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{{Infobox law firm
| name           = ZY Partners 正见永申律师事务所
| logo           =[[File:Zypartners.jpg|Zypartners]]
| headquarters    = Kuntai International Plaza <br> [[Beijing]], [[PRC]]
| num_attorneys   = approximately 30
| practice_areas  = Multi-practice, Intellectual Property and International Commercial Law.
| date_founded    = 1997
| company_type    = [[partnership]]
| homepage        = [http://www.zypartners.com: www.zypartners.com]
}}
'''ZY Partners''', otherwise known in China as '''正见永申律师事务所''',<ref name="zypartners1">{{cite web|url=http://www.zypartners.com/zjys/intro/index_e.asp |title=北京正见永申律师事务所 |publisher=Zypartners.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-15}}</ref> is a Beijing-based law firm.<ref name="zypartners2">{{cite web|url=http://www.zypartners.com/zjys/service/index_e.asp |title=北京正见永申律师事务所 |publisher=Zypartners.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-15}}</ref> The firm has over 30 legal professionals representing mainly multinational corporate clients in sophisticated business transactions and transnational contentious matters. The team members at ZY Partners are graduates from top law schools in China.  Most with degrees in science and engineering fields, such as computing technology, bio tech, chemistry and physics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zypartners.com/zjys/lawyer/index_e.asp |title=北京正见永申律师事务所 |publisher=Zypartners.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-15}}</ref>

==History==
ZY Partners was founded in 1997 as a firm specializing in [[Intellectual Property Law]] and [[International Commercial Law]] in response to the further opening of mainland China's economy to the West.<ref name="zypartners1"/> Since then it has been involved in several high level cases including [[ETS v. New Oriental  School]] (People's Republic of China, Beijing High Court, December 27, 2004)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cblawg.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=36:copyright-cases&id=498:ets-and-gmac-v-beijing-new-oriental-language-school |title=ETS and GMAC v. Beijing New Oriental Language School (2004) |publisher=Cblawg.com |date=2008-04-27 |accessdate=2011-11-15}}</ref> and ''Avon Co. v. Hong Kong Pacific Unidata Ltd. & Beijing Jingyan Electronics Ltd.'' (People's Republic of China, Guang Dong High Court May 26, 1997).

==Practice areas==
Today the firm’s practices cover areas including [[Intellectual Property]];Regulatory; Employment; Anti-Trust; Commercial Litigation, [[Arbitration]]; Anti-dumping and [[WTO]] related matters.<ref name="zypartners2"/>
[[File:Kuntai plaza.jpg|thumb|Kuntai International Plaza: ZY Partners' offices]]

==Notable lawyers and alumni==
*Zhou Qiang, former [[Supreme People's Court]] Judge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zypartners.com/zjys/lawyer/index_e.asp?categoryid=34 |title=北京正见永申律师事务所 |publisher=Zypartners.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-15}}</ref>
*He Jing, legal consultant for the EU-China IPR2 Project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipr2.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=12&Itemid=89 |title=EU-China IPR2 Project |publisher=Ipr2.org |date= |accessdate=2011-11-15}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.zypartners.com/zjys/index.asp] ZY Partners' Website
*[http://www.lexvisio.com/ps/attorney/23483/374/144-249/1/lA/Hui-ZHANG-Communications_Law-Attorney-Beijing_China] Lexvisio Description
*[http://www.zypartners.com/zjys/Blog/index_e.asp] ZY Partners' Law Blog
[[Category:Law firms of the People's Republic of China]]