已两次荣膺中国西部律师事务所年度大奖的泰和泰律师事务所，近期再次巩固了其在中西部地区的领先地位。近日，该所已获准设立重庆分所。重庆分所是继大连分所后，泰和泰于今年设立的第二家分支机构。
泰和泰律师事务所的管理合伙人程守太表示：“未来西部地区经济发展的重要趋势之一将是四川和重庆之间的深入合作以及一体化发展。成渝经济区的构建将会对整个西部地区加快发展有很大推动作用，也将会为本地区的律师事务所带来更多更大的发展契机。”
程律师表示，新重庆分所将专注于发展四大类业务，分别是房地产和交通基础设施建设，中小版以及创业版上市项目，保税港口区和金融衍生产品相关业务，以及涉及生态环保绿能的法律服务。
五月，正值泰和泰成立十周年庆典之际，该所已设立北京，深圳，大连和重庆分所以及香港代表处，并为中世律师联盟成员。泰和泰现有约200位执业律师，包括24位合伙人。
As its 10th anniversary approaches, Chengdu-headquartered Tahota has expanded its national network with two new locations - Dalian and Chongqing. Having already twice won the ALB China Western Law Firm of the Year award, the opening of the Chongqing office, in particular, will further strengthen its leading position in the Western China legal market.
"The newly built Chengdu-Chongqing high-speed railway has shortened the travel time between the two cities to just one hour. However, having a Chongqing branch is of strategic importance to us," said Cheng Shoutai, the founder and managing partner of Tahota. "The synergy and interaction between the development of Chengdu and the other major regional centre, Chongqing, will generate incredible growth opportunities for firms that can straddle the two [areas]."
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Tahota, one of the largest firms by headcount and revenue in South-West China, joins a number of other firms that have offices in both cities, including Chongqing-based Zhonghao, King & Wood, Dacheng, and Sichuan Yingji. In the past few years the firm has achieved strong growth, reporting a year-on-year growth of 66% in revenue for the first quarter of this year.
Tahota has been retained to provide local legal services and advice on several high-stake and complex transactions, such as the newly initiated Chengdu International Commerce Centre project which will create an epoch-making new landmark on Chengdu's skyline, Sichuan Changhong's US$440m convertible bonds issuance, the restructuring of United Eagle Airlines and the establishment of Chengdu Airline, and Guibao Science Technology's IPO on ChiNext.
"Our strategy is to benefit and service the narrowing wealth gap between the eastern regions and the western regions. We expect a tremendous level of legal services and advice will be required in the course of this transformation. We are facing new opportunities and are standing at the threshold of a new phase of market dynamics," Cheng said, adding he is bullish on the prospects for the rest of this year and beyond.
In addition, Tahota has increased its international capacity in recent years. It has set up a representative office in Hong Kong, become a member of the Sino-Global Legal Alliance, and recruited a number of overseas-qualified lawyers and consultants. It is also actively seeking cooperation ties with foreign firms, with US firm Orrick, Singapore's Lee & Lee and Hong Kong firm Woo Kwan Lee & Lo among several firms that have already entered into collaboration with Tahota. ALB
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