On 25th Nov 2015, partner lawyer of Yingke Law Firm Shenzhen branch Wang Lei was invited as well as represented Yingke (Shenzhen) Law Firm to attend “Ireland-China Chamber of Commerce” and “Association of Chinese Enterprises in Ireland (ACEI)”, which assigned by director of international investment and trade legal committee of Yingke and director of Yingke (Shenzhen) foreign-related legal affairs department Hu Bingmei. The annual gala dinner was hosted at Westbury hotel in Dublin, Ireland. The partner lawyer Wang Lei received a cordial meeting with Premier of Ireland Enda Kenny.

Figure above is Premier of Ireland Enda Kenny addressed the gala dinner.

Irish Premier Enda Kenny, Chinese Ambassador to Ireland Xu Jianguo as well as more than 200 representatives of business circles attended the gala dinner. Yingke lawyer Wang Lei delivers a report to Premier Kenny and Ambassador Xu Jianguo that Yingke Law Firm edged out strong competitors to top the rankings in Asia, securing the title of Asia’s largest law firm for the second consecutive year and the recent developments. He also learned from Premier Kenny and Ambassador Xu Jianguo about their outlooks for China-Ireland economic and trade developments, as well as the bilateral investments are being reinforced with China being Irish 9th largest trading partner. During the gala dinner, Mr. Duggan representing “Ireland-China Chamber of Commerce” signed letter of intent with the general manager of ICBC Leasing Mr. Xu.

Figure above is Irish Premier Kenny meets with Yingke lawyer Wang Lei.

As a desirable headquarters’ investment destination for transnational enterprises, capital Dublin of Ireland has become the European Headquarters of many multinational enterprises such as Google, Yahoo!, HP, Facebook, ICBE Leasing, CDB Leasing, Huawei, Tencent, etc, which benefits by the Irish unique advantages like low tax rate and so on to attract foreign investments. Ireland has signed the bilateral agreements on taxation with more than 70 countries including China, among which 68 agreements has come into effect. Meanwhile, new agreements and amendment of the agreements are being signed between Ireland and 18 countries.

Figure above is the signing ceremony between “Ireland-China Chamber of Commerce” and ACEI.

Yingke Law Firm Shenzhen branch possesses the strength to provide full services in law and commerce for Chinese enterprises investment in Ireland. In July, 2015, Yingke lawyers Hu Bingmei and Wang Lei have took part in the “China-Ireland bilateral conference” as well as conducted a survey of investment environments and legal norms in Ireland. Furthermore, they have established a board operation and cooperation connections with concerned government and local law firms.

Figure above is Yingke lawyers Hu Bingmei (left) and Wang Lei (right) paid a visit to IDA Ireland with IDA official for China McKonnell (middle).