They are lawyers' partners, and the form of partner liability refers to the way in which partners take responsibility for the debts of the partnership, which is the original feature of the partnership that distinguishes it from the corporate enterprise.
As investors in a partnership, partners enjoy rights and assume obligations in the enterprise.
Confusion between three years and five years means that the form of running a law firm is different and the required years of practice are different. Individual lawyers have more than five years of practice experience and can practice full-time, and partnership lawyers have more than three years of practice experience and can practice full-time.
Article 7 The establishment of a general partnership law firm shall meet the following conditions in addition to those stipulated in Article 6 of these Measures:
(1) There is a written partnership agreement;
(2) Having three or more partners as promoters;
(3) The promoters shall be lawyers with more than three years' practice experience who can practice full-time;
Article 9 The establishment of an individual law firm shall meet the following conditions in addition to those stipulated in Article 6 of these Measures:
(1) The promoters shall be lawyers with more than five years' practice experience and full-time practice;
Measures for the Administration of Partnership Law Firms, February 26, 2009
Article 6 The establishment of a partnership law firm shall meet the following conditions:
(1) Having its own name, domicile and articles of association;
(2) Having a written partnership agreement;
(3) Having three or more partners;
Article 11 A partner shall meet the following conditions:
(a) to obtain a full-time lawyer's practice certificate according to law;
(2) Having more than five years of working experience;
(3) Before becoming a partner, he has not been subjected to administrative punishment of stopping practicing for more than three years.