Murphy Xian

Founded in 1999 by several senior attorneys & law professors who had been practicing and lawyering in China for 15-20 years, Fangben Law Office has ever evolved into an outstanding and client-oriented boutique law firm with extensive presence in China and a full range of legal services. Fangben has office in Shanghai, Suzhou and Wuxi at present. 

Consisting of more than 50 experienced PRC lawyers, legal assistants and support staff, Fangben has been dedicated with best efforts and due diligence to rendering legal solutions to diversified multinational clients as well as local private or state-owned enterprises for their business expansion at home and abroad. Currently, Fangben is providing legal services for more than 100 overseas clients which are covering 31 countries and regions.

Fangben has endeavored to provide high quality and versatile legal services since its founding and kept growing with our clients. Fangben lawyers have advised clients by applying our professional experience and wisdom to their ever changing business operations and strategies. The depth and breadth of our lawyers' experience, combined with the responsiveness and efficiencies, enables Fangben to serve clients from start-up, to the negotiating table and boardroom, before legislative and regulatory bodies, in the courtroom, and beyond.

Fangben also establishes the strategic alliance with many local and foreign accounting companies, law firms and chambers of commerce so as to build up a professional service network upon which our clients may rely for acquiring extensive assistance and support on different levels.

CUSTOMER-TAILORED SERVICES

Lawyers in Fangben are capable of offering innovative and culturally sensitive business and legal strategies to clients in such areas as investment ventures, technology transfer and other commercial transactions.

Specialized in foreign direct investment (FDI) and business operations, the professionals in Shanghai, Suzhou and Wuxi offices advise American, European and local companies or organizations from all industrial and business sectors with regard to the formation of joint ventures and wholly foreign-owned enterprises, acquisitions and mergers of assets and shares, company and asset reconstruction, purchase and sale of loan portfolios and commercial transactions of all kinds.

Clients will benefit from our experience and services as they launch and develop businesses in PRC and overseas market. Our clients include both foreign and domestic high-tech and traditional industrial companies, commercial and trading companies, telecommunications technology providers, IC developers, banking and financial corporations, and infrastructure and construction companies etc.

Our offices are home to professionals who have been born and raised in China as well as those who have been trained or educated in global leading law schools or firms. Our lawyers can speak several Chinese dialects and English fluently, and draft all kinds of legal and business documents in both English and Chinese. As a part of international alliance of firms located in Hong Kong, Taipei, Beijing, Tianjin, Amsterdam, Berlin, London and Los Angeles, we are capable of providing integrated and synergized services to our clients wherever and whenever these needs arise.

Mr. Xian has long been advising numerous multinational enterprises based in the Europe and the US to invest and operate in China thoroughly and deeply, with tailor-made legal support. In addition, he has also been engaged by local excellent enterprises to provide the value-added legal service specifically concerning import & export trading, web-based business, goods manufacturing and distribution, investment and financing, among others.

Language: Chinese and English.

Education:
Peking University Law School   L.L.B    2001
Northwestern University Management School    L.L.B   2003

Others: Legal English and Transnational Legal Practice Program, Boston University Summer Legal Institute in London, 2008