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Information & Intelligence Technology

For the past two decades, we have been highly active in information and intelligence technology matters, thereby amassing considerable industry knowledge, keen commercial sense, and significant expertise under our belt. We have provided all-around and one-stop legal services to numerous domestic and foreign information and technology innovation companies, with a focus on solving complex and emerging issues for our clients. Through our extensive experience in handling precedent-setting mandates of consequential importance in this sector, we maintain an industry-leading position.

Our services have been for many consecutive years highly regarded by the worldwide-known legal rating agency Chambers and constantly featured on its Band 1 rankings. We have also garnered strong recommendations and awards from The Legal 500, China Business Law Journal, asialaw, and other acclaimed industry watchers for many a time, and the mandates that we have led or handled have been frequently recognized as the bests of the year.

Our practice in this sector covers, among others, big data, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, semi-conductor, personal information and data protection, cross-border data transfer, smart IoT, application software, and intelligent vehicles.

Scope of Services

Providing one-stop comprehensive services to information and intelligence technology clients for their investment, financing, restructuring, M&A, foreign direct investment, and domestic and overseas listings, among other issues pertaining to capital operation, services including due diligence, compliance counseling, plan development, commercial negotiation, document drafting, and transaction closing
Advising information and intelligence technology businesses on merger filings, assisting them in filing for merger review, formulating antitrust compliance plans for them, assisting with response to antitrust investigations, and representing clients in antitrust cases
Counseling on big data (acquisition, training, and utilization), personal information and privacy protection, dispute resolution, data collection, cross-border data transfer, and other related matters
Advising on intellectual property protection, anti-unfair competition, dispute resolution, and risk prevention related to patents, trademarks, copyright, and trade secrets of information and intelligence technology
Providing legal services for the disputes faced by information and intelligence technology companies over investment and financing, intellectual property, employment, and business operation, among other matters
Assisting Chinese startups in building business models that meet regulatory requirements for financing and domestic and overseas listing