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1、CONTRACT ON RETAINING LEGAL COUNSELParty A:Address:Telephone:Fax:Party B: Address: Telephone: Fax: Party A would like to retain Party B as its legal counsel, according to Law on Legal Counsel of the Peoples Republic of China The two parties through consultation hereby agree upon, and shall be bound

2、by, the following terms:Article Party A will designate 【 】, as the lawyer employed by B, to work as As legal counsel. 【 】 will provide legal assistance and protect As interests vested by law.Article Party Bs scope of responsibility.Answer questions on legal issues from Client and give opinions or an

3、y advice on such issues;. Upon the clients request, Party B shall participate in commercial negotiations, in which Client is a party, and be concerned with drafting, modification, reviewing and examination of the legal documents such as contracts and agreements or preparing legal documents that is n

4、eeded in the negotiations;. Provide economic and legal information pertain to the business operation of the client;. Represent the client in the litigation of criminal, civil, economic and administrative cases; offer strategic legal advice in litigation and arbitration as a legal advisor, preventing

5、 or negating legal risk；. Help to set up and organize files of legal documents and alarm any legal risk;.Render legal consultancy for business operation and management of client;. Participate in important economic activities of client, offering all follow up services if necessary;. Provide legal doc

6、uments such as legal opinion, lawyers advice, lawyers testimony and lawyers letter etc;. Credibility investigation upon request: investigation on the entity qualification, business registration, legal status, true identity, background, status quo of business operation and management and assets statu

7、s of the cooperation partners and clients of client;Upon Clients request, Party B should research, gather and explain any related law, rules, and regulations, and provide practical operational guidelines for the clients;xi. Party B may sign, send and deliver legal documents with the authority of the

8、 clients;xii. Other services after negotiation and agreement by the two parties.Article Party As Obligations. Party A shall provide convenience to legal counsels appointed by Party B and specially appoint a person to keep regular contact with the counsels of Party B; .Party A shall offer chances to

9、the counsels appointed by Party B for attending clients business meetings that are concerned in order that Party B can render better legal services; . Party A should comprehensively, objectively provide information, materials and/or documents regarding the legal affair to Party B within a reasonable

10、 time;. Party A has the responsibility to make independent judgments and decisions. Party B shall not be responsible for any loss incurred by Party A that is not caused by the negligent advice of Party B.Article Party Bs Obligations. The Party B accepts the authorization of the Party A and assigns l

11、awyer 【 】as the attorney to deal with Party As legal affairs;. The attorney assigned by Party B should take full responsibility toParty As legal affair stipulated in Article ;. Party B attorney should make the best efforts to maintain Party As benefit by making judgment based on the law;. Party B at

12、torney must complete Party As legal affairs promptly after obtaining the materials provided by Party A;. The attorney acting for the Party B shall not deal with another party in a transaction or a dispute, without the agreement of Party B, if the other partys interest conflicts with Party B;. The at

13、torney acting for Party B has an obligation of not disclosing any trade secrets to a third party, unless agreed by Party B or sanctioned by law;. Party B shall keep a record of Party As services; the record must have a complete log of Party As services, along with the original evidences, legal docum

14、ents or any belongings which should be kept properly.Article retaining fee and work expense . The retaining fee is【 】 yuan;Methods of payment：【 】. Party A shall bear the cost incurred by the appointed lawyer of Party B during the course of business. The cost that shall be borne by Party A is include

15、d in the list, the list is not exhaustive and the cost that shall be bore is not restricted by the list. The list consists of: The commission of survey, certification fee, translation fee, outstation expenses (food, travel and accommodation).Party B shall disburse the expenses upon agreeing with Par

16、ty A.Methods of payment accepted: 【 】 .Article Termination of the contract. Contract may be terminated by mutual agreement after consultation;. If the contract is terminated before consultation:a. If Party Bs appointed lawyer is replaced arbitrarily without the agreement of Party A, Party A may term

17、inate the contract if, by the result of the replacement, Party A suffers significant loss or drop in quality of work;b. If Party A suffers a loss because of Party Bs delay and dereliction of duty, Party A may terminate the contract;c. If Party A suffers an important loss in document that is caused b

18、y Party Bs negligence in security obligation and disadvantageous legal opinion, Party A may terminate the contract;d. If Party A has not paid the agreed fee to Party B in the stipulated time and after Party B has served a notice to Party A regarding this matter, Party B may terminate the contract if

19、 Party A still does not pay within the time given in the notice.Article Liabilities for Breach of Contract . The Parties shall strictly abide by this Contract and shall not unilaterally terminate this Contract before the expiring date ofthis Contract; otherwise the defaulting party shall pay the non

20、-defaulting party a penalty which is equal to the proportion of retaining fee for the remaining term of this Contract;. Party A shall be liable for any damage caused by Party As failure of providing the legal advisor with necessary information or materials concerned in time; . If Party A fails to pa

21、y the attorney fee on time, Party B shall have the right not to perform its obligations hereunder or to terminate this Contract；. If Party B, without proper reason, violates the agreement or does not fulfill its obligation under the contract, Party A may request Party B to return all or part of the

22、retaining fees.Article Dispute solutionIn the event of a dispute, both parties must resolve the dispute in a friendly manner. If the dispute could not be resolved by mutual agreement, any parties may make an application to the Peoples court for the dispute to be heard.Article Activation of the Contr

23、actThe contract shall come in to force from the date of 【 】to the date of 【 】.Article There shall be two copies of the contract, one for each party, signed, sealed and delivered by both parties.Party A: Representatives signature: Address:Telephone:Date: _ year _ month _ dayParty B: Representatives signature:Address: Telephone: Fax: Date: _ year _ month _ day