Global, sector-focused law firm HFW has been recognised as a top performing law firm in three categories in China Business Law Journal’s China Business Law Awards 2024. The firm took out awards for Aviation, Insurance and Reinsurance and Shipping.
This is the eighth consecutive year that the firm has won in the Aviation and Shipping categories, and the seventh consecutive year it has won an award for Insurance & Reinsurance.
The China Business Law Awards are based on hundreds of nominations received from China-focused corporate counsel and legal professionals around the world. To accurately identify the top-performing firms in each field, firms were evaluated based on submissions, endorsements from client referees, and valid nominations from the industry.
HFW was one of the first international law firms to establish a presence in Greater China, with the firm’s Hong Kong office opening more than 45 years ago, in 1978. The firm opened a Shanghai office 25 years ago, in 1999, and in 2016, it became only the second international law firm to establish a formal association with a Chinese firm under the Shanghai FTZ rules, with Wintell & Co. HFW opened its third Greater China office in Shenzhen in early 2024.
HFW has more than 80 lawyers in Greater China, including 20 partners, and is a market leader in aviation, commodities, construction, energy and resources, insurance, shipping, commercial litigation, corporate and finance.