Digital Technology and Internet
Digital Technology and Internet
Leveraging Hylands’ solid expertise in commercial legal services, its Internet Legal Service Team deeply engages in legal matters across the Internet sector. It provides professional legal support to a large number of clients from domestic and foreign telecommunications, media, high-tech, Internet, and fintech industries, accompanying clients through the development and expansion of China’s Internet industry. Hylands not only delivers services for numerous large-scale projects in areas such as investment, financing and M&A restructuring, big data and artificial intelligence, blockchain, virtual currency, cybersecurity, and data compliance and privacy protection, but also plays an in-depth role in the discussion and formulation of industry-specific laws and policies.
Lawyers on Hylands’ Internet business team combine a solid legal foundation with keen business acumen. They hold high market recognition and a strong reputation in the sector’s legal market, and Hylands has been named a leading law firm in the Internet field by renowned legal rating agencies including Chambers, The Legal 500, LEGALBAND, China Business Law Journal, Asian Legal Business (ALB), and Asialaw Profiles.
Services
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- Internet Industry Investment and Financing Legal Services
- Hylands provides clients with legal services related to domestic and foreign investment, financing, M&A, and restructuring - including but not limited to legal due diligence, research and analysis on foreign investment industry access, investment structure design, drafting and reviewing transaction documents, and commercial negotiations. It also assists clients with domestic and foreign initial public offerings (IPOs) and listings, and offers legal services for the establishment, fund-raising, and management of internet funds.
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- Network Security and Data Compliance Legal Services
- Hylands provides clients with professional advice on optimizing corporate cybersecurity and data management processes, assists in building cybersecurity and data compliance management systems, ensures compliance of cross-border data flows, helps deliver data compliance training for corporate management and employees, and conducts data compliance audits. It also assists clients in responding to administrative and criminal investigations; provides legal consulting and dispute resolution for cases involving cybersecurity and data compliance (e.g., personal information protection, unfair competition, and trade secret infringement); and offers legal services related to research on cutting-edge industrial legal policies.
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- Legal Services for IP Protection, Dispute Resolution and Risk Prevention in the Internet Industry
- Hylands provides clients with comprehensive, full-industry-chain intellectual property (IP) services. Beyond general, basic, and traditional IP legal support, it also offers tailored, comprehensive IP solutions based on clients’ actual needs. These include legal services such as building personalized, end-to-end IP compliance systems, developing IP and trade secret protection plans, and handling relevant disputes.
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- Legal Services for Web3.0 Business Compliance and Project Investment & Financing
- Based on clients’ investment preferences and the regulatory requirements of key/popular jurisdictions for Web3.0 projects, Hylands helps clients identify optimal compliance and investment solutions amid cross-regional supervision, and designs corresponding legal structures; it also provides legal due diligence services to help clients identify and mitigate risks, and delivers full-process legal support for Web3.0 investment and financing projects.