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Baker & McKenzie to operate in Shanghai FTZ
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BAKER & McKenzie became the first foreign law firm to acquire a license to operate in Shanghai’s free trade zone in cooperation with a Chinese partner, the Beijing-based law firm FenXun Partners.
The two firms entered a joint operation in the free trade zone, enabling them to offer both international and domestic law advice to their clients, according to a statement yesterday.
Under the joint operation regulation, the two firms can serve a client together but should operate only within their respective business scope.
Offshore law firms are only allowed to offer international law-related services on China’s mainland.
The application to form the joint operation is the first approved by the Shanghai Bureau of Justice.
"We are extremely pleased to be the very first firm to be granted approval for joint operation by the Shanghai Bureau of Justice, and are looking forward to this close collaboration with FenXun Partners,” said Danian Zhang, Baker & McKenzie's Chief Representative in Shanghai. “Our Firm has a long-term commitment to China, and we welcome and look forward to the new opportunities that this joint operation affords.”
The Shanghai FTZ is the only area in China where joint operation between offshore and Chinese mainland law firms is allowed.
The measure aims to explore a mechanism to allow closer cooperation between mainland and offshore law firms without opening up the domestic law advice services, according to a blueprint for the FTZ.
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