Can a lawyer start a company?

Lawyers cannot start a company during their practice. According to the law, lawyers are not allowed to hold positions in enterprises during their practice, and they are not allowed to participate in the management and business activities of enterprises. Lawyers shall practice full-time during their practice, unless otherwise stipulated by laws and administrative regulations. A law firm shall conduct business activities within the statutory business scope, and shall not establish an enterprise in the form of sole proprietorship, joint venture with others or entrusted shareholding, or appoint a lawyer as the legal representative and general manager of the enterprise, or engage in other business activities unrelated to legal services.

Article 27 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) shall not engage in business activities other than legal services. Article 28 A lawyer may engage in the following businesses: (1) Accepting the entrustment of a natural person, legal person or other organization to act as a legal adviser; (two) to accept the entrustment of the parties in civil cases and administrative cases, to act as agents and to participate in litigation; (3) Accepting the entrustment of criminal suspects and defendants in criminal cases or legal aid agencies to act as defenders according to law, accepting the entrustment of private prosecutors in private prosecution cases, victims in public prosecution cases or their close relatives to participate in litigation as agents; (four) to accept the entrustment and represent the complaints of various litigation cases; (five) to accept the entrustment and participate in mediation and arbitration activities; (6) Accepting entrustment to provide non-litigation legal services; (seven) to answer questions about the law and write litigation documents and other documents related to legal affairs.

The full-time scope of lawyers

The full-time scope of lawyers includes: 1. Lawyers can serve as permanent legal advisers or special legal advisers to citizens, legal persons or other organizations; Recover funds such as payment for goods, loans and project funds on behalf of enterprises and individuals. 2. Providing legal advice, issuing lawyer's letters and legal opinions, and acting as an agent for litigation, execution and arbitration of civil, economic and administrative cases; 3. Acting as an agent for trademark registration and patent application, and acting as an agent for trademark and patent infringement cases; Handle non-litigation legal affairs such as enterprise financial leasing, real estate, company investment, company bankruptcy liquidation, etc.