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Key contacts
Managing Partner: Yu-Lai Jin
Quick facts
Number of Partners

7

Number of lawyers

9

Languages

Chinese, English

Key practice areas
Insurance (asialaw)
Aviation and shipping (asialaw)
Shipping (asialaw)
Dispute resolution (asialaw)
Firm overview

KaiRong Law Firm, established in 1998 as one of the private partnership law firms in Shanghai, is a boutique law firm that specializes in Chinese and international commercial litigation and regulatory matters, especially in practice of shipping, aviation and insurance.

KaiRong’s attorneys have been well trained in UK / US law schools, and have experience and familiarity with international law and practices. Such education backgrounds and experiences enable them to provide clients with the highest quality and consistency of legal representation and service.

In recent years, the firm has shown its strong competition in its core practice fields: shipping, aviation, and insurance.

In the sector of shipping, the firm has been engaged in handling several important maritime cases in relating to some significant vessel collisions such as MV “XiangZhou”, MV “LongQing 1”, MV “ZheDaiYu 02611”, MV “ZheShengYuLeng 80002”and etc. In addition, the firm also successfully represented shipbuilders, insurers, and P&I Club, etc. to deal with various litigation cases in relate to carriage of goods by sea, shipbuilding contracts and disputes, tugs and towing law, salvage, LOF and SCOPIC, pollution, bunkers and the environment and so on.

In aviation, the firm continually represented Malaysian Airliens and its insurer Allianz to deal with settlements and further litigation cases between MAS and the MH370 victim families, and also helps many other international airlines such AA, White Sky, Hawaiian Airlines, Etihad Airlines, Air Niugini, etc and their insurers to handle cases with regard to air passenger and other personal claims, air cargo claim and etc.

Practice areas & sector specialisations
  • Dispute resolution
Key practice contacts and recent case highlights

Aviation & Shipping

Yu-Lai Jin

jinyulai@skrlf.com

Address:
Suite 2206-07, Golden Magnolia Plaza, No.1 DaPu Road
Shanghai, 200023
China
Tel:+86 21 5396 1065 Fax:+86 21 5396 1204 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://www.skrlf.com/zh/home
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Overview

KaiRong Law Firm is ranked ‘Highly recommended’ in aviation and shipping. Established in 1998, boutique firm KaiRong Law Firm is known for its expertise in Chinese and international corporate and commercial, litigation and insurance matters, with a particular focus in the shipping and aviation industry. Managing partner Yulai Jin is experienced in complex litigation and arbitration and has a thorough understanding of shipping law, aviation law, insurance law and civil litigation procedures.

Linked Reviews
Aviation and shipping (asialaw)

Work highlights

Represented a group of foreign reinsurers to deal with claims by a Chinese aircraft leasing company in respect of its aircraft leased to Russian Airlines.

Represented a Chinese domestic airline to deal with a passenger’s information leakage claim.

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