On September 3, 2019, a “China-India Legal Practice Exchange Meeting” was held at ZhongYin Law Firm. Partner Santosh Pai, Counsel Li Qin and Associate Wei Yuanyuan of Link Legal India Law Services visited ZhongYin for exchange. Yan Penghe, the Director and Senior Partner, Liu Xiaoyu and Wu Zetao, the Management Committee Members and Senior Partners Sun Jian, the Supervisory Committee Member and Senior Partner, and associates such as Niu Baoyuan and Hou Shiling attended the exchange meeting. The parties conducted in-depth exchanges on topics of common concern.

Yan Penghe first extended warm welcome to the visiting attorneys and gave a brief introduction to the development history of ZhongYin on behalf of ZhongYin. Yan Penghe pointed out that: Link Legal India Law Services and ZhongYin Law Firm shares a lot in common in terms of practice areas and service concepts; this exchange will lay a solid foundation for the parties to jointly establish a China-India legal service platform and provide a full range of legal services; the parties may further explore a broader space for cooperation, which is quite expected.

Yan Penghe expresses his expectation for the cooperation between the parties

Santosh Pai said that: both India and China are in a period of rapid economic development, and the economic exchanges between China and India have become increasingly frequent; in recent years, many Chinese enterprises have invested in India, and the Indian legal market has great potential. Link Legal India Law Services has rich experience in practicing in China, and ZhongYin Law Firm has trustworthy size and practice capabilities. It is a right and win-win choice for the parties to jointly seek cooperation and development opportunities by giving full play to the advantages of the platform.

Santosh Pai believes that it is a right choice for the parties to jointly seek development

The parties had further exchanges on topics such as the key points of the legal practice in India and the direction of cooperation. The participants actively interacted and the atmosphere was warm.

Wu Zetao expresses his appreciation to the strength of Link Legal

Liu Xiaoyu initiates a discussion on some specific issues concerning the cooperation between Chinese and Indian attorneys

Sun Jian raises questions about the legal practice in India

Li Qin introduces the judicial system and legal environment in India

Wei Yuanyuan attends the exchange meeting

Niu Baoyuan attends the exchange meeting

Hou Shiling attends the exchange meeting

Link Legal India Law Services is famous and reputable in India. It is headquartered in New Delhi and has offices in Mumbai, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai and other places. The law firm is permitted to practice throughout the whole territory of India and to represent at the Supreme Court of India. It has won awards granted by numerous authoritative legal rating agencies in various areas such as commerce with China, project engineering and infrastructure, banking and finance, and dispute resolution. As an Indian law firm that started practice in China early, Link Legal India Law Services has a special department for Chinese affairs.

In recent years, ZhongYin Law Firm has closely followed the pace of the times of “Belt and Road”, actively explored overseas markets, built a global legal service system, and promoted its practice in various areas to be in a leading position, achieving good results. This exchange meeting is the first exploration by the parties on how to share resources to make up what the other lacks, and an important step for ZhongYin to complete its strategic layout for internationalization. The parties will work together to enhance their capability and strength of cross-border legal practice to provide better and more comprehensive cross-border legal services to Chinese and Indian clients.