Practice areas

Insurance & reinsurance; Private equity, venture capital & funds; Shipping; Dispute resolution

Introduction

Frank Huang has worked in Guangzhou, Shanghai and Shenzhen, and now is the executive partner in the Shenzhen office of Guantao Law Firm. He specialises in commercial dispute resolution, especially high-value and complex cases in the areas of investment and financing, funds, insurance and maritime.

Huang was invited to be the author of the China chapter of Shipping Law 2018 of the International Comparative Legal Guide, jointly published by the Baltic Exchange, the Baltic and International Maritime Council, and GLG in London. He was also invited to be the author of the China chapter of the Insurance Dispute Law Review, published by Law Business Research in London.

In the private equity sector, Huang has helped a lot of fund managers to reverse their first verdicts and win subsequent arbitration cases under the same factual background, reducing substantial losses; he has also successfully assisted investors to change their fund managers through the holders’ general meeting, which was recognised by the Asset Management Association of China and became the first successful case in the history of funds in China, providing a precedent for similar cases later on.

Huang is familiar with cross-border business. In 2016, he was selected as one of the leading foreign-related lawyers of the All China Lawyers Association and was selected to study international commercial arbitration in London; in 2018, Huang was selected as one of the 1,000 foreign-related lawyers of the Ministry of Justice.

Huang is a keen participant in social and public service and holds social positions such as deputy director of the Cross-border Dispute Resolution Law Committee of the Guangdong Lawyers Association, director of the Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan Law Committee of the Shenzhen Lawyers Association, director of the International and Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan Centre of the Futian District Lawyers Working Committee of the Shenzhen Lawyers Association, and director of the Hong Kong and Macau Law Research Association of the Shenzhen Law Society.

Clients describe Huang as experienced, responsible, meticulous and trustworthy, as well as being able to give clear, accurate, creative but practical professional advice to his clients.

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