Commerce & Finance Law Offices

Commerce & Finance Law Offices (“Tongshang”) is one of the first truly private partnership and one of the best commercial law firms in China. Founded in 1992, Tongshang has steadily built up its well-recognized practice and reputation in capital markets, corporate/M&A, private equity, dispute resolution, banking and finance, new economy (TMT, healthcare and education), competition and antitrust, investment fund, restructuring and insolvency, regulatory, labor and employment, wealth management, real estate and construction and intellectual property. Tongshang is dedicated to providing advice and expertise at the highest levels.

Commerce & Finance Law Offices is one of the eight “red circle” law firms in China. Since its establishment, it has been focusing on major industries in the world, and has been deeply involved in the legal service market. Accordingly, it has created several major projects with extensive market influence that have changed and reshaped the industry structure, and is thus highly recognized both in and outside the industry: it is one of the legal advisors who are most frequently engaged in overseas listing projects, in which it not only serves as the legal advisor to the issuers, but also the Chinese legal adviser of the underwriters; moreover, it is also one of the law firms who have participated in the largest number of projects for Chinese companies to go public overseas.

Commerce & Finance has steadily built up its practice and reputation. At present, it has branch offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Chengdu, Hangzhou and Wuhan, with more than 700 professionals in C&F, including more than 100 partners and more than 500 attorneys and paralegals. All attorneys in C&F graduated from top-ranking universities in China; in particular, a number of them have obtained doctoral and master’s degrees from prestigious law schools in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, and have internship or work experience in law firms in the UK, the US, Canada, Japan or Hong Kong respectively.

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