As needed by the rapid change in and development of law practice areas and in order to comprehensively drive the law firm’s professionalism and enhance the attorney’s competitiveness, ZhongYin Law Firm has continuously promoted and optimized division of labor in recent years. On August 18, 2018, the firm officially adopted the Administrative Measures for the Practice Departments of ZhongYin (Beijing) Law Firm, and reorganized the previous15 practice centers into 12 specialized departments, namely: Securities and Capital Market Department, Banking and Finance Department, Investment and M&A Department, Corporate and Commercial Department, Restructuring and Insolvency Department, Litigation and Arbitration Department, Crime Department, International Trade and Maritime Department, Intellectual Property Department, Real Estate/Construction and Infrastructure Department, Competition and Supervision Department, and Legal Risk Management Department. Recently, according to the basic policy of “one major and three supplementary” practice areas, the partners led the practice teams to make readjustments and join various practice departments. With the support of all partners, 12 departments successfully completed specialty integration and successively held a departmental work meeting respectively.

As needed by the rapid change in and development of law practice areas and in order to comprehensively drive the law firm’s professionalism and enhance the attorney’s competitiveness, ZhongYin Law Firm has continuously promoted and optimized division of labor in recent years. On August 18, 2018, the firm officially adopted the Administrative Measures for the Practice Departments of ZhongYin (Beijing) Law Firm, and reorganized the previous15 practice centers into 12 specialized departments, namely: Securities and Capital Market Department, Banking and Finance Department, Investment and M&A Department, Corporate and Commercial Department, Restructuring and Insolvency Department, Litigation and Arbitration Department, Crime Department, International Trade and Maritime Department, Intellectual Property Department, Real Estate/Construction and Infrastructure Department, Competition and Supervision Department, and Legal Risk Management Department. Recently, according to the basic policy of “one major and three supplementary” practice areas, the partners led the practice teams to make readjustments and join various practice departments. With the support of all partners, 12 departments successfully completed specialty integration and successively held a departmental work meeting respectively.

Banking and Finance Department: build the department based on every specific job and on a solid foundation

The banking and financial practice has been one of the key and strong practices of ZhongYin since its establishment. After this department reorganization, a total of 31 partners joined the Banking and Finance Department. On October 26, 2018, the reorganized Bank and Finance Department took the lead in holding a working meeting. At the meeting, the participating partners conducted fruitful exchanges and discussions and reached a certain consensus on teamwork, fine division of labor, performance sharing, and resource integration and other issues. The Banking and Finance Department will, in response to the call for specialization and integration of the firm, based on actual situations, build the department based on every specific job and on a solid foundation, and by improving the professionalism and teamwork capability of its staff, wholeheartedly provide clients with better and more professional legal services. The participants unanimously agreed that Liu Zhenyu, a management committee member and senior partner, will serve as the convener of the department, responsible for coordinating the practice development of the department.

Work meeting of Banking and Finance Department

Securities and Capital Markets Department: carry forward the reputation of the “Whampoa Military Academy” in the capital market

As one of the first law firms in China to be approved to practice in securities and capital markets, ZhongYin has excellent track record and good reputation among clients, and is hailed as the “Whampoa Military Academy” in the capital market. After the department reorganization, a total of 44 partners joined the Securities and Capital Markets Department, a key practice department of ZhongYins. On October 30, 2018, the Securities and Capital Markets Department held its first working meeting after the reorganization. The participating partners fully discussed and reached a high consensus on new practice development, teamwork, professional improvement, integration and other issues. At the meeting, Tan Jun, a management committee member and senior partner, was elected as the convener of the department. The staff of the department will work hard to create a professional and experienced lawyer team, to provide clients with one-stop, all-round, high-efficiency, and customized services, so that “ZhongYin Lawyer” will continue to be a trusted and quality brand in the capital market.

Part of the participating partners of Securities and Capital Markets Department

Crime Department: Strengthen criminal practice related to financial securities

On November 2, 2018, the Crime Department held a work meeting in the firm. The participating partners fully discussed how to take advantage of teamwork and specialization, and reached a consensus on its development direction, namely to strengthen the criminal legal service related to financial securities. ZhongYin Law Firm has made outstanding achievements in criminal practice, especially in economic crimes, duty crimes, crimes of corruption and bribery, crimes of smuggling, crimes involving drug, etc., and handled a large number of cases with significant social influence. The optimized Criminal Practice Department will integrate collective intelligence and resources to ensure the quality of handling the cases by the Criminal Practice Department and continue to provide clients with better legal services in a highly professional and dedicated way. At the meeting, the participating partners unanimously elected Suo Canjie, the management committee member and senior partner, as the convener of the department, responsible for coordinating the development of the department.

Part of the participating partners of Crime Department

Litigation and Arbitration Department: aim to protect the best legitimate rights and interests of clients

On November 5, 2018, the Litigation and Arbitration Department held a working meeting to fully exchange views on the department's establishment of normative system and training system and other issues; and to elect Zheng Wei, the supervisory committee chairman and a senior partner, as the convener of the department. After the reorganization and optimization of practice departments, the number of partners in the Litigation and Arbitration Department reached 63. ZhongYin is traditionally good at litigation and arbitration practice and has rich experience in representing large institutions at home and abroad and handling tricky disputes with major influence. All the partners agree that in the future, they will continue to aim at maximizing the interests of their clients, and promote the extensive exchange of practice experience and the honing of practice skills and techniques among attorneys in the practice department, and to conduct a broader exploration on how to provide more systematic solutions to clients by using emerging technologies.

Work meeting of Litigation and Arbitration Department

Investment and M&A Department: based on building internal strength

ZhongYin is traditionally good at investment and M&A practice. In this practice optimization and reform, 49 partners chose to join the Investment and M&A Department. On November 8, 2018, the Investment and M&A Department held a work meeting. The participating partners discussed and exchanged views on the department’s practice development prospects, work plan, schedule in the near future and other related issues. They unanimously elected Sun Jian, a supervisory committee member and senior partner, as the convener of the department to coordinate the development of the department. With the introduction of “One Belt, One Road” initiative, the Investment and M&A Department will, by building internal strength and following the principle of “accompanying” legal service, provide legal protection for investment and M&A projects during the whole course, further play an important role in foreign direct investment (FDI), overseas investment by domestic enterprises, investment and M&A of listed company, and advise Chinese enterprises on “go global” strategy to develop in the international market.

Part of participating partners of Investment and M&A Department

International Trade and Maritime Department: global layout based in the business in China

On November 9, 2018, the International Trade and Maritime Department officially held a working meeting. The participating partners sorted out the practice development direction and objectives of the department, and formulated the training plan and the plan for exchanging with international law firms in the near future. At the same time, they elected Jia Zheng, the management committee member and senior partner, as the convener of the department to coordinate the practice development, international cooperation and other affairs of the department. The International Trade and Maritime Department is one of the most competitive practice departments of ZhongYin Law Firm. It has been selected into the ranking lists of international legal service rating agencies such as Chambers, LEGAL500 and LEGALBAND for many years, and has profound professional qualities and extensive practical experience in international trade, trade relief & WTO, maritime & admiralty affairs and other fields.

ZhongYin unswervingly strives to become more specialized and provide more targeted service. Through this intensive reorganization of practice departments, ZhongYin Law Firm urged its attorneys to highlight their major practice, build their internal strength, and the Law Firm to become bigger and more competitive, in order to provide clients with more professional, targeted and considerate legal services. In the future, ZhongYin Law Firm will also further consolidate and upgrade its professional status and enhance its market competitiveness through specialized training, risk control and industry research in all departments.