How to choose a law firmLaw firm classification? Domestic
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Basic classification
Law firms have different ways of classification in the market, the vast majority of the classification is based on habits, recognition in the market, marketing innovations, or the ranking of the different business organizations, and so on, there is no absolute scientific classification. Here, for the sake of convenience, they are presented as Red Circle Firms, Large Franchise or Alliance Firms, Boutique Firms and General Firms.
Red circle law firms
In fact, before there are detailed out of the introduction of the red circle, here will not repeat, the red circle, is China's top 8 concepts similar to the British lawyers, "magic circle" family law firms. Including Jindu, Junhe, Fangda, Haiqian, Zhonglun, Jingtian Gongcheng, Tongshang, Global on the red circle of the basic profile, law firm honors, as well as recruitment requirements and salary levels and welfare benefits, before there is a detailed introduction to the la, have not yet looked at the friends can flip through the previous notes Oh, a **** there are 3 ~
Next, a few other types will be introduced in detail to their characteristics, as well as the advantages and disadvantages.
Large franchise or alliance law firms mainly refers to the number of people more than a thousand, have offices in many places, mainly in the form of franchise or alliance expansion of the law firm. For example, Dacheng Law Offices, Yingke Law Firm, Jintiancheng Law Firm, etc.
Law firms that develop in the form of franchises or alliances are characterized by rapid growth and expansion. The disadvantage may be that although each franchised or allied firm *** enjoys the same brand name, the speed of expansion and development, as well as the conflict between integration and harmonization of internal quality standard control, knowledge base *** enjoyment, and entry standards among the franchised or allied firms may result in variations in the quality of the legal services of individual attorneys or among different franchised or allied firms.
There is no shortage of top lawyers in the country in various industries among the many franchised and allied firms, but differences in service quality within and between firms cannot be ruled out. But there is no shortage of law firms around the world that have developed in the same way, such as Dentons, Baker Mckenzie, DLA Piper, and other international law firms that have become globally recognized law firms in a similar way.
Boutique firms or specialized firms
"Boutique firms" focus on certain specific areas of practice, and attract clients' attention by refining the level of their specific areas of practice. Tiantong, Shangquan, Cube, Han Kun, Tongli, Jintiancheng, Jianwei, and Sunny Times are all boutique firms.
Tian Tong Law Firm specializes in the resolution of major complex commercial disputes, there should not be a few lawyers who have not paid attention to their public number "TIAN TONG litigation circle" it. The three main features of Tiantong are: moot court, litigation visualization, knowledge management and big data. Shangquan Law Firm is the first law firm specializing in criminal business in China, which has undertaken a large number of influential cases and important cases in the society, and the "Shangquan Criminal Defense Forum" held in October every year is regarded by the media as "the high-end feast of the criminal defense sector" and by the industry as "criminal defense" and "criminal defense". Cube Law Firm focuses on intellectual property rights and commercial litigation. Cube's classic cases include: Sogou v. Baidu patent infringement case, Samsung and Huawei series of patent infringement and invalidation case.
Hankun Law Firm specializes in domestic and international complex commercial transactions and dispute resolution. It is particularly known for its legal services in the areas of private equity, mergers and acquisitions, domestic and international securities offerings and listings, investment funds/asset management, competition law, banking and finance, aircraft financing, foreign direct investment, corporate compliance, private wealth management, intellectual property rights, dispute resolution, and other sectors.
"Good benefits" and "Youth Scholarship" are two specialties of Hankun. Han Kun's philosophy is said to be "we don't want our lawyers to worry about money when they need it most". Tong Li Law Firm specializes in financial, corporate and commercial areas. It has been recognized by the All-China Lawyers Association and the Shanghai Lawyers Association as a national outstanding law firm, Shanghai's outstanding law firm, and one of the top ten law firms in Shanghai.
Jin Tiancheng Law Firm is known as "the first IPO firm in China" and is a comprehensive law firm providing one-stop legal services with industry-leading advantages in its core business areas. JTCC is also the filming firm for Tencent's large-scale legal career variety show "The Exciting Offer Season 1".
General law firms
In addition to the categories described above, the remaining law firms are in fact diverse, such as small and medium-sized law firms in terms of size, law firms that mainly serve individuals, and so on.
No one law firm is suitable for every lawyer, the same will not be suitable for all customers, different law firms have their own characteristics, and different types of law firms are also different, in the choice of domestic law firms, you can choose according to the tier to choose, but you have to take some of the risk, be prepared for the harsh and high-pressure. Of course, not all "good" law firms will be similar to the incident of Dahui, choose a good team is sometimes more important than the choice of law firms.