Martin Hu & Partners (MHP) is a fully licensed Chinese law firm focusing on advising international companies doing business in China. Since 1999 the MHPs attorneys have been retained by many well-known multinational companies to counsel on their major projects from the planning to the closing stage, which have involved billions of US dollars in terms of deal amount.
The attorneys at MHP are dedicated to providing comprehensive premium legal services to the clients from a variety of industries. The breadth of MHPs expertise is reflected in the scope of practice, ranging from corporate and commercial matters, mergers & acquisitions, employment and labor issues, intellectual property and technology protection, education collaboration, IPO and securities, tax, as well as litigation and arbitration.
The employment and labor team at MHP has strong expertise and experience in the employment and labor area. MHP provides counseling on drafting and developing employee handbooks, executive hiring and termination agreements, employee benefits plans, employee stock plan and stock option plan (including their regular filings), personnel policies, alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, employment contracts, labor union issues, and collective bargaining agreements, and advises clients on contract interpretation issues and represents clients in arbitration as well as in litigations. Other areas of expertise include reductions in force, internal corporate investigations and due diligence reviews of employment law liabilities in corporate acquisitions. MHP successfully dealt with massive labor strike for clients in their factory close-down and relocation situations. The firm’s capital market practice group also provides solutions for employee stock option plan and other employee incentive arrangements.

To provide better services, MHP has developed extensive networking with law firms from the U.S., Europe, Japan, Hong Kong and other countries and regions. MHP is also an important China member in many international organizations, including State Capital Global Law Firm Group.

MHP Law Firm was awarded “Emerging Law Firm of the Year” in May 2010 by Chambers & Partners, one of the most independent and reputable research and appraisal institutes in legal field, which is based in U.K.