Founder and Managing Director of the China-based law firm Burkardt & Partner in Shanghai
Mr. Burkardt is founder and managing director of the Chinese law firm Burkardt & Partner in Shanghai and supports us as an expert in Chinese data protection law for our e-learning "PIPL: Data Protection for Employees".
Shanghai, VR China
Burkardt & Partner law firm
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“Unlike legal advice given in the native language of the client’s home country, advice given abroad in a foreign language entails additional risks even in their native language, many legal professionals do not understand the “legal jargon,” which is not only characterized by a wide variety of technical terms, but has almost developed into a language of its own. If these technical terms are then also used in a foreign language, an error-free communication and consultation is almost a matter of luck.”
– Rainer Burkardt
More about Rainer Burkardt
Rainer Burkardt is the founder and managing director of the Chinese law firm Burkardt & Partner in Shanghai, which was ranked among the top 5 law firms in China by kanzleimonitor. .
He has been living in China for more than 25 years and is therefore one of the few foreign lawyers with more than two decades of professional and consulting experience on the ground in China.
Since 2009, Mr. Burkardt has been a trusted lawyer of the Austrian Consulate General in Shanghai. From 2008 to 2010, he was a member of the Board of Directors of the German Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of the Legal Working Group of the European Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.
In early 2013, Mr. Burkardt was appointed arbitrator of the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission.
Before founding his own law firm Burkardt & Partner, Mr. Burkardt was head of the German Desk of a multinational US law firm. Prior to that, he established the Shanghai office of a large German law firm and subsequently headed it as a partner for more than ten years.
His focus is on providing legal advice mainly to medium-sized companies, but also to corporate groups and international industrial groups from Austria, Germany, and Switzerland on their investments and business in China.
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