Month: January 2023

The Structure of The Legal Opinion (LO)

So far, Queen Law Firm has issued Legal Opinions for many companies around the world, including online games, mining, tourism, transportation, virtual currency, real estate development, international trade, medical equipment, company listing, new energy, high-speed rail, securities, etc. for many industries and uses. Today, Queen Law Firm would like to summarize the composition of a Legal Opinion, so enterprises and individuals interested in Legal Opinion can better understand the professionalism and importance of Legal Opinion.

A Legal Opinion is a professional legal document that gives detailed legal answers to one or more issues on the basis of studying existing laws and regulations. The role of Legal Opinion is very important. It can ensure that enterprises avoid possible legal risks when conducting certain commercial activities, and obtain the maximum profit at the minimum cost within the scope permitted by law. Legal Opinions are generally divided into the following five parts:

  1. Legal Basis
    This part lists the current laws and regulations that will be used in the Legal Opinion. Because all opinions in the Legal Opinion will be given based on these laws and regulations.
  2. Chronology of Facts
    This part is a statement of some facts, such as the basic situation of the client, the legality of the documents and materials submitted by the client, and so on.
  3. Problem Identification
    This part will list the questions that the Legal Opinion will answer.
  4. Legal Opinion
    This part will provide legal professionals and detailed answers to the questions raised by the client in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, and give corresponding suggestions. In this part, there will be a rigorous legal logic system. By analyzing various legal articles related to the issue, the rationality and legality of the legal opinion will be determined. For individual types of Legal Opinions, there will also be case analysis, government policy research, etc.
  5. Conclusion
    In this part, the answers to the questions will be listed again in a summary manner, so that client can refer to them in later operations.

It can be seen that a good Legal Opinion has a rigorous system. Because a good Legal Opinion must be able to maximize the protection of the interests of the client. It can be said that a good Legal Opinion is the compass for the enterprise in the process of implementing the plan.