On July 28, 2026, Alessandro Borgogna, Head of Cluster Planning and Development and Advisor to the Director of the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), visited the Beijing headquarters of Jingsh Law Firm for a visit and exchange. Santosh Karuru**, Head of Financial Incentives,Abu Dhabi Investment Office,Saeed Bakheet Alkatheeri, Head of China Strategic Partnerships, Abu Dhabi Investment Office, Rawdha Ibrahim N. Al Alawi**, Asia Business Development Manager,Abu Dhabi Investment Office,Demi Ping, Head of China, Abu Dhabi Investment Office Ruikun, China Representative of Abu Dhabi Investment Office Ji, Li Qin, member of the Jingsh Law Firm Management Committee and Executive Director of the Beijing Office, Li Yixian, equity partner of Jingsh Law Firm, person in charge of the establishment of the cooperation office in Abu Dhabi, UAE, director of the Commercial Dispute Resolution Legal Affairs Department, Lu Zhuo, equity partner of Jingsh Law Firm, person in charge of the establishment of the cooperation office in Abu Dhabi, UAE, director of the cross-border financial legal affairs department, and Jingsh Legal AssistantsShen Chuyi and Chen Yongzhen attended this meeting. The guests at the meeting had in-depth exchanges on topics such as legal services for cross-border investment between China and Arab states, the business environment in Abu Dhabi, and legal protection for Chinese companies going overseas.
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Before the meeting, Alessandro, Head of Cluster Planning and Development and Advisor to the Director-General of theAbu Dhabi Investment Office Accompanied by Lv Zhuo, equity partner of Jingsh Law Firm, deputy director of the International Cooperation Committee, and director of the cross-border financial legal affairs department, Borgogna and his party visited Jingsh Law Firm’s Party Building Cultural Corridor, International Construction Wall, Courtyard and other special areas. They highly appreciated Jingsh Law Firm’s large-scale, professional and international development pattern, and were particularly impressed by Jingsh Law Firm’s legal service layout in the Middle East and its professional accumulation in the field of cross-border investment.
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Li Qin
Member of the Management Committee of Jingsh Law Firm and Executive Director of the Beijing Office
At the meeting, Li Qin, member of the management committee of Jingsh Law Firm and executive director of the Beijing office, expressed a warm welcome to the delegation from the Abu Dhabi Investment Office on behalf of the law firm. She said that Jingsh Law Firm has always been committed to providing full-process, one-stop legal services for Chinese companies to "go out" and foreign companies to "bring in." At present, Jingsh Law Firm has established 58 branches across the country and 42 overseas cooperation offices in Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Russia and other countries, and is gradually forming a service network covering major economies around the world. She pointed out that Abu Dhabi, as an important investment destination and financial center in the Middle East, is a key area for Jingsh Law Firm's international strategic layout. She looked forward to further deepening the cooperation between the two parties in the field of cross-border legal services through this exchange.
Alessandro Borgogna
Head of Cluster Planning and Development and Advisor to the Director General, Abu Dhabi Investment Office
Alessandro Borgogna, Director of Cluster Planning and Development and Advisor to the Director of the Abu Dhabi Investment Office, pointed out that the Abu Dhabi Investment Office is the official core investment promotion agency of Abu Dhabi. Its core function is to attract various market entities from the world to invest and operate in Abu Dhabi and help the local economy achieve diversified development. Abu Dhabi is currently steadily advancing the "2030 Economic Vision", taking the diversified transformation of industries as its core goal, relying on refined industrial planning and comprehensive enterprise support policies to release broad development opportunities for global investors. He highly recognized Jingsh Law Firm's professional strength in cross-border legal services and global network layout, and hoped to establish a long-term and stable strategic cooperative relationship with Jingsh Law Firm. The two parties would work together to provide official policy guidance and complete legal support for Chinese companies investing in Abu Dhabi.
