Lovells and the other SGLA member firms are working together to set new standards of excellence in the legal profession in China. The capabilities of the SGLA are greatly enhanced through five cross-firm specialized legal practice groups: Corporate and Commercial, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Real Estate and Construction and Financial Services. Each practice group develops standardized know-how and conducts regular training exercises relevant to its area of specialization. As a result, the SGLA offers a unique, integrated legal services platform that provides comprehensive legal advice on a consistent and dependable basis across China.

Corporate and Commercial

The strength of the SGLA's corporate and commercial practice capabilities stems from a combination of broad-based geographical presence and deep transactional and industry-based skills and experience. The legal professionals in the Corporate and Commercial practice focus on developing an in-depth knowledge of their clients' businesses and specialise in drafting, reviewing and negotiating agreements that vary from complex strategic alliances to one-off commercial contracts.

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Dispute Resolution

The SGLA provides a unique outlet for Chinese and multinational corporations in China seeking legal counsel to assist in resolving a broad array of disputes, including disputes involving commercial, financial, construction and intellectual property issues, and addressing all forms of dispute resolution, including complex litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. In addition, by allying with Lovells the SGLA is able to offer extensive and experienced multi-jurisdictional capability, reflecting the international needs of our clients.

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Intellectual Property

The SGLA's presence in multiple jurisdictions makes it a natural choice to assist in adapting a company's global intellectual property protection strategy to China's particular legal and business environment and in successfully resolving a company's IP-related disputes. The international perspective and experience provided by Lovells enables us to quickly identify the issues that require special consideration in regard to global strategies and cross-border transactions. The local presence provided by the SGLA's Chinese member law firms provides the strong local knowledge and contacts critical to the successful resolution of an intellectual property dispute or the implementation of an intellectual property protection strategy.

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Real Estate and Construction

The SGLA boasts a large team of legal professionals dedicated to the real estate and construction practice. Our key strength is experience that extends to a diverse array of industries such as rail, road, airports, civil engineering, power generation and process plants, as well as commercial, residential and multi-use property developments. Our in-depth understanding of each industry sector enables us to add real strategic value to our clients' businesses.

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Financial Services

With the expertise and resources necessary to manage the most complex of cross-border banking and finance transactions, the SGLA offers integrated and comprehensive legal solutions to our clients, including the world's leading financial institutions and corporations, in each of the following areas:

• International Banking, including leveraged / acquisition finance, project finance, asset finance, structured trade finance and real estate finance
• Business Restructuring and Insolvency, including insolvency and asset recovery, asset restructuring and corporate support
• Capital Markets, including securitisations and repackagings, debt capital markets and derivatives, high yield and equity capital markets
• Project Finance, including infrastructure projects and international projects involving natural resources and power.

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