There are two types of law firms: 1, State-owned assets office, which belongs to the Bureau of Justice and is not a private enterprise. 2, individuals or partnerships, has been independent from the Bureau of justice, can be classified as private enterprises. A law firm is a working organization for lawyers to 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. 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. 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 emerged in the reform and opening up, and it is 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. Article 15 The establishment of a partnership law firm shall not only meet the requirements stipulated in Article 14 of this Law, but also have three or more partners, and the promoters shall be lawyers with more than three years' practice experience.
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.
Article 16 The establishment of a private law firm shall meet the conditions stipulated in Article 14 of this Law, and its promoters shall also be lawyers with more than five years' practice experience. The founder shall bear unlimited liability for the debts of the law firm.