistently take a comprehensive view of legal issues, carefully considering both legal and commercial implications, and provide well‑thought‑out, practical advice.” – Real estate
Christine Chen
“Very deep knowledge of Panda bond and very good relationship with regulators.”
Frank Fan
“He is highly diligent and detail‑oriented in his work. He is reliable and consistently demonstrates a strong sense of responsibility, delivering tasks with care and precision.”
Henry He
“Henry brings deep transactional experience and sharp negotiation skills to the table, consistently offering practical, business-savvy advice that helps us get deals done.”
Diana Li
“Responsible and responsive.”
Jie Li
“She is so professional and full of enthusiasm to help. Also, we are impressed by her solid education background.”
Yvette Liu
“Fast response and diligent attitude.”
Devan Shao
“Devan has been an excellent lawyer to work with. He has strong legal expertise, sound judgement, and a clear, structured way of thinking. In our litigation matters, he has provided substantial support on legal analysis, case strategy, document drafting, and overall coordination. We particularly appreciate that his written work is professional, precise, and logically organised. He is also highly responsive, patient, approachable, and very client-orientated. Even under tight timelines and heavy workloads, he has shown great dedication, resilience, and willingness to go the extra mile to support us.”
“He possesses deep substantive legal expertise, with a notable strength in intellectual property. He confidently tackles complex legal challenges, consistently delivering proactive, practical solutions that align with client objectives under pressure.”
“Possesses strong courtroom advocacy skills, rigorous logical thinking, and mastery of debate techniques, consistently delivering ideal dispute resolution outcomes. Demonstrates exceptional communication and comprehension abilities, maintains strict attention to case details, and is adept at quickly grasping cutting-edge technical issues. Provides timely case updates and offers sound independent analysis and judgment. Excels at compliance risk management, efficiently delivering complete, actionable, and risk-controlled compliance assessment reports of the highest quality. A trustworthy advocate who fights for clients' interests with the utmost professional integrity.”
“Strong professional and communication skills, gentle and cultured. Very skilled in handling intellectual property infringement and unfair competition proceedings in the gaming industry.”
Josh Shi
“Hard work, deep knowledge of the industry, and very professional at law.”
Monica Sun
“Highly professional with strong logical thinking skills.”
Judy Tan
“Judy is a reliable, professional and client-focused legal counsel with remarkable personal traits and work strengths. She is highly responsive, detail-orientated and rigorous with all legal document review, agreement revision and daily legal communication work. With solid legal expertise and rich cooperative experience with our team, she fully understands our aviation business demands and internal work routines. Besides steady professional competence, Judy performs excellently in efficient daily docking, timely problem-solving and smooth cross-team coordination. She delivers clear, business-aligned legal advice, gives polite and precise feedback, and maintains stable, high-quality work output. She is patient, responsible and cooperative, acting as a trusted fixed contact to support our daily legal work efficiently.”
Qiujie Tan
“Professional.”
Feng Wang
“His team graduated from top law schools in China, possessing solid legal theoretical knowledge and having over twenty years of experience in complex commercial agency.”
Jin Wang
“She is dedicated and professional, able to quickly understand industry issues and provide reasonable suggestions.”
Zhenyu Wang
“Outstanding professional ability, rich project experience, timely and efficient communication.”
Tony Xiang
“Extensive industry experience, so the advice is practical.”
Kate Yin
“Kate has a sound judgment call with respect to what risks are manageable and what not. She is able to think out of the box to come up with feasible solutions to the client.”
Lisa Zhao
“She is more like a contact window between Fangda and our company. We have business all over the world, including the US market, the EU market, and the Southeast Asian market. She can handle all the legal issues and help us get things done.”