On 13 January 2021, the Legal 500, a well-known law firm rating agency headquartered in the UK, released its 2021 China Law Firm Rankings. Lifang & Partners was ranked as a top law firm for “Intellectual Property: Litigation”, “Intellectual Property: Non-Litigation”, and “Antitrust and Competition Law”.

Mr XIE Guanbin was recommended for intellectual property and antitrust and competition law. Ms ZHANG Bin was named a leading lawyer in the field of intellectual property. Ms LI Fengfeng and Mr “Roy” LIU Yanxi were recommended for intellectual property. Ms JIAO Shan was recommended for antitrust and competition law.

 Award categories

Intellectual Property: Tier 1 Litigation Law Firm

Intellectual Property: Tier 3 Non-litigation Law Firm

Antitrust/Competition Law: Tier 3 Law Firm

Leading Lawyer



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About the Legal 500

The Legal 500 is a law firm rating agency from the UK. It ranks and evaluates outstanding law firms and lawyers worldwide through careful analysis and extensive industry and client feedback. Lifang & Partners is privileged to have been on the Legal 500’s annual list for many consecutive years.  

About Lifang & Partners’ IP Services  

Lifang & Partners’ intellectual property services team is well known in the industry for quickly understanding complex technical issues and accurately formulating legal solutions for clients. Technical knowledge, rich experience, dedication, good communication skills, and responsiveness are the cornerstone of our success. The Legal 500 quotes a client as saying that we have:

“Very solid legal skills combined with very practical solution-solving mind set.”

About Lifang & Partners’ Antitrust Services

Lifang & Partners’ Antitrust team was founded in 2007. We were one of the first Chinese law firms to create such a team and have plenty of experience handling concentration of undertakings declarations and antimonopoly investigations.

Our antitrust team has handled several trailblazing, landmark cases, such as: the agent of China NetCom Corporation (China Unicom) case of the alleged abuse of dominant market position is the implement of antimonopoly law in China after the first civil lawsuit agent 3 q war is the Supreme People’s Court hearing, the first antimonopoly civil litigation.

Our extensive intellectual property litigation and antitrust law experience makes Lifang & Partners a go-to firm for standard-essential patent litigation. We have participated in almost all the major standard-essential patent disputes in China.

The Legal 500 quotes a client as saying that we have:

“A delicate team with strong antitrust expertise and extensive experience in AML litigations and investigations.”

About Us

Founded in 2002, Lifang & Partners is a full-service law firm with offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan and Seoul, South Korea. Since our founding, we have provided a full range of award-winning legal services covering intellectual property, antitrust and competition law, dispute resolution, securities, capital markets, and other areas.

Believing in service, loyalty, diligence, efficiency, and professionalism, we provide excellent transactional and dispute resolution services that combine our in-depth understanding of China’s legal, social, and economic development with rich practical experience and a solid understanding of the challenges our clients face.