Shanghai
Clyde & Co has advised clients on the business opportunities offered by China's evolving markets for over 30 years. The establishment of our Shanghai office has significantly reinforced the firm's capability and presence in the region, and is in-line with our strategy to be present in all major trading centres of the world.
The merger with Barlow Lyde & Gilbert in November 2011 gives us a significant on-the-ground presence in Shanghai with enhanced capabilities in corporate, commercial and employment. The combined firm brings together over 25 fee earners who have extensive local experience and knowledge of the complexities of how business is done in China. Unlike many other international law firms, our Shanghai and Hong Kong offices operate as an integrated unit and there is much involvement and interaction between the two offices. We have the critical mass, resources and depth of experience to handle the largest and most complex transactions.
Our lawyers are multi-lingual and admitted in multiple jurisdictions including Hong Kong, China, Singapore, England and Wales, the United States, Ireland, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand.
We advise clients on doing business in China, as well as Chinese state-owned and private companies on their outbound investments. Our clients come from a broad range of sectors including insurance and reinsurance, aviation, marine, oil and gas, construction, professional practices (including HR consulting), retail, automotive, publishing, trade, technology and outsourcing, banking and finance, manufacturing, property, entertainment, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and healthcare.
We provide a full commercial service including:
- Aviation
- Construction
- Corporate and commercial
- Corporate restructuring
- Dispute resolution and international arbitration
- Employment
- Energy and projects
- Financial Services / regulatory
- Insurance and reinsurance
- Intellectual property
- International trade
- Marine
- Professional Indemnity
- Retail
- Telecoms, Media and Technology (TMT)
Clyde & Co is renowned for its expertise in all forms of dispute resolution including litigation, arbitration and mediation. Due to our in-depth sector focus, we have particular strength in advising on disputes in the insurance, transportation, energy, trade and commodities sectors. We advise both multinational corporations on their disputes with Chinese counterparties, and Chinese or Asian clients on their disputes in China, Asia or worldwide.
We have a leading insurance law practice in China which is ranked in the top tier of the main legal directories. Our strengths in the aviation, shipping, construction, energy and international trade industries ensures that our insurance and reinsurance lawyers have expert knowledge of those sectors, which enhances their commercial understanding of our clients. We also have a team of corporate insurance lawyers based in Shanghai who specialise in corporate, commercial and regulatory insurance matters within China.
The merger with Barlow Lyde & Gilbert has significantly enhanced our China corporate and commercial capabilities. We assist foreign companies in entering, operating and growing in China and focus on merger and acquisitions, merger controls, corporate finance, private equity and venture capital transactions, joint ventures and shareholders' agreements, reorganisations, refinancings and other general corporate matters. We also advise Chinese clients on their outbound investments.
Our specialist China employment group has a focus on insurance, aviation, pharmaceuticals, electronics, automotive, financial, property and construction and high end technology companies. We also support our corporate team in providing advice to clients on their business transactions from an employment perspective.
Our Asia construction group is led out of Hong Kong, but covers infrastructure and construction projects across the region. The team acts for a broad cross-section of the industry from developers, purchasers, landowners and public bodies through to contractors, sub-contractors, engineers, surveyors and investors in relation to both contentious and non-contentious construction matters.
We are ranked in the top-tier for shipping in the major legal directories. Our China marine group is highly experienced in resolving issues arising from marine and energy insurance, shipping and transport and international trade and commodities. Our broad client base includes property and liability insurers, ship owners, charterers, traders, commodity brokers, banks, logistics companies and transport groups, major energy and offshore construction operators, oil majors and operators. We have acted in many marine casualties and our experience extends to every area of shipping: salvage and collision, charterparties, ship finance, cargo, ship sale and purchase, procurement, and all insurance matters associated with shipping. We also advise on all aspects of international trade including commodities, trade finance, bills of lading, ship sale and purchase and logistics.
Our aviation group advises the entire spectrum of industry participants and offers a full range of aviation finance and aviation liability capabilities.
In addition to Clyde & Co's network of 27 offices worldwide, we have well-established affiliations with local and correspondent law firms in all major jurisdictions including in China. Whether we manage and co-ordinate local lawyers, or work alongside them, the number of international mandates which we have handled and our resulting experience ensure we can deliver both an effective international and local service for clients.