Shanghai

Built on one of the first international law practices to be licensed in Shanghai, our office consists of more than 25 professional staff including two partners, making us one of the largest international law firms in the city. 

Our Approach  

We represent clients throughout China and also work closely with a well established network of agents and other professional services firms in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan as well as with our own network of 22 offices around the globe. We advise a broad range of multinational clients across financial, industrial, and services sectors, investing and doing business in China.

There are many issues common to the investment environment in China, the CIS and Eastern Europe. As societies undergo the transformation from planned to market economies, their legal systems must also change. This can result in a lack of predictability and transparency, and can delay or frustrate investors' objectives.

This kind of environment requires legal advisers who can navigate an evolving legal system and provide clients with innovative and practical solutions. Our goal is to foster a culture of lawyers who take a proactive approach to our clients' needs and get the job done in a creative and cost-efficient manner.

Our Expertise 

With our transactional culture and international experience, we are therefore particularly adept at advising clients on issues confronting them in emerging market economies.

Our lawyers in Shanghai are highly experienced multilingual professionals who combine in-depth knowledge of local laws and customs with the extensive international legal expertise for which Salans is known around the globe. 

Our clients benefit from relationships that our locally-based lawyers have built with important central government, regional and business entities in China. Our lawyers’ local business and cultural knowledge assists international investors to bridge cultural differences. 

For clients who are unfamiliar with the issues arising in connection with business ventures in China, we serve both as legal counsel and as adviser when seeking and assessing potential Chinese partners and transactions.

Bernd-Uwe Stucken is the Greater China Managing Partner.