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Summit Zenith

Summit Zenith assists global businesses with their most challenging cross-border legal matters. 

About Us

Summit Zenith

Summit Zenith is a full-service law firm originating from Silicon Valley in the United States, dedicated to assisting global enterprises in handling the most challenging cross-border legal matters. Our core practice areas include corporate transactions, cross-border investments and acquisitions, compliance consulting, intellectual property, international litigation and arbitration, and other forms of dispute resolution. We have particularly extensive experience in cross-border disputes and transactions involving the United States and China.

Members of Summit Zenith’s international team have lived, worked, and represented clients in the U.S., China, and Europe. In addition to our in-house team, we maintain strategic partnerships with an array of international legal experts - our Summit Zenith Alliance Partners. By collaborating seamlessly with our Alliance Partners, we provide clients with a single point of contact for accessing professional legal services worldwide. Wherever you encounter legal issues, we can help you find a solution.

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Dispute Resolution

Summit Zenith’s dispute resolution practice specializes in assisting Chinese companies involved in international disputes. While our practice areas are diverse, Summit Zenith’s litigation team has extensive experience in intellectual property litigation, breach of contract cases, and international arbitration.

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Core Practice Areas

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Investment & M&A

Summit Zenith’s cross-border investment and M&A services are designed to help companies achieve strategic expansion in the global market. We provide expert guidance to identify investment opportunities, assess risks, and formulate effective strategies. Our team’s extensive international experience ensures the smooth execution of every project. Partner with us to make your cross-border investment and M&A journey more streamlined and successful.

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Intellectual Property

Summit Zenith provides professional intellectual property legal services dedicated to safeguarding your creativity and innovation. Our team’s extensive experience enables us to offer tailored advice and support, ensuring comprehensive protection of your intellectual property.

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Compliance

Summit Zenith provides comprehensive compliance consulting services to outbound companies, high-tech enterprises, and cultural and entertainment businesses. We help manage risks related to foreign investment laws, export controls, sanctions, and privacy and data compliance, ensuring stable development for our clients.

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Key Service Industries

Emerging Technologies and the New Economy

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Entertainment and Media

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Cross-Border Trade and Investment

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Funds and Family Offices

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Professional Effective Responsible

Senior attorneys from big laws deliver high-quality, professional services.

Our international team fully understands the global needs of our clients.

Attorneys from diverse practice areas offer one-stop comprehensive solutions.

With deep industry expertise, our team provides strategic services and resource support that go beyond legal solutions.

Round-the-clock support covering the Americas, Asia, and Europe.

By leveraging the latest legal technology, we offer clients efficient and cost-effective professional services, helping to significantly reduce costs.

Global Network

Global Network

In order to better serve our global clients, we have deployed professionals in 8 cities, providing legal solutions for companies worldwide. 

Summit Zenith is a leading full-service law firm. It has dozens of professionals, including several partners, located in cities such as Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago, Cancun, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen.

 

Summit Zenith’s attorneys specialize in specific areas of expertise. Through reasonable division of labor and close teamwork, we are able to provide high-quality global legal services across various fields.

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Team Profile

Teams

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Founding Partner

Ning Zhang

California
Georgia

Areas of expertise

  • Cross Border Business

  • Contracts

  • Corporate General Counsel

  • Mergers and Acquisitions

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Partner

California
United States Patent and Trademark Office

Areas of expertise

  • Intellectual Property

  • IP Litigation

  • Patent

  • Trademark

  • Commercial Litigation

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Managing Partner

Charles Cheng

California

Areas of expertise

  • Corporate Law & Corporate Governance

  • Private Equity & Venture Capital

  • Digital Technology

  • Startups

  • Media & Entertainment

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Partner

California
 

Areas of expertise

  • Intellectual Property

  • Litigation

  • Patent

  • Trademark

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Partner

Illinois

Areas of expertise

  • Commercial Litigation

  • Complex Litigation

  • Real Estate Litigation

  • Employment

  • Merger & Acquisition

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Partner

California
Illinois

Areas of expertise

  • IP Litigation

  • E-Commerce

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Dilemma of Schedule A Cases in the United States and Solutions

With the rapid development of cross-border e-commerce platforms such as Amazon, Alibaba, and Temu, Chinese cross-border e-commerce sellers have quickly emerged by leveraging the strong advantages of domestic manufacturing and modern logistics industries, and have expanded their business to markets around the world through various cross-border e-commerce platforms. As a new engine for China's foreign trade and an important trend in the development of global trade, cross-border e-commerce has not only promoted the stability of foreign trade scale and the optimization of structure...

Media Coverage &
Publication 

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Selected Clients

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Client Testimonial

"The legal team at Summit Zenith is highly professional and efficient. They achieved excellent results in handling our legal matters."

​Fan He

— U.S. Producer of Detective Chinatown and Mojin: The Lost Legend

No matter the issue, we can help you find a solution

North America:
Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago, Cancun

Asia:
Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen

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