On August 20, local time, Wen Guobiao, director of the Belt and Road China-Russia Legal Business Service Center of Jingsh Law Firm and rotating president of the Northeast Russia General Chamber of Commerce, visited Xu Jinli, general representative of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Representative Office in Russia. The two parties conducted in-depth exchanges on topics such as the implementation of the results of the 4th Germinal Forum, Sino-Russian cross-border commercial legal services, compliance guarantees for Chinese-funded enterprises in Russia, diversified resolution of commercial disputes, and two-way economic and trade resource docking.
🔺Left: Xu Jinli, General Representative of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Representative Office in Russia
Right: Wen Guobiao, Director of the “Belt and Road” Sino-Russian Legal Business Service Center of Jingshi Law Firm and Rotating President of the Northeast Russia General Chamber of Commerce
During the meeting, Lawyer Wen Guobiao gave a comprehensive report to General Representative Xu Jinli on the overall situation of Jingsh Law Firm’s participation in the 4th “Grudge: Russia and China – Mutually Beneficial Cooperation” International Forum, focusing on two important signing results during the forum: Jingsh Law Firm Russia The Sri Lankan Far East Cooperation Office signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement with the Russian Council of Asian Industrialists, and Jingsh Law Firm reached in-depth cooperation with the Investment and Development Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan, becoming the first Chinese law firm to sign a contract with the official investment promotion agency of Tatarstan at this forum.Lawyer Wen Guobiao introduced that Jingshi Law Firm’s “Belt and Road” Sino-Russian Legal and Business Service Center has been engaged in Sino-Russian cross-border legal services for many years. It has set up branch centers in Moscow, Vladivostok, and Irkutsk, and has built a professional talent pool including more than 700 local Russian practicing lawyers and more than 2,300 Chinese and Russian legal workers. Its business covers 12 core business areas such as corporate law, cross-border trade, tax compliance, intellectual property, and commercial dispute resolution. Relying on the platform of business associations such as the Northeast Russian Chamber of Commerce, the center has created an integrated service system of "legal services + business docking" to provide full-cycle legal protection for Chinese companies investing in Russia and Russian companies developing in China. He expressed the hope that the platform resources of the CCPIT Representative Office in Russia can be further connected to jointly empower Chinese and Russian enterprises to develop overseas.
General Representative Xu Jinli welcomed the visit of Wen Guobiao and his delegation, and fully affirmed the effectiveness of Jingsh Law Firm's layout in the Russian legal service market and the professional supporting role it plays in Sino-Russian local economic and trade cooperation. He introduced the current overall situation of Sino-Russian economic and trade cooperation, as well as the relevant work of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade in Russia’s representative office in serving Chinese-funded enterprises, promoting bilateral industrial and commercial exchanges, and promoting the construction of commercial legal services. He pointed out that as China-Russia economic and trade continues to improve and expand, companies' demand for cross-border compliance risk control, investment guidance, commercial mediation, and risk warning continues to rise. Legal services are an important cornerstone to ensure the stability and long-term development of bilateral cooperation.
General Representative Xu Jinliexpressed the hope that Jingshi Law Firm will continue to leverage its professional advantages in foreign-related law, closely connect with the commercial legal service network of the trade promotion system, focus on the practical pain points of Chinese-funded enterprises in Russia, and do a good job in investment compliance guidance, risk warning, and commercial dispute resolution; both parties can explore the establishment of a normalized coordination mechanism, jointly participate in China-Russia economic and trade forums, business docking activities, and output legal practice guidelines to help enterprises of both countries prevent cross-border business risks and escort the implementation of China-Russia two-way investment projects.Lawyer Wen Guobiao said that Jingsh Law Firm will actively align with the work guidelines of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Representative Office in Russia, deepen legal and trade coordination, make the cooperation projects signed by the forum practical and detailed, continue to improve the localized legal service network covering the entire Russia, and actively participate in commercial legal services, corporate legal education, and economic and trade project docking related work.
This meeting expanded the resource integration and professional support role of Jingshi Law Firm in serving Sino-Russian economic and trade cooperation, and further clarified the work direction of foreign-related legal services to serve the overall economic and trade situation of China and Russia. In the future, Jingshi Law Firm will continue to leverage its professional advantages in foreign-related legal services, deepen professional services in areas such as investment compliance, commercial dispute resolution, and risk prevention and control, provide more professional and efficient legal protection for cross-border operations of Chinese and Russian enterprises, and help China and Russia’s local economic and trade cooperation to be stable and far-reaching, and to improve quality and efficiency.