Fujian Fidelity Law Firm (referred to as “Fidelity”) was founded in 1989 and has more than 400 practicing lawyers. It is one of the leading, large-scale, professional, and comprehensive law firms in Fujian Province, with strong capabilities and a large number of practicing lawyers. Fidelity is headquartered in Xiamen and has 15 branch offices, including offices in Shanghai, Haikou, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Longyan, Zhangzhou, Sanming, Putian, Ningde, and Nanping. Within Xiamen, it has Free Trade Zone, Jimei, and Xiamen University offices. In the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, it has a joint office with Hogan Lovells, and in the Xiamen Free Trade Zone, it has a joint office with Taiwan Guanghe Law Firm.

Fidelity has 16 professional departments, offering clients comprehensive legal services across various sectors. After more than 30 years of professional service, Fidelity has established a leading position in the fields of corporate mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and liquidation, financial securities, real estate and construction engineering, intellectual property, foreign investment, and dispute resolution. Fidelity is the first law firm in Fujian Province to obtain ISO9001:2000 Quality Management System Certification and remains a leader in quality management and control in legal services.

In 2000, Fidelity was awarded the highest honor for domestic law firms—the “Ministerial-Level Civilized Law Firm” by the Ministry of Justice. In 2011, it received the “National Excellent Law Firm” award from the All China Lawyers Association. From 2019 to 2024, Fidelity has been consecutively ranked as a Band 1 law firm (PRC firms, Fujian region) by the internationally renowned legal rating agency Chambers and Partners for six years. From 2021 to 2024, Fidelity was listed by Asian Legal Business (ALB) as one of the Top 15 Local Firms in South China. In 2023, Fidelity won the ALB Fujian Law Firm of the Year Award, was included in the WUPO 2023 “China Bankruptcy and Special Assets Top 100 Outstanding Legal Service Institutions” list, and was ranked among the “Top 100 China Law Firms Index.”

Fidelity Putian Office (referred to as “Fidelity Putian”) is an integral part of Fidelity. It has strong advantages in traditional practice areas such as bankruptcy restructuring and liquidation, finance and non-performing assets, government legal services, dispute resolution, criminal defense, and corporate legal advisory, as well as in emerging areas such as data compliance, biopharmaceuticals, cross-border investment, and urban renewal.

In the area of bankruptcy restructuring and liquidation, Fidelity is a pioneer and leader in the field in Fujian Province. Managing Partner Lawyer Wang Ping serves as the President of the Fujian Bankruptcy Administrators Association. Fidelity Putian Director Lawyer Fan Peishui serves as a member of the Small and Medium Enterprise Bankruptcy Professional Committee of the Fujian Bankruptcy Administrators Association and as a supervisor of the first Supervisory Board of the Putian Bankruptcy Administrators Association. Fidelity Putian Lawyer Yang Liying serves as the Deputy Secretary-General of the Putian Bankruptcy Administrators Association. Fidelity Putian is listed as a Level 2 Bankruptcy Administrator on the Putian Intermediate People’s Court’s roster of corporate bankruptcy administrators, and Lawyer Yang Liying is also an individual bankruptcy administrator. Fidelity Putian participated in the merger restructuring and bankruptcy case of Fujian Zhonghe Co., Ltd. and three other companies, which was the first listed company restructuring case in Putian City. This case was included in the “Compilation of Typical Cases and Legal Policies for Judicial Services and the Protection of Private Enterprise Development in Fujian Province,” jointly published by the Fujian Higher People’s Court, Fujian People’s Procuratorate, Fujian Department of Public Security, Fujian Department of Justice, Fujian Law Society, and the Fujian Federation of Industry and Commerce.

In the area of finance and non-performing assets, Fidelity Putian provides high-quality legal services to commercial banks such as Bank of China, Postal Savings Bank of China, Bank of Communications, China Minsheng Bank, China Everbright Bank, and BOC Consumer Finance. The firm is adept at resolving complex financial cases and has extensive hands-on experience and coordination ability in non-performing asset disposal. Fidelity Putian was awarded the “2023 Outstanding Contribution Award” by BOC Consumer Finance. Lawyers Fan Peishui and Yang Liying were recognized by the Fujian Lawyers Association as “Specialized Lawyers in the Financial, Securities, and Insurance Fields.”

