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China > Dispute resolution: Litigation: foreign firms Tier 1

With ‘the capabilities to handle all aspects of a client’s legal needs‘, Norton Rose Fulbright‘s Hong Kong-based practice handles a range of high-stakes  litigation for regional and global financial institutions. The team also assists with complex family and probate disputes, along with construction-related conflicts. Other areas of strength range from contentious regulatory and white-collar matters, to cyber-fraud cases, injunctions, mis-selling, debt recovery proceedings, and bankruptcy and insolvency-related work. The track record of practice head Camille Jojo includes banking, shareholder and general commercial disputes, contentious trust and probate cases, and insolvency-related litigation, while Alfred Wu is particularly focused on construction disputes. The next line of practitioners showcases the ‘brilliant‘ Kevin Hong, who acts in disputes concerning commercial law, M&A and joint ventures, as well matters involving technology, sales of goods, construction, shipping and insurance, and Daniel Ng, who represents banks, financial institutions and corporations in contentious matters.

China > Insurance: foreign firms Tier 2

Norton Rose Fulbright‘s China insurance practice provides advice on non-contentious matters across the insurance and reinsurance spectrum. The practice encompasses assistance with business establishment issues and strategic investments, along with commercial, corporate and M&A matters. Other key areas of strength are data privacy and cybersecurity, directors’ and officers’ insurance, insurtech, licensing, compliance, and warranty and indemnity insurance. The China insurance practice is led by Shanghai-based Ai Tong, who was raised to partner level in January 2023. Tong’s experience includes advising on both transactions and regulatory matters that involve investments in China by foreign financial institutions, including insurers, reinsurers and insurance intermediaries. Tong additionally advises on the regulatory aspects of financial products’ distribution and resale networks.

China > Projects and energy: foreign firms Tier 2

Norton Rose Fulbright offers distinguished expertise in diverse sectors encompassing power and renewables, oil and gas, water, rail, manufacturing, mining, and shipping, adeptly managing transactional, project finance, and dispute components. Tom Luckock leads the department in collaboration with Jerry Li. Luckock’s speciality lies within both inbound and outbound projects in the power, infrastructure, and mining sectors, providing clients with comprehensive solutions that involve transactional, project development, and project finance elements. Li, steering the China outbound practice, brings extensive experience in numerous projects and transactions in the energy and infrastructure realms, with expertise that covers terrains from corporate, M&A, and project financing to oilfield service, offshore operations, and trading sectors. Yaxun Wang advises an array of Chinese entities on international projects, export credit, acquisition and asset-based finance, with a distinct emphasis on oil and gas, power, and infrastructure.

China > Corporate and M&A: foreign firms Tier 3

Norton Rose Fulbright‘s corporate and M&A team has a notable track record in large-ticket deals with complex regulatory aspects. The practice was recently active in transactions involving the fintech, InsurTech, manufacturing, and banking and finance sectors. It also routinely advises on deals concerning energy, mining and infrastructure, along with logistics and food. The team’s principal advisers are corporate, regulatory and compliance specialist Sun Hong; head of China outbound Jerry Li, who has longstanding energy, resource and infrastructure industry expertise; and projects expert Tom Luckock.

China > Regulatory/compliance: foreign firms Tier 3

Based in Shanghai, the regulatory and compliance practice at Norton Rose Fulbright covers regulatory, compliance, and investigation matters for a varied and largely international client base. Work covered includes regulatory issues arising from corporate transactions, regulatory matters for specialised industries such as financial services, and risk assessments. Sun Hong ‘has rich experience in corporate compliance and governance‘, as well as banking regulatory and investigation mandates. Hong co-leads the team alongside Ai Tong, who was promoted to partner in January 2023. Tong is a specialist on China’s financial regulations, and assists on both transactional and regulatory matters involving foreign investments.

China > TMT: foreign firms Tier 3

Norton Rose Fulbright advises clients on the tech and regulatory aspects of transactions, with notable experience in sectors including financial services, FinTech, and aviation. Anna Gamvros leads the Asia Pacific information protection, privacy and cybersecurity practice from Brisbane and Hong Kong. Her expertise lies in tech agreements, outsourcing transactions, data protection, responses to cybersecurity breaches, and regulatory challenges in the fields of telecoms and the internet.

China > Intellectual property: foreign firms Tier 4

Leveraging its close relationship with local PRC firm Shanghai Pacific Legal, Norton Rose Fulbright's Hong Kong-based Greater China IP team covers the full spectrum of IP litigation and transactional work in China. Practice head Justin Davidson has a strong record advising both multinational and Chinese businesses on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious IP issues, including those in the financial services, tech, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and fashion sectors.