On October 22, 2021, Zoomlion Law Firm, the first "N+1" model law firm in China to become a big alliance, was officially announced in Shanghai. More than 300 guests from competent units, industry media, cooperative institutions and colleagues from the legal profession across the country gathered together to witness the first appearance of this new firm jointly initiated by some domestic members of the former Sino-World Law Firm Alliance.
Lu Weidong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Justice, Yuan Yefeng, Deputy Director of the Lujiazui Administration Bureau of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, Ye Bin, Director of the Legal Work Department of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Justice, Jia Li, Deputy Director of the Shanghai Pudong New Area Bureau of Justice, Ji Nuo, President of the Shanghai Lawyers Association, Zhang Pengfeng, Chairman of the Shanghai Lawyers Association, Yu Weifeng, President of the Shanghai Arbitration Association, Zou Fuwen, Pan Shuhong, Lin Dongpin, Cao Zhilong, Vice Presidents of the Shanghai Lawyers Association, and dozens of university and customer representatives attended the ceremony. Together with representatives of the national offices of Zoomlion Law Firm and more than 20 senior consultants, they cut the ribbon for the official announcement ceremony.
Mr. Zhou Bo, Director of the National Executive Committee of Zoomlion Law Firm, served as the moderator of the ceremony.
Zhou Bo Is the Director of the National Executive Committee of Zoomlion Law Firm
Director Lu Weidong said that Shanghai, as the birthplace of China's modern legal profession, has a highly open legal service market. The Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Justice will continue to support the development of large-scale law firms. It is hoped that the vast number of practitioners, including Zhonglian Lawyers, as socialist rule of law workers with Chinese characteristics and an important force in comprehensively governing the country according to law, strengthen the leadership of party building, adhere to the correct political direction, contribute wisdom and strength to the construction of the "five centers" in Shanghai and the construction of the national rule of law, and continuously create new glory for the development of the legal profession.
Lu Weidong Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Justice
On behalf of the Shanghai Lawyers Association, President Zino warmly congratulated Zoomlion Law Firm on its establishment. He said that Zoomlion's official announcement in Shanghai has been highly concerned in the national legal profession and is an important milestone in the development of China's legal service industry. Zoomlion embodies almost all the experience and inheritance of Chinese lawyers in the past 40 years of restoration and reconstruction, and injects new vitality into the development of the legal profession in Shanghai and even the whole country. We sincerely hope that Zoomlion will continue to explore new mechanisms for legal services, become a vane for the legal profession, and become a leader in law firm management innovation.
President of Jino Shanghai Lawyers Association
On behalf of the Lujiazui Administration Bureau of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, Director Yuan Yefeng expressed his heartfelt congratulations to the official announcement of Zoomlion Law Firm. It is hoped that Zoomlion will strengthen full cooperation with the free trade zone in the future, actively participate in leading the construction of the rule of law, actively publicize Shanghai, promote the policy of leading the zone, and create more channels and conditions for customers across the country to make full use of Shanghai as a node hub of international and domestic double circulation.
Yuan Yefeng Deputy Director of Lujiazui Administration Bureau of Shanghai Free Trade Zone
Mr. Han Deyun, Chairman of the National Management Committee of Zoomlion Law Firm, expressed a warm welcome to the leaders and guests on behalf of all the colleagues of Zoomlion, and expressed his most heartfelt thanks to the strong support given by the competent judicial administrative organs throughout the country, especially in Shanghai, to the establishment process of Zoomlion, as well as the cordial encouragement of the lawyers' profession and friends from all walks of life across the country. He further said that in the future, Zoomlion people will be able to do their best to build the best Zoomlion, and fully rely on the advantages of Shanghai Haina Baichuan, firmly exert the characteristics of close cooperation under a brand, actively coordinate national resources, and make new contributions to the party and the people.
Han Deyun Chairman of the National Management Committee of Zoomlion Law Firm
The global CEO of Hogan Lovells & Partners and industry colleagues from dozens of domestic law firms also sent a video congratulations to the Zoomlion official.
Zhuo Mingao, Global CEO of Hogan Lovells International Lloyd
In addition, the former senior consultants of the Alliance Integration Project who came to the scene and witnessed the official announcement were: Liu Guiming, chief editor of China Democracy and Legal Publishing House, Zou Guorong, head of the representative office of Hogan Lovells International Law Firm in Beijing, Cai Xueen, chairman of the partner conference of Hubei Dewei Junshang Law Firm, Xue Yunhua, founding partner of Guangdong Guangdong Law Firm, Ma Hong, founding partner of Tianjin Sifang Junhui Law Firm, Yang Yufu, director of Tianjin Sifang Junhui Law Firm, and Zhang Jingzhong, director of Tianji Law Firm. Yang Xingquan, Director of Liaoning Tongfang Law Firm, Sun Weixing, Director of Fujian Tianheng United Law Firm, Zhu Ning, Managing Partner of Beijing Zhuowei Law Firm, Han Honggang, Director of Shandong Zhongcheng Qingtai Law Firm, Zhai Yuhua, Director of Hunan Tiandiren Lawyers Affairs Management Committee, Zhang Lijun, Chairman of the Executive Committee of Jiangsu Fade Dongheng Law Firm, Zhang Gong, Director of Jiangxi Yuzhang Law Firm, Gao Jiansheng, Managing Partner of Shanxi Zhonglu Law Firm, Chen Yan, Chief Partner of Qinghai Shuren Law Firm, Li Chunguang, Executive Director of Yunnan Lingyun Law Firm.