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During the Chinese New Year, Dr. Leif Gösta Gerling, LL.M. and Jiabao Li, LL.M. were invited to visit Heng Xin Law Office in Dalian, China, where they had in-depth conversations with one of the firm’s founders, Mr. Enqun Wang, as well as Mr. Tianxia Bai and Mr. Ding Geng. Both sides exchanged opinions on the current economic situation and the investment environment in both China and Europe and expressed their hope to strengthen the cooperation between Heng Xin Law Office and LPA legal tax in the future.

The meeting laid the foundation for a trusting cooperation in the Sino-German transactional business that both partners are striving for. Just a few weeks after the meeting, the Frankfurt China Desk and Heng Xin Law already advised on their first joint case.

Founded in 1994, today Heng Xin Law has four offices located in Dalian, Shenyang, Shanghai and Tokyo, with more than 100 lawyers, paralegals and other supporting staff. Heng Xin Law has a long history of providing professional legal services for domestic and international companies, financial institutions, P&I clubs and other enterprises as well as government bodies on financing and investment, M&A, restructuring, liquidation and insolvency. One of the core practice areas of Heng Xin Law is maritime and shipping law.

We are very grateful to have had the opportunity to meet with Mr. Wang, Mr. Bai and Mr. Geng with the focus to aiming for a fruitful collaboration on cross-border cases pertaining to different areas of expertise. This strategic partnership further strengthens LPA’s presence and network in Asia as a whole and China in particular and is a welcomed addition to our own presence in this region with our four offices in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore.”, says Dr. Leif Gösta Gerling, LL.M. who is co-heading the German China-Desk at LPA legal tax along with Dr. Kay Jess from the Hamburg office.

With our China desks in Germany and France, comprising experienced and highly skilled lawyers and tax advisors and also native speaking Chinese bar-admitted foreign practice attorneys, we are in a position to offer our Chinese clients and cooperation partners comprehensive legal and tax advice at the highest level in what are still the two largest European markets.”, says Ran Hu, head of China desk France and partner of the France M&A practice group.