In March 2013, Dacheng was again selected as external legal counsel for France’s Total Group.
 
Headquartered in Paris, Total Group was France’s largest industrial group and one of the world’s biggest producers of oil, natural gas and chemicals. In 2012, It was ranked 11th on Fortune Global 500 list.
 
For the past three years, Beijing-based senior partner Chen Xuming and his team from foreign-related legal affairs practice have acted as special and general legal counsel for Total Group and its two subsidiaries in China.