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Partner: Zhitong Zhu
Quick facts
Partners

600+

Languages

Chinese, English and Cantonese

Key practice areas
Intellectual property (asialaw)
Corporate and M&A (asialaw)
Dispute resolution (asialaw)
Media and entertainment (asialaw)
Restructuring and insolvency (asialaw)
Investment funds (asialaw)
Private equity (asialaw)
M&A (asialaw)
Banking and finance (asialaw)
Industry Sector: Media and entertainment (asialaw)
Firm overview

Hylands Law Firm was established in 1997 and headquarted in Beijing. Over years of development, Hylands now has 39 offices and 1 IP Agency in cities across China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guiyang, Harbin, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hefei, Jinan, Kunming, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shijiazhuang, Shenyang, Suzhou, Tianjin, Taiyuan, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Urumqi, Wuxi, Xi’an, Xuzhou, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou, Beijing(Miyun District), Beijing(cangping District), Hong Kong, San Francisco, as well as Bishkek in the overseas market. Hylands has established working relationships with over 150 law firms in more than 130 countries and regions, providing clients with one-stop, cross-border professional legal services in multiple disciplines.

Hylands has over 600 partners and counsels, and over 2,000 lawyers and professionals, who are able to provide legal services in many languages including English, Japanese, Korean, etc. As one of the top large-scale commercial law firms in China, Hylands has been included in the top ranking of Chambers and Partners, ALB, The Legal 500, asialaw Profiles, IFLR1000, China Business Law Journal, etc.

With intensive practice skills and experience, Hylands lawyers are legal experts in their respective areas, and are well-versed in China’s investment environment and different business practices . Thanks to close and efficient teamwork, Hylands lawyers always provide tailor-made and practical legal solutions beyond expectations.

Practice areas & sector specialisations
  • Banking and finance
  • Capital markets
  • Competition/antitrust
  • Construction
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Dispute resolution
  • General business law
  • Intellectual property
  • Investment funds
  • Labour and employment
  • Private client
  • Private equity
  • Regulatory
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Tax
Sector expertise
  • Accounting
  • Agriculture
  • Aviation
  • Automotive
  • Banking
  • Construction and materials
  • Consumer goods and services
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Fisheries and aquaculture
  • Food and beverage
  • Forestry
  • Gaming
  • Government and public policy
  • Healthcare
  • Industrials
  • Insurance
  • Investment management
  • Media
  • Mining
  • Natural resources
  • Oil and gas
  • Pharmaceutical and life sciences
  • Real estate
  • Shipping
  • Social infrastructure
  • Technology and telecommunications
  • Tourism
  • Transport
  • Utilities
Other offices

11 & 12/F Tower S1 Bund Finance Center (BFC)

600 Zhongshan NO. 2 Road (E)

Shanghai 200010

China 中国

T: +86 21 5068 0028 / 6887 1787

E: shanghailawyer@hylandslaw.com

Address:
3/11/12, Fortune Financial Center, No. 5 Dongsanhuan Zhong Road
Chaoyang District, Beijing, 北京, 100020
China
Tel:+93 8610 6502 8888 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://en.hylandslaw.com/
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Overview

Headquartered in Beijing, Hylands Law Firm’s practice mainly covers dispute resolution and intellectual property. Founding partner Xiaogang Ma and his team are especially skilled in the media and entertainment industry. In addition to the traditional area of IP, the firm’s IP team also actively extends its practice to data protection, personal information protection, unfair competition and anti-monopoly matters.

Linked Reviews
Media and entertainment (asialaw)

Work highlights

Advised Zhejiang Dongyang Mayla Media, Huayi Brothers Media Corporation and Feng Xiaogang on the plaintiff's suit against plagiarism of the script of the film “Youth”.

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