Open and Integrate to Gather Elite - Shenzhen's First Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Associate Law Firm Opened Online
Release time：2020-06-04 16:37
On the morning of March 27, 2020, the first Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao three regions associate law firm in Shenzhen - DHH KAN & LL (QIANHAI) LAW FIRM (hereinafter referred to as the "Qianhai Law Firm") was announced to open through the global online live broadcast in Qianhai Free Trade Zone, and officially started the new mode of cross-jurisdictional law practice in Mainland, Hong Kong and Macau. It will provide both Chinese and foreign clients with one-stop cross-border legal services.
Zhifeng Tang, Executive Director of Qianhai Law Firm, and two hosts
The establishment of the Qianhai Law Firm will further promote the liberalization of the service trade in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, create an innovation-driven legal service environment, start a new model of inter-regional and cross-jurisdictional law practice in Mainland and Hong Kong and Macao under the “one country, two systems” policy, and provide more efficient and international legal services and better law guarantees for enterprises from both China and the countries along the ”Belt and Road”. It will also make the Qianhai Free Trade Zone play a guiding and demonstration role in the legal construction.During the live broadcast, the host also introduced the outstanding international lawyer team of the Qianhai Associate Law Firm and the 33 innovative legal service products which covering three jurisdictions and three business sectors customized by the firm to meet the needs in the development of the Greater Bay Area and the Belt and Road, the introduction has attracted great attention from online guests.
The online opening ceremony was strongly supported by the local government, judicial bureau and all sectors of the society. The Qianhai Associate Law Firm was honored to had invited Xilin Jiang, director of the Shenzhen Judicial Bureau, Sibao Shen, the famous jurist and the chairman of the Belt and Road Legal Scholars Union and the chief of DHH Academic Advisor Professor, Jiaguang Kang, Director of the Judicial Bureau of Nanshan District in Shenzhen, Jing Li, Deputy Director of the Legal Department of Qianhai Administration, Changchi Lin, President of the Shenzhen Lawyers Association, Chun Du, President of the Qianhai Belt and Road Federation, Dr. Yongjian Zhou, Pre-Chairman of Hong Kong Law Society and Chairman of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Xuefei Li, Minister of Legal Affairs of the Macau Liaison Office, Gang Liang, General Manager of the China Legal Services (Macau) Company, Nianda Hua, President of the Macau Bar Association, Xianhui Huang, Chairman of the Macao Legal Workers Association, Yongen Rong ,the Macau Professional Women's Association Chairman, Zhujun Huang, the chief supervisor of the Macau Professional Women's Association, and other well-known people from academic circle, judicial circle, and law practice circles. They all gave speeches online and expressed their heartfelt blessings to the Qianhai Associate Law Firm, at the same time they highly praised the Qianhai Associate Law Firm and placed great expectations on the firm.
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Xilin Jiang, the director of Shenzhen Judicial Bureau, said in his speech:
The establishment of the Qianhai Associate Law Firm enabled three jurisdictions and three legal systems to merge in Qianhai, Shenzhen. The lawyers from the three regions come together, which is conducive to our understanding of international rules and the introduction of commercial practices.
At the moment of the linkage of the three regions, Shenzhen not only is the core of the Greater Bay Area but also is undertaking an important mission entrusted by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council——to build a new type of demonstration area. To improve the legal system in a city, lawyers are indispensable. Lawyers are important part of the rule of law of a city. The “Instruction to The New Mode Of Demonstration Area” entrusted us a mission, that we have to build Shenzhen into a more open platform and improve our level of opening to the outside world, which requires us to link the international general practice with the local legal system of Shenzhen
Professor Sibao Shen, Chief Academic Advisor of DHH, believes:
The establishment of the Qianhai Associate Law Firm adapted to the new situation and created a new pattern, which is not only an important measure of the Shenzhen Judicial Bureau and the Shenzhen Lawyers Association, but also a major innovation! The decision-making team of DHH has always been good at grasping the situation and creating a new pattern, the establishment of the Qianhai Associate Law Firm once again verified this point. Beijing DHH Law Firm is a young Rising Star which full with vitality and positive energy, in just ten years, it has gone through a rapid development path of internationalization and professionalization in line with its own development, Its development has become a much told tale among the lawyer community.
Changchi Lin, President of the Shenzhen Lawyers Association, pointed out in his speech:
We are facing a great test in 2020, although under all kinds of hardships, we still see the new look in this special period. As the first Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao three regions associate law firm in Shenzhen, the Qianhai Associate Law Firm is a milestone, we can see that the lawyers of the firm are standing in front of the opportunities of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, they are working together to overcome difficulties, which is very innovative and reformatory in the Shenzhen Bay Area and is a demonstration to Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.
Chun Du, president of the Qianhai Belt and Road Federation, believes:
The establishment of the Qianhai Associate Law Firm promotes the openness and close cooperation between the lawyers of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and has a positive significance in taking advantages of the lawyers from the three regions, innovating business models, and forming a joint force of legal services. He hopes and believes that with the joint efforts of the three law firms, the Qianhai Associate Law Firm will definite be more pioneering and enterprising than the previous affiliated law firms, explore a closer and more effective cooperation mechanism, and form a smoother and more harmonious cooperative relationship.
Jiaguang Kang, Director of the Nanshan District Justice Bureau of Shenzhen, mentioned in his speech:
Nanshan is a well-known economic region in the country. Nanshan attaches great importance to and strongly supports the development of the lawyer industry, it has issued a series of preferential policies to rapidly promote the development of the lawyer industry in Nanshan District. He believes that the business of the Qianhai Associate Law Firm is very suitable for the city positioning of Nanshan District. The Qianhai Associate Law Firm gathered the elite lawyers from three different regions，which could effectively solve the problem of the convergence and application of the laws and regulations of the three regions under the background that there are three tax areas, three jurisdictions and three currencies existed together.
Jing Li, deputy director of the Legal Department of Qianhai Administration, said in his speech:
In the future, Qianhai will build a core block of a socialist legal construction demonstration zone with Chinese characteristics around legal institutions, and hope Qianhai could gather a large number of high-end legal service institutions, including associate law firms.
Ming Hu, Executive Chairman of the Partner Conference of DHH:
She expressed the most-sincere blessing for the opening of the Qianhai Associate Law Firm. She mentioned that the associate firm was opened at a moment when there is serious epidemic situation existed, the associate firm overcame the difficulties and flew against the wind. We will not be afraid of the challenges anymore in the future and we can. She further noted that hope the lawyers of the Qianhai Associate Law Firm sincerely cooperate together to provide high-quality legal services for both the Chinese customers and the customers from the Belt and Road countries, also customers from all around the world.
Dr. Yongjian Zhou, former president of the Hong Kong Law Society and chairman of the Hong Kong Jockey Club:
I expressed my blessings through the short film and hope that all the lawyers of DHH Jianjia Jiayong Ben Jinyue (Qianhai) Associates Law Firm have a good cooperate.
Nianda Hua, President of the Macau Bar Association:
Congratulations on the establishment of the Qianhai Associate Law Firm. He believes that today is a great moment for Macau lawyers, also for the future development of the Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau Greater Bay Area.
Qi Jiang, started the opening ceremony in Lanzhou
When the needle of the clock pointing at 12:18, the global online live broadcast of the opening ceremony was announced successfully concluded. The Qianhai Associate Law Firm was set up under the harsh environment of fighting against the COVID-19 in whole world, but the firm had never been afraid of hardships and confronted to the difficulties. Using new technology and new thinking, embracing the new era, the firm will definite become a bright pearl in the Bay Area in the future.
