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Leezhao Law Office would establish its own charges policy in accordance with the following laws and/or regulations: Law of the People’s Republic of China on Lawyers, Law of the People’s Republic of China on Price, Measures on Lawyer’s Service Fee, Regulations on the Law Firm’s Charging Procedures and local Measures on Lawyer’s Service Fee, Guiding Rules on Lawyer’s Service Fee by Hours enacted by local lawyer’s association.
According to our understanding, the following factors should be considered when the law office establishes its practical charges policy and discuss to reach a consensus on payment with the clients:
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Service Quality
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Potential Risks and
Liabilities
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Accessibility of the Tasks
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Persons for Services
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Partners’ Engaging
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Working Time
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Capability of the Clients
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Social credit standing
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Cost, etc.
The basic charges mode （Hourly Charge） in
Leezhao Law Office complies with the international usual
practice, namely, the amount of charges for each specific legal
services depending on the charging hours （valid working hours）
and fee rate. Certainly, in consideration of that some clients
would incline to other charge methods （for example,
comparatively fixed charges, contingency fees etc.）,
accordingly, we also would like to negotiate separately with
clients on the particular legal affairs, trying hard to make
other reasonable and available arrangements applicable to the
particular situation.
According to the usual practice of law office, the charging hour
refers to reasonable working time （valid working hour） of
carrying out the legal affairs. Usually, taking personal actual
working time as the basis, law office would fix the hours for
charging according to the effective, reasonable practical
working hours necessary to accomplish the assignment after
appropriate adjustment. Charging hour usually includes the time
spent on the following work: meeting, giving advice by phone,
reviewing/ drafting documents, conducting various investigation,
legal researching, engaging in negotiation, acting for dealing
with the procedures, appearing in court, necessary information
exchanging, necessary traffic hours and so on.
Leezhao would establish reasonable and explicit charges standard
for regular legal affairs, comprehensive/specific legal affairs,
litigation / arbitration, translation service and other
services.
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