Local Counsel Atlas
Find counsel where the matter happens.
Local procedure and practical access can make location decisive. Start with the city, province or municipality connected to the court, workplace, transaction, factory, property or regulator, then narrow the local directory by legal need.
Choose the legal context first. Then use the most direct profile or enquiry pathway.
Directory and intake onlyLocation first
Place the legal work before you search the profiles.
A place-based route is most useful when the court, employer, regulator, factory, property, contract performance or local procedure is already clear.
Local market indexCity counsel route
Open the city where the legal work is situated.
Each city route connects local profile discovery with the practical context behind location: courts, arbitral institutions, regulators, employment setting, commercial footprint and market-specific guidance.
Financial hub
Shanghai
Financial hub with SHIAC arbitration, specialized IP and financial courts, and deep international counsel coverage.
Capital courts
Beijing
Capital courts, Supreme People's Court, Beijing IP Court, and CIETAC-centric dispute resolution.
Tech & Qianhai
Shenzhen
Tech and innovation hub: Qianhai, SCIA arbitration, and strong IP and employment practice demand.
GBA trade
Guangzhou
Greater Bay Area commercial center with active trade, manufacturing, and foreign-related litigation practice.
Growing hubs
E-commerce & IP
Hangzhou
E-commerce and platform economy hub with strong IP, employment, and digital-business disputes.
West China hub
Chengdu
Western China gateway for manufacturing, investment, and expanding foreign counsel coverage.
Yangtze Delta
Nanjing
Jiangsu provincial capital with solid commercial courts and Yangtze Delta corporate practice.
Central China
Wuhan
Central China logistics and industrial hub for manufacturing, employment, and commercial disputes.
FDI & manufacturing
Suzhou
Manufacturing and FDI cluster near Shanghai with active employment and supply-chain counsel demand.
Port & logistics
Tianjin
Northern port and logistics hub with manufacturing FDI and easy coordination to Beijing counsel.
Western manufacturing
Chongqing
Western China megacity for manufacturing, inland logistics corridors, FDI, and employment counsel.
Northwest hub
Xi'an
Northwest China hub for tech parks, manufacturing, Shaanxi courts, and FDI counsel demand.
Port & private economy
Ningbo
Zhejiang port and private-economy hub for trade, manufacturing, and Yangtze Delta spillover matters.
Global trade hub
Yiwu
Global small-commodity trade hub: export contracts, customs, cross-border e-commerce, IP and commercial disputes.
Private economy · export
Wenzhou
Zhejiang private-economy and export hub: manufacturing, cross-border e-commerce, diaspora trade and commercial disputes.
Hainan FTP capital
Haikou
Hainan Free Trade Port capital: foreign investment, company formation, contracts, employment, IP, litigation and M&A.
Tourism & FTP
Sanya
Southern Hainan tourism, hospitality and duty-free economy: leasing, trade compliance, foreign investment and dispute resolution.
Port & KR/JP trade
Qingdao
Shandong port and Korea–Japan trade corridor for logistics, FDI, and commercial counsel.
FTZ & coastal
Xiamen
Fujian FTZ coastal hub for trade, manufacturing, and cross-strait commercial matters.
Northeast port
Dalian
Northeast port for Japan–Korea trade, shipbuilding, and Liaoning industrial FDI.
NEV & chips
Hefei
Anhui capital for NEV, semiconductors, and research-driven manufacturing investment.
Hunan capital
Changsha
Hunan capital for manufacturing, construction, and central China commercial practice.
Logistics hub
Zhengzhou
Henan logistics and airport-economy hub for manufacturing and inland distribution.
Provincial capital
Fuzhou
Fujian provincial capital — pair with Xiamen for port/FTZ operations.
SE Asia corridor
Kunming
Yunnan gateway for Southwest China and SE Asia land-bridge corridors.
OEM factories
Dongguan
GBA manufacturing powerhouse for OEM, factory employment, and manufacturing IP.
GBA industry
Foshan
GBA industrial city for appliances, machinery, JV and supply-chain contracts.
Industrial & IoT
Wuxi
Yangtze Delta industrial and IoT hub near Suzhou for FDI and patents.
Shandong capital
Jinan
Shandong capital for manufacturing, provincial courts, and Beijing–Shanghai corridor counsel.
Hengqin & Macao edge
Zhuhai
Western GBA city for Hengqin, Macao-adjacent FDI, and coastal manufacturing.
Port & advanced manufacturing
Nantong
Jiangsu port and advanced-manufacturing centre for shipbuilding, supply chains, international trade and commercial disputes.
ASEAN trade gateway
Nanning
Guangxi capital and China–ASEAN gateway for RCEP trade, foreign investment, customs, logistics, arbitration and cross-border disputes.
Technology & industry
Guiyang
Guizhou capital and Guiyang–Gui’an technology and industrial centre for data infrastructure, digital services, manufacturing, investment and logistics.
Automotive & equipment
Changchun
Jilin capital and northeast automotive and advanced-manufacturing centre for vehicle components, industrial technology, rail equipment and disputes.
YRD manufacturing
Changzhou
Yangtze Delta industrial city between Nanjing and Suzhou for factory FDI and employment.
Port & manufacturing
Yantai
Shandong port and advanced-manufacturing city for maritime trade, industrial supply chains, foreign investment, employment and commercial disputes.
Private economy & trade
Quanzhou
Fujian manufacturing and private-enterprise centre for export supply chains, investment, brands, technology, employment and commercial disputes.
Industry & logistics
Lanzhou
Gansu capital and northwest industrial and logistics centre for energy, materials, equipment, investment, employment and commercial disputes.
Clean energy & materials
Xining
Qinghai capital and green industrial centre for photovoltaic manufacturing, storage, advanced materials, biotechnology, investment and disputes.
Industry & innovation
Zhenjiang
Jiangsu industrial and innovation centre for advanced manufacturing, technology transactions, intellectual property, investment and commercial disputes.
Trade corridors & investment
Urumqi
Xinjiang capital and international logistics centre for trade corridors, investment, development projects, intellectual property and commercial disputes.
Province & municipality route
Some matters are regional by design.
Use a province route when the work spans more than one local market. Municipalities remain distinct directory routes because of their directly administered status.
Cross-border laneChina-linked international corridor
When the matter leaves China, shift to a destination-side route.
Country and city corridors keep the China-side facts visible while moving the counsel search to the legal market where host-country law applies.
China × Singapore
Singapore Southeast Asia corporate and private-client route 02China × London
London UK corporate, arbitration and private-client route 03China × New York
New York US transaction, dispute and investment route 04China × Tokyo
Tokyo Japan operating and commercial route 05China × Dubai
Dubai Middle East commercial and free-zone route 06Separate legal system
Hong Kong Common-law route for China-linked deals and arbitrationRouting guide
Choose the directory that follows the facts.
The court, workplace, property, factory or counterparty is in one city.
Open a city route ↗ 02Known legal issueThe practice is clear but the best location remains flexible.
Open practice routes ↗ 03Foreign-jurisdiction matterA China party and a foreign legal system both matter.
Open international routes ↗ 04Location still unclearYou need help distinguishing the legal-system and local-market route.
Describe the matter ↗Counsel CompassChoose the next useful route
A counsel search begins with the legal context.
Move between China counsel, a local city or province route, international counsel and structured intake without confusing directory search with legal advice.