How to Choose a Law Firm

How to choose a law firm? Domestic articles

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Basic classification

Law firms have different classification methods in the market, mostly based on habits, market awareness, market promotion and innovation or the ranking of different commercial organizations, and there is no absolute scientific classification. For convenience, it is divided into red circle law firms, large-scale joining or alliance law firms, boutique law firms and general law firms to introduce.

Hongquan lawyer office

In fact, the red circle firm has been introduced in detail before, so I won't go into details here. Red Circle Law Firm is the top 8 law firms in China, and its concept is similar to the "magic circle" of British lawyers. Including Du Jin, He Jun, Fang Da, Wen Hai, Zhong Lun, Jing Tian Chenggong, Shang Tong, Global, the basic situation of the Red Circle, the honor of the law firm, recruitment requirements, salary level and welfare benefits have been introduced in detail before. If you haven't read it, you can look through your previous notes. One * * has 3 articles ~

Next, several other types will introduce their characteristics, advantages and disadvantages in detail.

Large-scale franchised or allied law firms mainly refer to law firms with more than 1000 employees and offices in many places, which mainly expand in the form of franchises or alliances. For example, Dacheng Law Firm, Yingke Law Firm and Cheng Jintian Law Firm.

The development of law firms by joining or alliance mode is characterized by the rapid expansion of development speed and scale. The disadvantage may be that although all affiliated or allied firms enjoy the same brand, the speed of expansion and development, as well as the contradiction between internal quality standard control, knowledge base sharing and integration and unification of access standards among affiliated or allied firms may lead to differences in legal quality among lawyers or between different affiliated or allied firms.

There are many top lawyers from all walks of life in the country among the many law firms that have joined and formed alliances, but the differences in service quality within and between law firms cannot be ruled out. However, among the law firms in the world, there are many examples of law firms that have developed in the same mode, such as Denton (Dacheng), Baker McKenzie, Ou Hua Law Firm and other international law firms, all of which have developed into world-famous law firms in a similar mode.

Boutique or professional law firm

"Boutique Office" focuses more on some specific business areas, and attracts customers' attention by carefully carving their business level in specific areas. Tiantong, Shangquan, Rubik's Cube, Han Kun, Tongli, Cheng Jintian, Jianwei and Sunshine Times all belong to fine products.

Tiantong Law Firm focuses on solving major and complicated commercial disputes, and there should be few legal persons who have not paid attention to the "Tiantong Litigation Circle" in their official WeChat account. Tiantong has three characteristics: mock trial, litigation visualization, knowledge management and big data. Shangquan Law Firm is the first law firm specializing in criminal business in China, and has undertaken a large number of major and important cases that are influential in society. The "Shangquan Criminal Debate Forum" held on June 5438+ 10 every year is praised by the media as "a high-end feast in criminal defense" and by the industry as "the weather vane of criminal defense". Cube law firm focuses on intellectual property rights and commercial litigation. The classic cases of Cube are: sogou Company v. Baidu Company patent infringement case, Samsung and Huawei series patent infringement and invalidation case, etc.

Han Kun Law Firm specializes in complex commercial transactions and dispute resolution at home and abroad. Especially in private equity, mergers and acquisitions, domestic and foreign securities issuance and listing, investment fund/asset management, competition law, banking finance, aircraft financing, foreign direct investment, corporate compliance, private wealth management, intellectual property rights, dispute resolution and other fields.

"Good welfare" and "Youth Scholarship" are two characteristics of Han Kun. It is said that Han Kun's philosophy is "We don't want our lawyers to worry about money when they need it most". Tongli Law Firm focuses on finance, company and business. All china lawyers association and Shanghai Lawyers Association awarded China Excellent Law Firm, Shanghai Excellent Law Firm and Shanghai Top Ten Law Firm.

Known as "the first IPO in China", Cheng Jintian Law Firm is a comprehensive law firm that provides one-stop legal services and has a leading position in its core business. Cheng Jintian is also the shooting firm of Tencent's large-scale legal workplace variety show "The First Season of Challenge".

Ordinary law firm

In addition to the above categories, the remaining law firms are actually diverse, such as small and medium-sized law firms in scale, law firms that mainly serve individuals and so on.

No law firm is suitable for every lawyer, nor for all clients. Different law firms have their own characteristics, and different types of law firms are different. When choosing a domestic law firm, you can choose according to the level, but you must bear certain risks and be prepared to bear severe pressure. Of course, not all "good" law firms will have events similar to Dahui, and choosing a good team is sometimes more important than choosing a law firm.