中国证监会法律部近日发布了《中国资本市场法制发展报告2009》。其中，证监会法律部统计，2009年律师事务所出具法律意见书1060份，比2008年增加了17.8%，其中出具上市公司再融资法律意见书225份，比2008年增加了52%。
国浩金杜和中伦律师事务所分别出具法律意见书88个、59个和36个，综合排名第一、第二、第三位。
The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has recently released a report on the Development of the PRC Capital Market’s Legal System (2009).
According to the report, as many as 1,060 legal opinions pertaining to IPOs, follow-on offerings and share placements were issued in 2009, marking a 17.8% increase over 2008. Among them, 225 legal opinions (an increase of 52% as compared to 2008) advised on the re-financing of listed companies.
The legal department of the CSRC has ranked local law firms according to the number of legal opinions issued. Grandall Legal Group, which was recently crowned the top firm in advising on ChiNext listings in 2010, has again been ranked first place (it issued as many as 88 opinions) for equity markets legal advice. King & Wood and Zhong Lun, which issued 59 and 36 legal opinions and ranked at number two and three respectively. ALB
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