The head-office of Hai Tong & Partners is located in the capital of China- Beijing, which is also the administrative center of China. Some of our lawyers had ever worked in government departments before being a member of Hai Tong & Partners, which enables us to keep a good relationship with the government departments, timely understand the changes and development of Chinese laws, regulations and polices, and assist our clients to effectively negotiate with the government departments. Hai Tong & Partners offer fact investigations and legal advices on anti-monopoly regarding shipping areas for multinational shipping enterprises, discussion agreements, P&I associations, etc.

Hai Tong & Partners is the point of contact and representative of many discussion agreements in Chinese territory, providing professional advice about policies and regulations of shipping management; on behalf of the discussion agreements, conduct consultation with China Shippers’ Association, file relevant documents to the Ministry of Transport.

Moreover, Hai Tong & Partners has also dealt with administrative litigations related to shipping. Hai Tong lawyers represented a multinational corporation in an action against a state organ for administrative omission and attended a hearing. They also attended on behalf of China Shipowners' Association, a hearing on THC organized by the Ministry of Transport, the National Development and Reform Commission and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce; on behalf of a multinational corporation, negotiating with the relevant state organs and organizations about charging the seal fee. At present, Hai Tong lawyers are representing several discussion agreements conducting consultation and negotiation concerning THC with China Shippers’ Association, Shanghai Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export and commercial associations for import and export of Jiangsu Province and Zhejiang Province.