HIGHTIME LAW OFFICE
A Boutique Firm Delivering Cross-Border Legal Services in Japanese, English, and Chinese
SHANGHAI, CHINA
🏛 About Hightime
Since our founding in 2010, Hightime has earned acclaim in maritime, insurance, and trade legal services. In 2022, a leading Japanese-speaking team joined, transforming Hightime into a boutique firm specializing in commercial, maritime, customs, insurance, and family legal services in Japanese and English.
🌐 Global Network
Hightime maintains close cooperation with renowned commercial and maritime law firms in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, the UK, the US, Australia, Cyprus, and Panama, delivering seamless cross-border legal services.
Core Practice Areas
Maritime Disputes
Collision, pollution, casualty investigation, salvage, personal injury, general average
Admiralty Disputes
Charterparty, bills of lading, cargo claims, freight forwarding, port operations
Insurance
Claims investigation, policy disputes, P&I, liability insurance, credit insurance
International Trade
Sale of goods, trade terms, cross-border dispute resolution, trade compliance
Corporate & Commercial
M&A, asset restructuring, equity transfers, liquidation, foreign investment
Compliance
Cybersecurity & data compliance, anti-bribery, corporate governance, customs & tax
Vietnam & Belt and Road · Outbound Legal Services
Leveraging our trilingual capability and the professional backbone of corporate, compliance and customs & tax, we provide end-to-end legal support for Chinese enterprises investing in Vietnam and the ASEAN region.
Vietnam Entry & ODI
Market access, on-/offshore structuring, ODI filing support.
Entity Setup & Operations
IRC/ERC applications, tax and employment compliance.
Cross-border M&A
Vietnam/ASEAN due diligence, HK/Singapore holding.
Vietnam General Counsel
Contracts, disputes, customs/tax audits, IP protection.