About us

Frontbay Law Offices is one of the leading law firms providing comprehensive legal services. It was founded in 2013 as Causeway bay Law Office and was renamed in 2015 as Frontbay Law Offices.

Since its establishment, Frontbay has been committed to providing quality and efficient legal services for clients at home and abroad. The firm has made outstanding contributions to the economy’s reform and opening-up, national development, and the prevalence of rule of law.

OUR OFFICES

OUR PROFESSIONALS

Frontbay has over 50 legal service professionals. Most hold domestic or foreign graduate degrees in law, and some of them have work experience in leading international law firms, in domestic and foreign legislatures, judicial organizations, government agencies, universities, and research institutes.

Frontbay lawyers are solution oriented. They are familiar with both Eastern and Western legal cultures and practices. They know well the complexity of Chinese society, and untangle difficult cultural and legal issues through skillful communication and analysis.

Frontbay Law Offices was one of the earliest law firms in China to be qualified to render legal services in securities, cross-border investment, infrastructure, bankruptcy management, domestic and international patent prosecutions and other areas. Many Frontbay professionals are nationally certified specialists such as patent attorneys, construction engineers, tax advisers, etc.

Frontbay serves clients around the world and can also work in French, Russian, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, etc.

PRACTICE AREAS

Frontbay lawyers practice in twenty areas. Frontbay professionals have accumulated robust experiences in the areas of Capital Markets, Banking & Finance, Dispute Resolution, Mergers & Acquisitions, Cross-border Investment & Finance, Construction & Real Estate, International Construction & Projects, Antitrust & Competition, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Employment & Social Security, Bankruptcy & Restructuring, Government & Public Policy, Healthcare Industry, Environment, Maritime, Tax, Compliance, etc. 

In addition, Frontbay lawyers have an exceptional track record in disputes and trials. Before courts and arbitration panels at all levels, Frontbay has recovered or prevented significant economic losses for or vindicated the rights of clients.  Frontbay’s services cover the entire process of litigation, arbitration, and trial proceedings in civil, economic, criminal, administrative and alternative dispute resolution.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Ever since its establishment, Frontbay lawyers have provided pro bono services which are regarded as their professional duty. They have served various programs such as “Offering Legal Services to Communities”, “Legal Awareness Campaigns at Village Level”, etc. Frontbay has participated in pro bono activities organized by the Ministry of Justice and the programs of other governmental organizations such as “Legal Aid 1+1” and “Legal Assistance Green Action”, and provided legal assistance to academics from the China Academy of Science (CAS) and China Academy of Engineering (CAE). Frontbay lawyers have also provided high quality legal services to the Beijing Olympic Games and Shanghai Expo.

Frontbay also supports academic research and promotes a platform for mediation for the Belt & Road Initiative through the innovative B&R Service Mechanism and B&R International Commercial Mediation Center. 

PROFESSIONAL LEGAL PRACTICE RESEARCH

Frontbay has stood at the forefront of research into the development of rule of law in China and other topics like bankruptcy and restructuring in conjunction with the World Bank. We have successfully organized a series of influential international seminars on the following topics: WTO and Globalization of Legal Service (2001); Intellectual Property Section of World Conference on Law (2005); Investment and Interests Protection (2005); Cross-Border Investment and Tax Structuring (2009); and China Outbound Investment and Government Relations (2010); Exploitation and Sustainable Development of the Mekong Valley (2012); Legal Services and Social Responsibilities on the 20th Anniversary of Frontbay (2013); China-EU Symposium: How to Successfully Participate in European Infrastructure Projects (2014); Investment in Brazil (2014); International Seminar on Property Rights Protection Experiences (2015); Belt & Road Seminar on China-Indonesia Cooperation (2016); International Antitrust Seminar (2016); Investment on Metro Line Projects (2017); Facing the Risks of Internet Finance in China (2017); etc.

Frontbay lawyers have authored many scholarly books including: Introductory Course on Legal Service; Philosophy of Criminal Law; Comparative Study on Freedom Penalty; Comparative Studies on Lawyer’s Criminal Liability; Research on Contractual Liability; American Banking Law; American Law on Sale of Goods, Statutes and Cases; Early Warning Mechanism for Risks; M&A in America; Defense of Capital Cases; Theory and Practice of Customs Administrative Punishment Case; Research on Internal Governance of a Limited Partnership Private Equity Fund; M&A Reviews; and a series of books for the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Frontbay Law Offices. They have also extensively published in domestic and international professional journals on topics in Corporate Governance, Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Intellectual Property, Capital Markets, etc.