Jingtian & Gongcheng Wins Asian Lawyer “Asian Firm of the Year”
Date:2020-03-02

March 23, 2020 - Jingtian & Gongcheng (the “Firm”) announced the winning of the coveted “Asian Firm of the Year” award at the 2020 Asia Legal Awards due to its outstanding legal experience, business performance, and the strength of its client relationships. This is one of the most prestigious awards issued by The Asian Lawyer. The Asia Legal Awards were jointly hosted by The Asian Lawyer, The American Lawyer, American Law, ChinaLaw & Practice, and Legal Week to recognize Asia's most outstanding and innovative law firms, lawyers, and deals of the year.


Over the past three years, Jingtian & Gongcheng's momentum has moved from strength-to-strength, with its substantial increases in business revenue, total headcount, and office locations which continue to grow rapidly.



In 2019, inrelation to business development, the Firm achieved the strongest resultsin many practice areas.
◆ On the HK IPOs which is one of the core strengthes, Jingtian & Gongcheng’s Mainland China offices participated in 48 HK IPOs, accounting for over 35% of all HKIPOs (with domestic equity items) and the Hong Kong office completed a total of six similar transactions, securing the Firm’s ranking among the top Hong Kong law firms with a Mainland Chinese background.
◆ Jingtian & Gongcheng completed seven IPOs in the United States and five A-share IPOs, with total IPO financing reaching CNY 50 billion.
◆ In respect of bond issuances, more than 50 foreign bonds were issued, with financing exceeding CNY 160 billion. There were approximately 40 domestic bonds issued with financing exceeding CNY 100 billion.
◆ On mergers and acquisitions and cross-border investment, Jingtian & Gongcheng completed over 80 transactions involving more than CNY 80 billion.
◆ On PE/VC investment, the Firm supported approximately 70 clients in completing more than 100 investment projects with a total value of almost CNY 40 billion.
◆ On fund formation, the Firm established more than 70 domestic and international funds, raising over CNY 50 billion.
◆ With respect to asset-backed securitization, Jingtian & Gongcheng drove a number of new innovations and aided its clients in completing over 30 ABS transactions, with a total issuance of more than CNY 70 billion.
◆ In the Trust practice, the Firm set up more than 130 Assembled Funds Trust Plans with an estimated value of more than CNY 60billion, and issued more than 20 Wealth Management Funds, with financing of CNY 20 billion.
◆ On the Dispute Resolution practice, the Firm has successfully concluded numerous lawsuits and arbitration cases, including many landmark and high-profile cases, with the total disputed amount beyond CNY 10 billion.
◆ Jingtian & Gongcheng has also achieved strong results in relation to its various initiatives and practices, including Foreign Direct Investment, China Outbound Investment, Belt and Road investments, Intellectual Property, Real Estate Financing, and Mergers & Acquisitions, as well as TMT, Healthcare, Education, and Arts, Sports and Entertainment industries.

Jingtian & Gongcheng also prides itself on its teams of highly capable lawyers and has shown substantial growth through lateral hires and cultivating internal talent. With a culture of promoting from within, many of the Firm's lawyers have been promoted as Partners while, concurrently, a number of strong, strategically important partner teams have been brought into the Firm. These partner teams bring with them deep experience ininvestment funds, cross-border investments, maritime affairs, international trade, and corporate governance and compliance. In 2019, Jingtian & Gongcheng increased its talent pool by 65 lawyers and by 20 back-office support staff, bringing its overall headcount to over 700 people.


In terms of its business footprint, Jingtian & Gongcheng independently operates its Hong Kong office and has opened three additional offices in Sanya, Hangzhou, and Guangzhou. This provides strategic coverage of opportunities emerging from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Southwest Economic Zone and Hainan Free Trade Zone.


Jingtian & Gongcheng continues to focus on its corporate social responsibility commitments.

◆ While facing the COVID-19 pandemic, Jingtian & Gongcheng was one of the first Chinese law firms to donate supplies and nearly CNY 1.5 million to those battling this crisis. Jingtian & Gongcheng sent front-line medical staff in Hubei Province, who were most affected by the COVID-19 virus, protective gear, medical supplies, ventilators, cardiovascular monitors and other medical necessities.  
◆ In addition, Jingtian & Gongcheng also actively participated in the Western Lawyers Training Program, sponsored several university scholarship programs, served at the United Nations Global Compact as Chinese counsel, provided legal assistance to Ruoergai in Sichuan province, and encouraged a number of senior partners to coach and mentor students at prestigious law schools and business schools.
 
Jingtian & Gongcheng is very delighted to receive this award and would like to take this opportunity to thank all the clients, partners, and friends for your trust and support. We will continuously be committed to further developing the firm's capabilities and operations to ensure stronger and better client service.

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