In the field of government legal services, Lawyer Yang Liying serves as long-term or special legal counsel to multiple government bodies, including the CPC Putian Municipal Committee, Putian Municipal People’s Government, and Licheng District People’s Government, providing legal support for major government decisions. She also serves as a legislative and regulatory review expert for the Putian Municipal Government and as the Chief Legal Consultant for the Putian Law Society. Lawyer Hu Jinmao serves as legal advisor to the Xiuyu District Statistics Bureau and as a member of the first Administrative Reconsideration Advisory Committee of the Administrative Reconsideration Institution of the Putian Municipal People’s Government. Lawyer Wu Tingting serves as legal advisor to the state-owned enterprise Fujian Xingbei Industrial Park Management Co., Ltd. Lawyer Fan Peishui participated in the legislative review meeting for the “Putian Historical and Cultural City Protection Regulations.”

In the field of dispute resolution, lawyers from Fidelity Putian have represented cases such as commercial housing sales contract disputes between certain group companies and others, contractual operation disputes between Yu and a certain group company, marine engineering construction disputes, equity transfer disputes, tort liability disputes, and construction project contract disputes between construction groups and development companies. Many of these cases involved amounts exceeding tens of millions of RMB. In addition, Lawyer Yang Liying is a specialized lawyer in corporate law, holds qualifications as an independent director and securities practitioner, and is certified as an Enterprise Compliance Supervision and Evaluation Professional. She has extensive experience in high-end commercial dispute resolution.

In the field of criminal defense, Fidelity Putian lawyers have provided defense for the first organized crime case in Putian City, and handled cases including Zhang’s case of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, Liu’s intentional destruction of property case, Wang’s gambling case, Lin’s smuggling of goods and articles prohibited by the state case, Zhang’s illegal mining case, Zhang’s embezzlement case, Zheng’s intentional injury case, Huang’s perversion of justice case, Lin’s harboring or introducing prostitution case, Zhang’s sale of toxic and harmful food case, Huang’s negligent homicide case, Zhu’s obstruction of credit card management case, Hun’s illegal trading of firearms case, and Chen and Shen’s fraud case. These cases resulted in non-arrest, non-prosecution, exemption from criminal punishment, or acquittal decisions, effectively protecting the legitimate rights and interests of clients. Lawyers Fan Peishui and Hu Jinmao were recognized by the Fujian Lawyers Association as “Specialized Lawyers in Criminal Law.”

In the area of corporate legal advisory, Lawyer Yang Liying serves as legal advisor to dozens of enterprises and institutions. She holds qualifications in corporate law, independent directorship, and securities practice, and is certified in enterprise compliance supervision and evaluation. She has extensive experience in corporate legal advisory and high-end commercial dispute resolution.

In academic and professional research, since its establishment in 2018, Fidelity Putian has won the third prize in the Fujian Lawyers Practical Seminar, seven second prizes and six third prizes in the Putian Lawyers Practical Seminar, and received the “Excellent Organization Award” in 2023. The office has one Fujian Province Excellent Lawyer and three Putian City Excellent Young Lawyers.

In terms of influence and professionalism, Lawyer Yang Liying serves as a council member of the Fujian Lawyers Association, an executive council member of the Putian Lawyers Association, and the Chair of the Strategy and Publicity Committees. She is also a distinguished professor at the School of Marxism at Putian University, Vice President of the Putian Women Entrepreneurs Association, Executive Committee Member of the Putian Federation of Industry and Commerce, and Executive Council Member of the Putian Association of Representatives from New Social Classes. Lawyer Hu Jinmao serves as Chair of the Construction and Real Estate Committee of the Putian Lawyers Association.

Fidelity Putian always adheres to the professional philosophy of “Integrity, Pragmatism, Excellence, and Innovation,” follows the working model of “Professional Division of Labor and Team Collaboration,” and provides clients with high-quality legal services based on solid professional expertise.