¡¡The predecessor of Jiangsu Wuxi Westbank Lawyers was Wuxi Sparkling Law Firm, which was established in March 1996. After years of development, Westbank Lawyers has accumu-lated rich experience in litigation practice and abundant legal resources by following the principles of "being fair, strict, efficient and practical" in its service. Today, Westbank Lawyers has become a professional and com-prehensive legal service institution. Westbank Lawyers has been appraised on several occasional as "Civilized Law Firm in Wuxi" ,"Service Star of Showcase Trades " and was given the title of "Jiangsu Advanced Unit for¡¡Safeguarding the Human Rights of the Handi-capped" by the Legal Department of Jiangsu Province and Jiangsu Association of the Hand-icapped.

¡¡Today, Westbank Lawyers boasts a large number of professional lawyers with extensive practical experience, including expertise in diverse areas. Corporate Law Department, Finance and Securities Department, Civil and Commercial Litigation and Arbitration Department, Criminal Defense Department, Intellectual Property Department, Public Law and Administrative Litigation Law Department are among its business departments. These departments are the basis on which Westbank Lawyers caters to itsclients with various needs and offers legal services to clients in different sectors at different levels.

¡¡Westbank Lawyers attaches great importance to establishing and maintaining close business relations with its clients and relevant governments of China and her legal departments.Meanwhile, the firm has established good cooperative relationships and close strategic alliances with various famous international and domestic law firms and CPAs. All these have strengthened Westbank Lawyers capability of knowing and deepening its understanding of the needs of clients and closely following the latest trends in legal sectors at home and abroad so that a more efficient and prompt legal service is provided by the firm to its clients in the in ternational and domestic legal markets.

¡¡Westbank Lawyers is a China-based organization rendering comprehensive legal services for clients within China and abroad. The firm is going to strengthen its advantages and closely appraise the new tendencies in China's ever changing economic development and the new trends of economic globalization and specialization in services. Westbank Lawyers, by recognizing individual characteristics of its clients and their specific requirements, is developing its tailor-made legal service programs in various types and styles in an attempt to sharpen its com petitive edge in its international and multiserviceactivities surely but creatively.

In the wake of assisting many Chinese and foreign clients to achieve great successes,Westbank Lawyers itself has enjoyed tremendous development over the past few years,Westbank Lawyers will further improve its service and explore new service areas. It witl uphold the motto of exerting itsetf to unreservedly safeguard the interests of clients and collabo rate with talented and learned people so as to ensure its business thrives and contributes to the success of its clients and the legal cause of China's democracy and her governing by law.