Introduction to the Firm   Formed in 1998 with the approval of the Ministry of Justice, Beijing Huatang Law Firm is a private partnership law firm.   Our team is comprised of expert lawyers who are highly successful in legal practice and research. Most of the Firm’s lawyers have years of practice experience and come from strong academic backgrounds as diverse as being professors, experts, at least masters in law, and some lawyers have studied abroad, worked overseas or for overseas law firms.   Since the establishment of the Firm, we are keen to offer young talents with training and work opportunities, and have been recruiting lawyers who graduated from prestigious domestic and foreign law schools.   Huatang is maintaining excellent connections and cooperation with various social circles, domestic and foreign intermediary institutions, and government agencies, and we can provide timely and effective service to clients.   Huatang lawyers have extensive experience in various businesses, and have been involved in many important and influential projects and cases.   Over years of development, Huatang is providing a wide range of services in professional and specialized fields, including stock issuing and listing, merger and acquisition, reconstruction of corporate assets, foreign investment, international trade, finance, insurance, real estate, foreign-related litigation and arbitration.   In addition to legal practice area, Huatang lawyers also engage in research and investigation of legal science. Some lawyers have participated in the drafting of laws, regulations or ministerial rules. Equipped with fabulous professional ability, high business quality and reasonable knowledge structure, Huatang lawyers must speak at least one foreign language as well as specialized knowledge such as engineering technology, accounting, finance and taxation.    In conform to acknowledged standards and rules of legal practice, Huatang lawyers are keen to provide excellent and effective legal services to clients with the principle of sincerity and equality to achieve the highest benefit of the clients. Huatang lawyers are receiving good appraisals from the society.   Our clients are domestic and foreign natural persons, companies, enterprises and institutions of all kinds, as well as central and local governmental departments. Huatang lawyers have sophisticated and efficient working mechanism for the clients, in which the specialized partner or senior lawyer will take the lead in solving issues, and a panel comprised of partners and senior lawyers will work together to discuss and research all important, complex cases or projects and respond with effective strategies and solutions.   With profound legal experience, knowledge, analysis and diligence, Huatang lawyers are committed to provide full range of legal services of highest quality to our domestic and foreign clients.   Huatang lawyers hope that they could provide applicable legal services to the economic development of the world to contribute to the economic development of China as well as its communication and cooperation with the whole world in economic, technological, trade and other fields.