Lu Zhuo
Equity partner of Jingsh Law Firm
Head of preparation for the cooperation office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Director of Cross-border Financial Legal Affairs Department
Lu Zhuo, equity partner of Jingsh Law Firm, person in charge of the establishment of the cooperation office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and director of the cross-border financial legal affairs department, shared the legal service practice of Jingsh Law Firm in the Middle East. She pointed out that preparations for the cooperation office of Jingsh Law Firm in Abu Dhabi, UAE have been officially launched in February 2026. This is a key practice for Jingsh Law Firm to develop legal services in the Middle East by relying on global resources and professional capabilities. She said that cross-border financial legal services are one of the core areas of strength of Jingsh Law Firm. In the future, it will give full play to its professional advantages and provide professional legal services covering cross-border investment and financing, financial compliance, project financing and other fields for Chinese companies investing in Abu Dhabi, and help China-Arab economic and trade cooperation move to a higher level.
Li Yixian
Equity partner of Jingsh Law Firm
Head of preparation for the cooperation office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Director of Commercial Dispute Resolution Legal Affairs Department
Li Yixian, equity partner of Jingsh Law Firm, person in charge of the establishment of the Cooperation Office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and director of the Commercial Dispute Resolution Legal Affairs Department, said that as China-UAE economic and trade cooperation continues to deepen, the demand for cross-border commercial legal services continues to rise. Jingsh Law Firm has accumulated rich practical experience in the fields of cross-border investment, international trade, and commercial arbitration, and can provide full-chain legal services covering investment structure design, compliance review, contract negotiation, and dispute resolution for Chinese companies investing in Abu Dhabi. We look forward to working with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office to jointly promote the steady and long-term development of China-Arab economic and trade cooperation on the track of the rule of law.
Santosh Karuru
Head of Financial Incentives, Abu Dhabi Investment Office
Santosh Karuru, Head of Financial Incentives at the Abu Dhabi Investment Office, introduced the systematic support system provided by the Abu Dhabi Investment Office to investors. He said that the Abu Dhabi Investment Office helps companies achieve sustained growth and long-term success through the "dual engines" of financial support and expert consultation. Throughout the entire life cycle of an enterprise, we provide full-chain services from business license issuance, compliance management to guidance on industry-specific regulatory regulations. He stressed that the pro-business policy framework launched by the Abu Dhabi Investment Office has created a stable, transparent and predictable business environment for foreign investors, and hoped that more Chinese companies can enter the Abu Dhabi market and achieve sustainable development.
Saeed Bakheet AlkatheeriHead of China Strategic Partnerships,Abu Dhabi Investment OfficeSaeed Bakheet Alkatheeri, director of China Strategic Partnership at the Abu Dhabi Investment Office, said that the current quality of bilateral trade between China and UAE has steadily improved, and more than 16,000 Chinese companies have started operations in the UAE. The Abu Dhabi Investment Office attaches great importance to cooperation with Chinese legal service institutions and believes that professional legal services are one of the key guarantees for Chinese-funded enterprises to successfully settle in Abu Dhabi. He said that the China Strategic Partnership Team of the Abu Dhabi Investment Office will continue to strengthen communication and docking with Jingsh Law Firm to jointly explore more precise and efficient service paths for Chinese companies to invest in Abu Dhabi.
The two parties have reached multiple consensuses on long-term cooperation matters and will jointly hold professional seminars on a regular basis to systematically review Abu Dhabi's local business rules, legal system and investment opportunities in key industries. This visit is an important milestone for Jingsh Law Firm and the Abu Dhabi Investment Office to deepen practical exchanges and expand cooperation. Jingsh Law Firm will take this exchange as an opportunity to establish a regular communication mechanism with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office to jointly explore new models and new paths for China-Arab cross-border investment legal services, provide more high-quality and efficient legal service guarantees for Chinese companies to invest and start businesses in Abu Dhabi, use the power of law to escort companies "going overseas", actively serve the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road", and help build a China-Arab community of a shared future for the new era.