ADVANT is comprised of leading European lawyers and is uniquely positioned to deliver a distinctive advantage to clients navigating the complex commercial landscape of Continental Europe. For clients operating outside of Continental Europe, we provide support through our offices in Shanghai, Beijing, London and Moscow.
Our member firms include ADVANT Altana in France, ADVANT Beiten in Germany, and ADVANT Nctm in Italy. We serve our clients, both in Europe and internationally, by providing the highest-quality advice and results – efficiently and cost-effectively through technical excellence, dedication, and true collaboration.
A unique venture in the European legal market, we bring together strong national players to provide clients with the ‘best of both worlds’: deep local foundations and an international vision and reach. Taken together, our combined team includes more than 600 professionals, including more than 140 equity partners, with a presence in 15 locations across Europe and beyond.
Both domestically and internationally, our member firms advise and support many of the leading brands and businesses in their respective markets. This includes numerous blue-chip players in the technology and media, automotive and transport, consumer products, healthcare and life sciences, financial service, and luxury and fashion industries, among many others.
We are your European advantage
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ADVANT Beiten and ADVANT Nctm have been continuously licensed by the PR C Ministry of Justice to operate in Beijing since 1995 (ADVANT Beiten) and in Shanghai since 2010 (ADVANT Nctm).
Our resident experts in China and Europe support our clients extensively on legal and tax matters concerning their business activities in China and Europe.
In China, we advise with a particular focus on company and contract law, M&A， commercial and foreign trade law, investment control, restructuring, procurement law, labor law, IT/IP, data protection and cyber security, real estate and construction law, arbitration, and compliance.
In Europe, we offer our clients the full range of legal and tax advice for their investments and business activities in Europe. Here, our range of projects include corporate restructurings & acquisitions, greenfield investments, all types of trade, commercial and license agreements as well as data security, supply chain, ESG, foreign trade law, investment control, antitrust and competition law, public procurement, litigation and arbitration, tax law and commercial criminal law & compliance.
Our offices in Europe and China provide excellent advisory expertise that has been developed locally for decades and we offer our clients direct access to networks and resources of local authorities, associations and institutions of European-Chinese economic relations.
We attach particular importance to the combination of excellent local expertise and pragmatic entrepreneurial approaches, always in compliance with the legal framework applicable in China and Europe. We provide our clients with advisory results based on trust, excellence and efficiency, providing bespoke, practical and efficient solutions for their businesses and investment projects in China and Europe.
