Chang Tsi & Partners ("CTW") is a large partnership law firm headquartered in China's capital city of Beijing. The firm is a member of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), International Trademark Association (INTA), and the International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Professionals (INSOL International). Here at CTW, we take pride in providing comprehensive and quality legal services to our clients. Since 2005, CTW has continuously been awarded the titles of "Excellent Law Firm" of Beijing (2005), "Excellent Law Firm" of Haidian District (2006) and "Top Ten Law Firm" of Xicheng District (2007). In 2006, CTW was also recommended by Asialaw Profiles as one of the best law firms in China for legal matters relating to Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property Rights and Merger & Acquisition. CTW has also been awarded the title of one of China's top 10 firms for Intellectual Property work in the Third Annual Asialaw IP Awards held in 2006. In 2008, CTW was nominated "Intellectual Property Law Firm of the year" by Asian Legal Business (ALB). In 2009, CTW was selected by China Law & Practice and China Business Law Journal as one of the most well-established law firms in China.  CTW has been ranked among China's top law firms for intellectual property matters by the Asia Pacific Legal 500 for years.

CTW has its headquarter in Beijing and branch offices in Shanghai and Guangzhou. The Beijing Office is located near the famous royal dock, which is over seven hundred years old and is adjacent to the Changhe River, one of the capital's historic and cultural water systems. The office covers a total area of 2300 sq. meters in a quiet ambience.

CTW has an excellent team of lawyers. Currently, we have more than 120 attorneys and other professionals. Most of them hold Master's degree or above from prestigious law schools. Many of our attorneys have practiced in leading international law firms. With the spirit of teamwork and professional cooperation, we provide top-tier service to our clients worldwide.

Our legal service covers Intellectual Property, Merger and Acquisition, Litigation and Arbitration, Foreign Investment, Construction and Real Estate, Financing and Banking, Securities and Capital Market, Labor Law, Anti-dumping, Maritime Commerce and Commercial Investigation.

In compliance with internationally accepted standards and rules for the legal profession and in light of our guiding principle to maximize clients' benefits, CTW is dedicated to providing quality professional service to clients both in China and abroad.

Legal Team and Social Resources 

Our top-notch team and extensive social resources and connections are the basis on which CTW builds its success.

The partners of CTW, with years of legal background and experiences, are among the pioneers of the legal profession in China. Before becoming attorneys, most of the partners have worked with either Chinese government institutions or judicial organizations or big-name domestic enterprises. Their in-depth knowledge of the working mechanisms of these organizations and their social connections are of invaluable support to our legal services. CTW has recruited lawyers who have gained Master's degrees or above from prestigious law schools in China and overseas. Many of them have practiced in leading international law firms or served as visiting scholars in academic organizations in the USA, the UK, Netherlands and other countries. Through many years of practice and close connections with well-known law firms overseas, all the attorneys at CTW are highly experienced and well qualified to handle complicated and challenging legal matters.   

In addition to the expertise and experiences of our attorneys, CTW also maintains close cooperation with relevant judicial and governmental organizations, as well as with reputable legal experts and scholars. The integration of these long-term and extensive social resources has enabled CTW to effectively meet the diversified needs of clients.

CTW has maintained long-term and close cooperative relationships with hundreds of renowned law firms from the USA, the UK, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Japan, HK and Southeast Asia, and can provide prompt legal services to clients around the world.

Our Values and Social Responsibility

The primary goal of CTW is to achieve the best interests of our clients. We also comply with professional practice standards and are 100% responsible for matters delegated to us.

Guided by this principle, CTW attorneys approach cases from the clients' perspective in order to better understand their needs and deliver feasible, creative, and cost-effective solutions. That is why we use not only our legal expertise, but also our social connections to protect our clients' interests in the best manner possible. Due to this, CTW has won recognition and appreciation from clients all over the world ranging from domestically and globally known businesses to international organizations and financial institutes.

Ever since its establishment, CTW insists on performing the social responsibility of an enterprise citizen. CTW has provided free legal service to suburban towns of Beijing and has established mutual assistance arrangements with Haidian Middle School. We have donated substantial amounts of money to several underfunded primary schools to improve their teaching conditions. CTW also actively participates in many public research projects held by various ministries of the State.
 

Service Quality and Risk Control

In order to minimize the risks for the client and ensure that we reach our service goals, CTW has set its own legal service criteria and quality control standards by combining international quality control systems for legal services with the realities in China.

CTW recognizes that service quality is what sustains the business of the firm. Our criteria for service quality control are in line with the highest standards in international practice. At CTW, providing the best possible service in legal matter is our constant and prime goal.

CTW has established a strict quality supervision and risk control system, including conflict of interest research, risk prevention and control, teamwork and accountability, and computerized processing procedures. At CTW, we research to determine whether there exists a conflict of interest before we accept any new project. For each complicated case, we set up a project-based team composed of partners, attorneys and assistants with a strict quality control and accountability system. To better serve our clients and prevent over-billing, we have computerized our time-limit notification and processing systems. This strict internal control system helps CTW to operate more effectively and efficiently to serve our clients worldwide.

Service Method

CTW provides a wide range of legal services as such:

 Consulting services on relevant projects and legal issues and issuing legal opinions;
 Providing legal support in negotiation, reasoning, or bidding on various projects including engineering;
 Financing, investment and other business activities;
 Drafting, modifying and reviewing contracts, articles of associations and other legal documents;
 Conducting professional investigation on entrusted issues so as to provide evidence and legal support to investment, cooperation, litigation, arbitration and execution proceedings;
 Conducting searches and registrations of trademarks and patents, assignments of trademark rights and patent rights, investigation and evidence collection of IPR infringements, and conducting administrative actions against infringers;
 Acting as professional witnesses and providing depositions of witnesses;
 Acting as the chief, perennial or special legal advisor to provide professional legal services;
  Representing domestic or overseas clients in litigation or arbitration and participating in litigation, arbitration or mediation.

 Our Strengths

 The primary goal of pursuing the best interests of our clients;
 A Legal team that is highly experienced, well-qualified, with strong sense of responsibility and teamwork spirit;
 Extensive social connections;
 Service and quality control systems comparable to international standards;
 advanced work facilities and information management system;
 Close cooperation with peer firms both home and abroad.