Firm overview

AllBright Law Offices was founded in 1999 as a full-service law firm committed to providing the highest levels of quality advice to clients. Based in Shanghai, AllBright has grown, innovated and provided unmatched service throughout a period of continuous economic and political change across China. Our focus on providing excellent advice and support to our clients has led to rapid expansion and we have established branch offices in 21 cities on the Chinese mainland as well as in Hong Kong and London. In addition, as a result of our increased international presence we have also established an association with the Hong Kong law firm Stevenson, Wong & Co. and a strategic partnership with the Bird & Bird LLP.

AllBright carries on the proud cosmopolitan culture of Shanghai and constantly seeks to bring together established legal professionals and outstanding young talent. In 2018, our team included nearly 2,300 lawyers, which grew to more than 2,800 in 2019, and now stands at over 3,000. This growth is a reflection of the importance we place on driving innovation, creating value for our clients and providing a global service for our clients.

At AllBright, we never stop upgrading and improving our professional legal services, while continuing to optimize our practice area layout. Currently, AllBright has ten major professional committees: Securities and Capital Markets, Banking and Finance, Corporate and M&A, International Trade, Cross-Border Investment, Real Estate and Construction, Intellectual Property, Maritime Affairs，Bankruptcy Liquidation and reorganization, Litigation and Arbitration and Criminal. Each committee continually arranges speakers to address their members, informs members of key global conferences and encourages members to interact with partner firms and companies around the world. In doing so, we aim to achieve the highest levels of professional development within the firm.

Firm overview

Guangzhou Office

Founded in 2001,Dentons Guangzhou Office is one of the most influential law firms in Southern China, with more than 100 excellent partners and more than 300 high calibre practicing lawyers graduating from the prestigious law schools in China and abroad, and possessing combined backgrounds of law, economy, finance, management, accounting and tax. We specialize in 19 practice areas and 14 industrial sectors, take the lead in more than 20 traditional and emerging fields in the legal services market of mainland China.

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Shenzhen Office

As one of the earliest established partnership law firms in Shenzhen, Dentons Shenzhen Office is featured with localized advantage and lawyers’ professional skills and has been an important legal service group in Shenzhen. About half of the lawyers in Dentons Shenzhen have degree of master level or above, and many of them have oversea education background.  Many lawyers in Shenzhen office are also arbitrators in Shenzhen Arbitration Commission and Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration.

Dentons Shenzhen Office has maintained a dominant position in litigation and arbitration, Private Equity and Risk Investment, Investment and M&A, Real Estate, Finance,  Bankruptcy Reorganization, Intellectual Property, Capital Market etc, and  provides sustainable and high quality services to clients. Meanwhile, Dentons Shenzhen Office also enters the emerging market of Antitrust, Private Asset Management, Asset Securitization, Overseas Investment etc and has been high appreciated by clients. In addition, Dentons Shenzhen Office also has a decent market share and influence in the areas of Energy and Natural Resources, Technology, Media and Telecommunications, Luxury and Fashion etc.

Dentons Shenzhen Office emphasizes party organization construction and has been awarded as Advanced Grassroots Party Organizations in Shenzhen legal professional, Advanced Party Organizations in the Participation in the Village (Community) Legal Counsel service, Advanced Trade Union Group, Contribution Award of Love of Shenzhen City Blood Center etc. Dentons Shenzhen Office is also awarded as “Outstanding Branch of Dentons” for many time in the appraisals of Dentons China region. 

Zhuhai Office

Dentons Zhuhai Office engages in business areas of companies and mergers and acquisitions, taxation, labor and human resources, bankruptcy reorganization and liquidation, government, public policy and state-owned asset operation supervision, cross-border investment and trade, medicine and health, criminal, dispute resolution, maritime and marine and aerospace, Banking and finance, insurance, wealth management, capital markets, private equity and investment funds, real estate and construction projects, energy, natural resources and environment, intellectual property, competition and antitrust. Zhuhai enjoys a wide social reputation and has accumulated relatively abundant customer resources. It has been rated as an outstanding law firm in Zhuhai by the Zhuhai Law Association for many times, and has a remarkable performance and reputation.

Firm overview

First law firm in China: established in 1984, the Global Law Office (hereinafter the "GLO") came as the first law firm established after the implementation of reform and opening-up in China. After over 30 years of persistent efforts and development, we have become one of the most prominent large comprehensive law firms in the legal industry of China.

Among the most prominent large comprehensive law firms in China: GLO has been committing to the mission of "serving domestic and foreign clients with globalized vision, globalized team and globalized quality" since its inception, allowing us to always maintain leading position in the industry in the midst of ever-changing global economic environment. We are proud to be one of Chinese most respected and well-connected law firms, recognized as such by both international and domestic league tables and legal institutions for consecutive years, including the Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500 and Asian Legal Business, etc.

Professional and excellent lawyer team: all lawyers of GLO are graduates from first-tier domestic and/or international law schools, most of whom hold LLM or higher degrees. Many partners have the qualification to practice law in the U.S., UK, Australia, Switzerland, New Zealand, Hong Kong, among others. Our lawyer team has excellent professional backgrounds, and many lawyers have experience of working at courts, domestic and foreign first-tier law firms or leading enterprises and organizations in the industry.

Comprehensive one-stop legal services: we provide comprehensive one-stop legal services for domestic and foreign clients from various sectors and industries. We are committed to a variety of industries, including but not limited to sub sectors such as banking, finance, insurance, securities, investment, trade, energy, mining, chemical engineering, steel, manufacturing, transportation, infrastructure and public facilities, life science and healthcare, telecommunication, media, and high technology, culture, entertainment & sports, real estate, hotel & leisure, catering and large consumption, and etc.

Innovative problem-solving abilities: our lawyers are able to apply practical and constructive comprehensive legal solutions by integrating excellent professional law skills with sophisticated business knowledge so as to solve various complex and fast-changing matters. With leading professional innovative capabilities, we are adept at creatively designing transaction structures as well as details. Over the last three decades, our expertise has helped set the agenda for change through precedents involving many of the country's "firsts".  

Client oriented service philosophy: over the past three decades, with profound legal knowledge, extensive practice experience, high professional dedication and strong professional ethics sense, we have demonstrated and proved our values and won trust from domestic and foreign clients. In the future, we will continue to help domestic and foreign clients get enduring and long-term success via our unique advantages.