Jun He Law Offices is one of the first law firms established when law firms were first allowed in the People’s Republic of China

China

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. To advance its policy of market-based reforms, China adopted foreign approaches to legal regulations, particularly in the area of commercial law

Commercial law

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. The Sino-Foreign Equity Joint Venture Law, the first law governing foreign investment, was passed in 1980. Since then, more than 300 laws and regulations, most of them in the economic area, have been promulgated. To meet increasing growth in the sophistication of Chinese law

Chinese law

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, Chinese firms began to incorporate in the late 1980s to meet demand. Jun He Law Offices was one of the first private law firms and currently employs nearly 400 attorneys throughout China, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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, and the United States

United States

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. The firm claims it specializes in assisting foreign companies do business in China.

The main practice areas of the firm include foreign direct investment

Foreign direct investment

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, corporate, banking and finance, arbitration

Arbitration

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, tax

Tax

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, and intellectual property

Intellectual property

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Jun He Law Offices is known for its small firm feel with big firm capabilities. It prides itself as an innovator in Chinese Law and all the lawyers within the firm have a collective awareness of fudiciary duty. The Firm stands out as unique among Chinese firms because it was one of the first independent firms in China.

Rankings

Jun He Law Offices is recommended by the 2010 edition of the IFLR1000 - the guide to the world's leading financial law firms - in the following areas:

Practice area	Ranking position
Capital markets – local firms	Tier 1
Banking and project finance – local firms	Tier 1
Mergers and acquisitions – local firms	Tier 1

Clients

The firm’s major clients include Citigroup

Citigroup

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, Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley

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, Motorola

Motorola

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, Nokia

Nokia

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, IKEA

IKEA

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, BHP Billiton

BHP Billiton

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, Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart

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, Nissan, Northwest Airlines

Northwest Airlines

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as well as a number of local Chinese companies.