1. Litigation and Arbitration

Shen Da has obtained great reputations for their ability to succeed in high-stakes, complex cases. We deal with many cases, which have been handled successfully by our lawyers, with significant social influence in recent years. Such as Liu Jialing Portrait Right Case, Pan Ping Face Disfiguring Case, Wu Guanzhong Copyright Case, Zhang Leping Copyright Case, Zhang Daqian’s Drawings Authenticity Case, Watson Body Searching Cases, Yun Du Bath Pool Compensation Case, Galaxy Hotel Compensation Case, Tycoon Zhou Zhengyi Case, and Tycoon Tang Wanxin Case have all been handled or are handling by the lawyers of Shen Da. Then Shen Da enjoys a rather high reputation in China.

We work with our clients from pre-litigation and pre-arbitration counseling through assisting court to execute the judgment to reach the winning result that meets our clients’ business objectives.

Additionally, in order to protect our clients’ legal benefits, Shen Da has also represented clients in many appeal and retrial cases and reverses the undue judgment subsequently.

2.Company Affairs

Company affairs constitute one of the most important practice areas of Shen Da. Our company affairs team includes a group of experienced lawyers who have been widely involved in the major commercial finance transactions, such as company establishment, taxation, M&A, asset reorganization, dissolution, bankruptcy, liquidation, joint venture, corporation. Shen Da can also provide international and domestic trade, intellectual property, environment protection, custom, technology transfer

Serving as counsels, lawyers of ShenDa have been provided in various types of high-quality legal services to the foreign investment enterprises set up by some of the multinational companies such as Nike, Coca-Cola, Polaroid and HP of the United States, Siemens, Henkel of Germany, BP of the United Kingdom, Christian Dior and Danone Group of France.

3.Foreign Investment

Foreign Investment constitutes one of the core practice areas of us. Shen Da assists foreign and domestic clients in industries in establishing joint ventures, cooperative ventures, wholly foreign owned ventures and representative offices in China. And also help them into Chinese Market and realize our clients’ investment goals and business interests.

Our services include providing legal opinions on foreign investment laws and regulations, initial investment planning and due diligence, establishment of joint ventures, wholly-foreign-owned enterprises or other forms of corporate existence for foreign investment, financial planning and structuring, tax planning, formulation of exit strategies, design of corporate governance, registrations and filings with government authorities, ongoing legal services to foreign invested enterprises and restructuring and liquidation of foreign invested enterprises.

Shen Da provides comprehensive legal services to meet our clients' diverse needs. We value professional integrity, pursuit of our clients' best interests, emphasizing solutions to legal issues and problems, responsiveness to clients' needs and helping them to understand the existing legal framework of China and protecting their interests under such environment by solid understandings of relevant business contexts and market conditions.

Over the years, we have represented many world-renowned companies, such as Adidas, Nokia, Haagen-Daze’s for their investment projects in Shanghai. Other important projects we have worked on are the Shanghai New International Exposition Centre, the PudongJinMaoMansion which is the highest building in China, the JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai at Tomorrow Square and the Oakwood management project in Hongqiao Gubei New Area. All these projects involve hundreds of millions of dollars in investment respectively.

4.Real Estates

Real estate is one of the most increasingly industry in China. As one of the earliest and most distinguished law firm who provides real estate legal services, Shen Da has extensive experience in this field. A number of senior lawyers at the firm began providing legal services for the real estate industry for a long history and are experienced in assignment and transfer of land-use-right, formulating development plans, assignment and transfer buildings under construction, project financing, preparation of legal documents including real estate presale contracts, real estate sale and purchase contracts, mortgage loan contracts.

We pride on the experience in providing unsurpassed legal services and solutions on the projects of ShanghaiJinMaoMansion, South Bund Reconstruction, ShanghaiPudongInternationalAirport, Cosco-liangwanCity Reconstruction and Shanghai Ciro’s Plaza.

5.Banking, Securities and Insurance

Banking, Securities related matters are one of the increasingly expanding businesses in Shen Da recent years. We design unsurpassed legal solutions for commercial banks, issuers and underwriters, listed companies and other finance institutions, provide comprehensive legal services for initial public offerings and the issuance of corporate and project bonds, assist our clients in the areas of mortgage loan, project financing, syndicated loan facilities, export credit related matters, financial lease and certificates of deposit. The above-mentioned legal services include providing legal consultation, preparing of legal documentation and issuing legal opinions.

In addition, we have a number of lawyers at the firm provided legal services for insurance area for a long history and are experienced in dealing with the matters related to transportation insurance of ocean shipping, land transportation and airlift, import and export credit insurance, construction project insurance as well as insurance recovery and insurance claims.

6.International Trade

International Trade is an important area of our practice and we have a group of lawyers who are returnees having studied in overseas countries specializing in this area. Our lawyers are known for their expertise in structuring the legal framework for international sale, technology transfer, international financing, negotiating and drafting all necessary documentation, representing our clients in the court or in local or international arbitration proceedings.

7.Intellectual Property

China’s accession to WTO is a milestone for further integration of Chinese and overseas markets. Under the background, we provide a full range of services in relation to trademarks registration, patents application and invention protection. We also provide a full range of services in relation to the assignment and license of copyright, patent, trade secret and patented technology. Shen Da has years of experience representing multinational and domestic corporations in litigation of intellectual property which has obtained successful results and reputation in handling these cases throughout China.

8. Maritime Law

The maritime team of Shen Da is comprised of senior lawyers who were involved in the very first maritime and marine insurance cases in litigation or arbitration in China. We have substantial experience and an established reputation in solving freightage, marine insurance, and international trade. Additional, we are able to design unsurpassed legal solutions under the existing legal framework of China by solid understandings of relevant business contexts and market conditions in addressing clients’ needs. Shen Da has extensive experience in goods transportation, chartered party, collision, general average, salvage and marine insurance, cargo damage & shortage and marine salvage. In addition, our maritime team concentrates on legal advice, negotiations and the preparation of legal documentation for the aspect of the entrance of Chinese maritime market and industry administration which all are used for the benefit of our clients.