Different scope of services: Legal consulting service co., Ltd. cannot provide intermediary services, and law firms are typical intermediary institutions.
Different responsibilities: legal consulting service co., ltd. is limited liability, and law firm is unlimited liability.
The competent authorities are different: legal consulting service co., ltd. is an industrial and commercial organ, and law firm is a judicial administrative organ (judicial bureau).
Different ways of establishment: legal consulting service co., ltd. is established according to the company, and shareholders contribute; Only when there are more than three qualified lawyers as partners can lawyer affairs be established.
Conditions for the establishment of a legal consulting service limited company:
There are more than eight full-time staff. At least 5 of them have obtained a college degree or above in law; Or has obtained the qualification of lawyer; Or actually engaged in legal professional work (including working in public security, procuratorial, legal and administrative law enforcement organs and engaging in law teaching and research) for more than five years. Retired cadres who meet the above conditions shall be implemented in accordance with relevant state regulations.
Have a fixed office space and necessary office conditions.
Self-owned funds of more than 30,000 yuan (it needs more than100,000 yuan to set up a company)
Have a sound accounting system.
Conditions of law firm:
It has its own name, domicile and articles of association.
Having lawyers who meet the requirements of this law.
The founder should be a lawyer who has certain practice experience and has not been punished for stopping practicing within three years.
Having assets that meet the amount stipulated by the judicial administrative department of the State Council.
Extended data:
Law firm:
It is the working organization for lawyers in People's Republic of China (PRC) to perform their duties and carry out business activities. The organization of law firms shall be supervised and managed by judicial administrative organs and lawyers associations.
Accept the entrustment of Chinese and foreign parties to provide various legal services within the prescribed scope of business activities; Responsible for the specific distribution and guidance of lawyer's business; According to the needs, with the approval of the Ministry of Justice, professional law firms can be established, and qualified law firms can set up several business groups internally according to the principle of professional division of labor. In principle, law firms are located in counties, cities and municipal districts, and there is no affiliation between law firms.
There are partnership law firms, individual law firms run by lawyers and cooperative law firms run by lawyers. The former has the same nature as the legal advisory office, but the name is different. The latter emerged in the reform and opening up, and it is self-financing and independent accounting. There is no difference in the content of legal services they are engaged in.
Limited liability company:
Limited company is the most important organizational form for Chinese enterprises to implement corporate system, which refers to registration according to the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of Company Registration. Its advantage is that the establishment procedure is relatively simple, and there is no need to issue an announcement or account number. In particular, the company's balance sheet is generally not open, and the company's internal institutions are flexible. Its disadvantage is that it is impossible to issue shares publicly, and the scope and scale of funds raised are generally small, which is difficult to meet the needs of large-scale production and operation activities. Therefore, the form of limited liability company (limited company) is generally suitable for small and medium-sized non-joint-stock companies.
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