Litigation and Arbitration

      As a traditional practice area, litigation and arbitration constitute a core area in the legal services provided by Hye. We have extensive experience in litigation, arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution.   Practice of the Litigation and Arbitration Department includes:


1. Civil and Commercial Litigation

To be entrusted by the party concerned in various civil cases to be the agent to participate in the litigation or relevant civil legal affairs: real estate disputes; maritime and marine disputes; economic disputes; intellectual property cases, inheritance relationship disputes; marriage and family cases; bankruptcy cases; labor dispute cases; cases of procedure of public summons for exhortation; cases of procedure of supervision and urge.


To be entrusted by the party concerned in various civil cases to be the agent to participate in the litigation or relevant civil legal affairs: contractual disputes, torts, ownership disputes, disputes deriving from unjust enrichment or voluntary service, Insurance disputes, bill disputes.


2. Administrative Lawsuits
When entrusted by the parties concerned, for any dispute arising from the nine specific administrative actions enumerated below, representing clients in participating in the first trial, second trial and retrial of administrative lawsuits as well as in administrative reconsideration proceedings; composing litigation documents, conducting investigations and collection of evidence, issuing legal opinions on the litigation process, participating in court hearings and reconciliation proceedings. The nine specific administrative actions as mentioned above are as follows:


(1) an administrative sanction, such as detention, fine, rescission of a license or permit, order to suspend production or business or confiscation of property.


(2) a compulsory administrative measure, such as restricting freedom of the person or the sealing up, seizing or freezing of property.


(3) an infringement upon one's managerial decision-making powers, which is considered to have been perpetrated by an administrative organ.


(4) a refusal by an administrative organ to issue a permit or license, or its failure to respond to an application for a license.


(5) an administrative organ's refusal of, or failure to respond to, an application to perform its statutory duty or to protect the rights of a person and/or a person's property.


(6) cases where an administrative organ is considered to have failed to issue a pension according to law.


(7) cases where an administrative organ is considered to have illegally demanded the performance of duties.


(8) cases where an administrative organ is considered to have infringed upon other rights of the person and/or a person's property.


(9) administrative lawsuits arising from disputes over an application for registration and reconsideration of, or oppositions to, Chinese and foreign trademarks and patents.


Representing the parties concerned in applying for state compensation.


3. Arbitration


Services include:


(1) International trade disputes and bill disputes


(2) Maritime and marine disputes


(3) Bank lending and bank guarantee disputes


(4) International investment and construction projects disputes


(5) Intellectual property and IT disputes


(6) Product quality and environmental protection disputes


(7) Securities and insurance disputes


(8) Labor dispute cases


(9) Judicial jurisdiction disputes