C & S Law Firm is founded in Shanghai, China and located at the most active area of China’s economy--Pudong Lujiazhui Finance and Trade Zone. We are a full service law firm with a focus on securities, finance, foreign investment, corporate, commercial and real estate practice.

C & S boasts a dense concentration of highly educated and high caliber attorneys, all of whom are graduates of leading law schools at home and overseas and have either J.D. or L.L.M degrees. We also have several attorneys who had the experiences of practicing laws at renowned law firms in Canada, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore.

With strong research capability, C & S closely follows legislative and juridical development and the practice of legal profession and therefore, we are well prepared to handle not only the daily legal business of the client, but also the complicated and newly occurred legal issues as well. In addition, our attorneys also have experiences practicing outside of China and could offer services that are customary to foreign client.

C & S is among the first group of law firms granted by the government to practice securities laws. With well established reputation and outstanding performance, we are widely recognized as a leader in the legal service areas such as IPOs, seasoned offerings, M&A, restructuring, acquisition of listed companies, corporate reorganization of SOEs and Collectively-Owned-Enterprises, MBO and overseas listing.

Several of C & S partners and lawyers have oversees practice experiences and we knows the legal systems of major western countries, international legal customs and WTO rules, and we are able to provide services to foreign clients.

C & S is one of the law firms designated by the Securities Industry Association of Shanghai to serve members of Securities Industry Association and has been appointed as a legal counsel to Shanghai Stock Exchange since 1998 and a legal counsel to China Financial Futures Exchange since 2007. We are also invited regularly by the government, the Legislation Committee of National People’s Congress, Legislation Bureau of State Department and National Securities Regulatory Commission to provide views and proposals on the draft legislations, regulations and rules such as Company Law, Securities Law, Guidelines of Listed Companies Acquisition, Guidelines of Disclosure of Changes in Shareholding for Listed Companies.

With extensive practice experience, C & S has established a close working relation with many government agencies that are relevant to our service, which certainly contributes to our quick grasp of any changes of laws, regulations and policies, and to our communication with the government for our clients. Since our establishment, we has acted for many large business groups, listed companies, multinational corporations, securities companies, investment institutions and government departments and provided specialized legal services in reorganization, restructuring, listing, financing and M&A to many large companies.

C & S has always committed to the philosophy of “Client is Paramount, Honesty is Fundamental”, strived to forge a cooperative partnership with clients that are long-term and stable, and worked hard to help companies to achieve their business goals with our practical and efficient legal service.