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Law firm refers to the working organization where People's Republic of China (PRC) lawyers 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.
The conditions that a law firm should meet are:
(1) has its own name, domicile and articles of association;
(2) Its assets exceed 654.38 million yuan;
(3) Having lawyers who meet the requirements of the Lawyers Law.
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 is a new phenomenon in the reform and opening-up, with self-financing and independent accounting. There is no difference in the content of legal services they are engaged in.
A partnership law firm may be established in the form of general partnership or special general partnership. The partners of a partnership law firm shall be liable for the debts of the law firm in the form of partnership.
When you feel the need to ask a lawyer to help you solve the problem, you should fill in the following documents:
1. Power of Attorney: This power of attorney is a written certificate that you entrust a lawyer as an entrusted agent to complete certain civil activities on your behalf. The power of attorney must specify the authorization authority, which is divided into general authorization and special authorization.
Agency contract: This contract clearly stipulates the rights and obligations between you and your lawyer.
When you fill in the above documents and pay the fees as required, you hire a lawyer.