Nowadays, the legal service business of law firms is generally divided into litigation legal service business and non-litigation legal service business.
The difference between the two lies in whether it is caused by a dispute.
For example, A beats B, and B seeks a lawyer to sue A. The lawyer here is doing typical litigation business, and the business is caused by the dispute between A and B;
For another example, Company A fires Employee B, and Employee B hires a lawyer to file a labor dispute arbitration against Company A. The lawyer here is not involved in litigation, but in arbitration, but the business is caused by a dispute between Company A and Employee B. , also a litigation business.
For another example, if Company A wants to do economic business such as listing, financing, mergers and acquisitions, it needs a lawyer to provide legal consultation or operations. This is non-litigation business, and the business is not caused by disputes.
For another example, Hong Kong law stipulates that two lawyers must be present when signing a house sales contract. The lawyers here also engage in non-litigation business, because the business is not caused by disputes.