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Telecommunications & Internet

We have maintained an active presence in the telecommunications and internet sector in the past two decades and provided specialized legal counseling to a large number of clients, including basic telecommunications operators, value-added service providers, and internet businesses. Telecommunications and internet is also heavily featured in our practice in M&A, equity and debt financing, and capital markets, where we have represented not just telecommunications operators, value-added service providers, and internet businesses, but also their fund providers, such as private equity funds and investment institutions. Our lawyers have considerable expertise in the telecommunications and internet sphere and have maintained a market-leading position, winning our clients’ recognition with our superb, innovative, and practical legal solutions. Our practice in this area has been highly recommended and consistently ranked Band 1 by Chambers and Partners, an internationally renowned legal rating agency, and has garnered numerous rankings and awards from The Legal 500, China Business Law Journal, asialaw Profiles, and other preeminent industry watchers.

Our work in the telecommunications and internet sphere covers a broad range of industry sectors, such as basic telecommunications, e-commerce, fintech, online education, intelligent logistics, smart healthcare, online games, AI and metaverse, online video/live streaming, Internet of Things, and other value-added telecommunications business.

We are able to provide a full range of legal services to both domestic and foreign clients, catering to their needs regarding, among other things, M&A, equity and debt financing, Chinese and overseas capital markets, restructuring, protection of personal information and data, cross-border transfer of data, network security compliance, antitrust, and intellectual property protection.

Scope of Services

  • Providing telecommunications and internet businesses with a gamut of services, including due diligence, compliance advice, investment structuring, restructuring, negotiation, document drafting, and transaction closing for their financing, M&A, foreign direct investment, and capital market business

  • Advising on construction and development of basic telecommunications facilities

  • Providing legal services relating to big data, protection of personal information and privacy, data collection, data cross-border transfer, etc.

  • Assisting clients in their investment in various value-added telecommunications services in line with market access policies

  • Assisting Chinese start-ups in designing business models that meet financing and listing requirements

  • Advising on setup and operation of e-commerce platforms

  • Providing network security advice, including development of compliance management systems and protection of key information infrastructure

  • Advising on intellectual property protection and prevention of disputes and risks in the telecommunications and internet sector

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