Established in 1992, Beijing-based Haiwen & Partners is a leading firm in China with branches in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Chengdu and Haikou. 

Highlights 

The firm specialises in areas such as capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investment, foreign direct investment and fund formation. 

The firm provided legal services for China Mobile Communications Group in its RMB 45 billion investment in Postal Savings Bank of China. The team represented underwriter in Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation’s A share listing. This listing is the third largest A-share IPO in terms of financing scale in the integrated circuit industry, the third largest A-share IPO as of 2023, and the largest A-share IPO in terms of financing scale in Anhui province. 

Haiwen & Partners strengthened its capital markets team by hiring veteran Tom Chau, Zhong Wang and Isaac Chen from Herbert Smith Freehills in 2023. 

Key clients 

The firm main clients include China Mobile Capital Holding, Lufax Holding, Goldman Sachs (Asia), China International Capital Corporation, Syngenta Group, Syngenta Group Finance, Beijing Strong Biotechnologies, Credit Suisse (Hong Kong), China Tourism Group Duty Free Corporation, OneConnect Financial Technology, China Three Gorges, CNPC International, HSBC, CICC, BP Xiaoju, X-EPIC, Qimai, Plum and Guotai Junan Securities.