Jointly initiated by the lawyers from China and Germany and approved by the German government, Chinese-German Lawyer Association (Chinesisch-DeutscherAnwaltvereine.Vin German, CDAV) was established and registered in Germany in 2017. It is a non-profitable association registered in local courts of German, providing globalized legal services with focus on sharing legal information and resources and promoting multi-lateral economic and trade cooperation.

Its headquarters is situated in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, and it is composed of individual members and group members, including practicing lawyers, legal experts and scholars, law firms in China, Germany and around the world.Its members include nearly 1,000 practicing lawyers and many well-known law firms from dozens of countries across the world.Most of its members have masters' degrees (or above) in law science, with background of studying and living overseas, high-level skills of using many foreign languages, and thoroughly understand the laws and regulations of all main countries in the world in the field of commerce.