[4] The Wall Street Journal described DeHeng's role as acting as an "intermediary" that facilitated between Mr. Bo, his relatives and prosecutors the negotiation of "an outcome acceptable to all sides in the run-up to the trial—and to help ensure that the trial itself goes according to plan".

[5] The Chinese legal market had at the time witnessed two mergers between domestic firms and foreign firms with the merger of King & Wood and Mallesons Stephen Jaques to form King & Wood Mallesons in 2012 and the combination of Dacheng Law Offices and Dentons in early 2015.

[5] DeHeng is primarily a corporate law firm advising in capital markets, corporate/M&A, and banking & finance, three corporate practice areas where it receives recognition from Chambers Asia-Pacific 2018, a legal directory ranking law firms by practice areas in jurisdictions.

[6] The firm is described in its entry in Chambers Asia-Pacific 2018 for Corporate/M&A as having "a distinguished track record in outbound transactions" particularly in the sectors of tech and mining.

[8][9] The full list of practice areas listed on its website are corporate & securities, financing & insurance, merger & acquisition, venture capital & private equity, international trade, foreign direct investment, construction & real estate, dispute resolution, labor & social security, intellectual property law, taxation, and bankruptcy & restructuring.