Legal analysis: Generally, the hiring party bears the attorney fees in a lawsuit. The losing party does not bear the attorney fees paid by the other party to assert its rights and interests. However, the following circumstances are excluded: According to my country's current relevant judicial interpretations, in the following nine types of cases, it is clearly stipulated that the losing party shall bear the reasonable attorney fees of the winning party: 1. Legal aid cases; 2. Copyright infringement cases; 3. Trademark infringement cases ; 4. Patent infringement cases; 5. Unfair competition cases; 6. Creditor's exercise of revocation rights in contract disputes; 7. Loan security rights litigation cases; 8. Personal injury compensation, reputation infringement, traffic accident cases; 9. Arbitration cases . Except for the above circumstances, both parties may expressly agree in the contract that the attorney's fees shall be borne by the losing party. Otherwise, the losing party shall have no right to require the losing party to bear the reasonable attorney's fees of the winning party.
Legal basis: "Measures for the Administration of Lawyer Fees" Article 23 Law firms shall be assigned to handle legal aid cases. No fees may be charged to recipients for handling legal aid cases. For citizens who do have financial difficulties but do not meet the scope of legal aid, law firms may reduce or waive lawyer service fees at their discretion.