City Development Law Firm

Recognized as a top law firm in China, City Development Law Firm was founded in 1992, having 32 years of experience in providing legal service at various sectors, for clients across the world. The firm is headquartered in Shanghai, initially established to provide services for the industries of construction, real estate and infrastructure.

As a law firm with large scale of services, City Development Law Firm has now formed a team with over 1500 lawyers and 32 local presences throughout China, a large portion of which are multiply disciplined, majored or qualified in law as well as in construction engineering, quantum, urban planning, accounting, insurance areas and so on.

We have been invited to comment on the drafts of laws, regulations, rules and judicial interpretations as a representative law firm on legislation such as the Construction Law, Property Law, Contract Law, Regulations on Administration of Construction Project Duality, Rules of Shanghai Municipality on Real Estate Mortgage, Understanding and Application of Judicial Interpretations of the Supreme People's Court on Project Construction Contracts, and the Measures for Identification and Punishment of Contracting and Illegal Sub-contracting in Construction Projects (for trial implementation). We have also been invited to provide our professional advice on revisions of draft legislation.

We have been appointed by the Ministry of Construction, State Administration for Industry and Commerce, and China Civil Engineering Society to assist in drafting example contracts for construction general contracting, project construction, construction project sub-contracting, and construction project labor sub-contracting.

City Development Law Firm has received multiple awards and recognition from the most authoritative entities since its establishment, among which is Band 1 of Real Estate & Construction area by Chambers & Partners for the past 14 years. The firm believes that specialization and articulated services will assist and advance clients in their business development.

Key Practice Areas
- Construction
- Real Estate
- Natural Resources & Infrastructure
- Finance
- EPC/DB
- International Practice
- Compliance & Risk Control
- Corporate & Commercial
- Water Projects
- Urban Renewal
- Smart City & Intelligent Manufacturing
- Energy & Environment
- Restructuring & Insolvency
- Dispute Resolution, etc.