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Hylands provides legal services throughout Chengdu Rongcheng FC’s Promotion to the First Division
On September 28, 2019, Chengdu Rongcheng FC, who beat ZHSFC 2-0, won first place in the South Region in the completed season of the Chinese Football Association Division Two League. Meanwhile, Chengdu Rongcheng FC’s promotion to the first division was realized with an impressive result - the fewest goals conceded in the whole Chinese Football Association Division Two League, thus winning the entrance to the Chinese Football Association China League.
Hylands Law Firm established a service team with partners and attorneys Lei WANG and Xin LIU as the core. They have been maintaining high-frequency and close working contact with Chengdu Rongcheng FC and its internal institutions, providing professional opinions, suggestions, and services for the club’s governance structure, labor and employment, external cooperation, human resources construction, public relations, emergencies, and other affairs, and contributing their strength to Chengdu Rongcheng FC’s promotion to the first division.
Chengdu Rongcheng FC was established by Chengdu Xingcheng Investment Group Co. Ltd. to revitalize football in Chengdu, restoring Chengdu’s reputation as the ‘number one market for football’ and realizing the ambitious goal of ‘promoting to the second division in one year, the first division in three years and the super league in five years’. Since its establishment. the club has realized that the advancement of the club’s strength is not only the improvement of the player’s ability and technique but also the improvement and perfection in all aspects including investment, management, amenities, etc.
In early 2019, the club conducted public bidding to select perennial legal adviser units. With years of mature experience in serving the sports industry, a complete service plan, and professional team support, Hylands’ Chengdu office stood out from the 13 law firms that participated in the bidding competition and became the perennial legal counsel of Chengdu Rongcheng FC.
For Chengdu Rongcheng FC’s next promotion to the super league, Hylands will continue to provide high-efficiency and high-quality legal services with its outstanding professional performance and rich experience under the guidance of the working principles of professionalism, prudence and client first.
