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Shanghai Contacts/Directions Hogan Lovells International LLP Park Place, 18th Floor 1601 Nanjing Road West Shanghai 200040 China Phone +86 21 6122 3800 Fax +86 21 6122 3899

One of the first international law firms to establish an office in China outside Beijing, we opened our Shanghai office in 2003. With over 40 lawyers including eight partners and three Of Counsels, Hogan Lovells now has one of the largest Shanghai offices of all international law firms, providing local and international clients with a full service offering for both outbound and inbound transactions, corporate and commercial advice, as well as intellectual property, construction and dispute resolution matters.

Independent market surveys regularly highlight our capability and excellent reputation. We are the only international law firm in China able to assist clients in most major cities in China through our membership of the Sino-Global Legal Alliance (SGLA), a selected group of leading Chinese law firms located in 13 cities across the country.

As one of the few international law firms with an agency licence in China, we have established a domestic intellectual property (IP) agency in Shanghai with a branch office in Beijing. The agency enables us to conduct trademark and copyright matters directly for our clients, including enforcement matters.

Our Corporate, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Arbitration and Employment, and Regulatory practices in China are considered outstanding in a range of independent surveys. We are one of the few international law firms in China with genuine multi-disciplinary industry skills in the financial institutions, infrastructure, life sciences, real estate, technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sectors, in each of which we are recognized leaders in the field.

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Awards and Ranking

• Winner of 'Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year' and 'Restructuring Deal of the Year' at the International Financial Law Review Asia Awards 2012
• Winner of 'M&A Deal of the Year' at the Asian Legal Business China Law Awards, 2011 and 2010
• Winner of 'International Patent Firm of the Year' at the Asia IP Awards, 2011
• Winner of 'M&A Deal of the Year' at the M&A Atlas Awards 2011 by Global M&A Network
• Winner of ‘Deal of the Year 2011’ and four ‘Deal of the Year 2010’ by China Business Law Journal
• Winner of seven ‘Deal of the Year’ at Asian-MENA Counsel Awards, 2010
• Winner of 'Asia Pacific Multi-sourcing Finance Deal of the Year', 'Asia Pacific Leisure Deal of the Year', 'Asia Pacific PPP Deal of the Year' and 'Global Deal of the Year' 2010 by Project Finance Magazine
• Winner of 'Project Finance Deal of the Year' at the IFLR Asia Awards 2011
• Winner of 'Project Finance Deal of the Year' at the China Law & Practice Awards 2010
• Winner of 'Power Deal of the Year' and 'PPP Deal of the Year" at the Project Finance International (PFI) Asia-Pacific Awards 2010
• Winner of 'Asia Pacific Project Financing Deal of the Year' at the Euroweek's Annual Syndicated Loans and Leveraged Finance Awards 2010
• Winner of Firm of the Year awards for ‘Intellectual Property’ and ‘Restructuring and Insolvency’ at the Asian-Counsel Awards, 2009 and 2010
• Winner of 'Best Marketing Award for a Legal Services Brand in China' at the China Enterprise and Media Value Annual Conference, 2009
• Winner for ‘Restructuring of the Year’ at the China Law & Practice Awards, 2009
• Winner of ‘International Law Firm of the Year’ at the Asian Legal Business China Law Awards, 2008; shortlisted for the 2009 award
• Winner of ‘China Foreign Firm of the Year’ at the Managing Intellectual Property Global Awards, 2008; shortlisted at the 2009 award
• Winner of ‘Most Enterprising Law Firm of the Year’ at the Legal Business Awards 2008, in recognition of the Sino-Global Legal Alliance (SGLA) launch
• Leading firm for 'Arbitration' in Asia by Asia Legal Business, 2012
• Leading foreign firm for ‘Banking & Finance’ in China by Asia Pacific Legal 500, Chambers Asia, and International Financial Law Review 1000, 2008-2012
• Leading foreign firm for ‘Capital Markets’ in China by Asia Pacific Legal 500, Chambers Asia, and International Financial Law Review 1000, 2008-2012
• Leading foreign firm for ‘Competition and Antitrust’ in China by Chambers Asia, 2009, 2011 and 2012 
• Leading foreign firm for ‘Construction’ in China by Chambers Asia, 2009, 2010 and 2012
• Leading foreign firm for ‘Corporate M&A’ in China by Asia Pacific Legal 500, Chambers Asia, and International Financial Law Review 1000, 2008-2012
• Top-tier foreign firm ranking for ‘Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market/FDI" in China by Chambers Asia, 2009, 2010 and 2011
• Leading foreign firm for ‘Dispute Resolution’ in China by Asia Pacific Legal 500 and Chambers Asia, 2008-2012
• Leading foreign firm for 'Employment' in China by Asia Pacific Legal 500 and Chambers Asia, 2012
• Leading foreign firm for 'Insurance: Non-contentious' in China by Chambers Asia, 2012
• Top-tier ranking for 'Intellectual Property' in Asia by Asia Legal Business, 2012
• Top-tier foreign firm ranking for ‘Intellectual Property’ in China by Asia Pacific Legal 500 and Chambers Asia, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011
• Leading foreign firm for 'Intellectual Property' in China by Asia Pacific Legal 500 and Chambers Asia, 2012
• Top-tier ranking in the Intellectual Property Super League, PLC Which Lawyer?, 2008, 2009 and 2010
• Leading foreign firm for 'Private Equity/ Venture Capital' in China by Asia Pacific Legal 500, 2011 and 2012
• Leading foreign firm for ‘Projects, Infrastructure & Energy’ in China by Asia Pacific Legal 500, Chambers Asia, and International Financial Law Review 1000, 2008-2012
• Top-tier foreign firm ranking for 'Real Estate' in China by Asia Pacific Legal 500, 2012
• Leading foreign firm for ‘Real Estate’ in China by Asia Pacific Legal 500 2008-2011
• Leading foreign firm for 'Real Estate' in China by Chambers Asia, 2008-2012
• Top-tier foreign firm ranking for 'Restructuring and Insolvency' in China by Chambers Asia, 2010-2012
• Leading foreign firm for ‘TMT’ in China by Asia Pacific Legal 500 and Chambers Asia, 2008-2012