ESTABLISHED IN 1994
Managing Partner: Cui Liguo
Number of partners: 400+
Number of associates: 1,300+
Firm Overview
Guantao Law Firm, founded in 1994 and based in Beijing, has become a leading PRC law firm with a team of over 400 partners and 1,300 lawyers working across 26 offices in main cities at home and abroad.
Guantao has launched a joint operation office (JOO) with leading international law firm Ashurst in Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone in 2018. This unprecedented JOO offers one-stop shop service to our clients combining full PRC law capacity with international expertise.
Key Practice Areas
Antitrust; Capital markets; Corporate/M&A; Real estate and construction; Banking and finance; Dispute resolution; Restructuring/insolvency; Energy and natural resources; Projects & infrastructure; IP/TMT; International investment and trade; Administrative law; Tax; and Life sciences.
Independent intelligence on this law firm
The following information is sourced directly from China Business Law Journal and/or Law.asia and is not part of the directory listing provided by the law firm.
Testimonials
An energy company’s legal counsel was impressed with the M&A services provided by the firm: “[Guantao] discovered the lack of preliminary procedures in the M&A project on time, and proposed effective solutions by designing transaction documents. The final design of the transaction not only prevented and controlled risks to the greatest extent, but also promoted the smooth development of the project.”
China Business Law Awards 2020
The client recommended the firm’s partner Hao Jingmei, saying that she “has been working on companies in the military industry for many years” and “contributes to the completion of major asset reorganization and securitization in the aerospace industry”.
China Business Law Awards 2020
One client in the financial leasing industry recommended one of Guantao’s lawyers, Qian Yewen, saying, “[Qian] has many years of practical experience in banking and finance, and is perspicacious and thoroughly knowledgeable on the points of dispute and risk avoidance in syndicated loan deals. He has the ability to streamline long and convoluted legal clauses and make ambiguous legal language tighter and more precise.”
China Business Law Awards 2019
Notable Deals
Recognised by China Business Law Journal as Deals of the Year
| Project | Year | Money | Section | Category |
| Iflytek, Xuanting Entertainment copyright dispute | 2022 | N/A | Disputes & Investigations | Copyright |
| Theft of EBP’s trade secret | 2021 | N/A | Disputes & Investigations | Intellectual property; trade secret |
| PipeChina takes over major oil and gas lines | 2020 | N/A | Deals in China | Restructuring |
| CMGE’s Hong Kong listing | 2019 | HKD1.31 billion | Overseas Deals | Hong Kong IPO; games |
| JD Finance’s new round financing | 2017 | N/A | Deals in China | Private equity; TMT |
| Parallel arbitration cases involving International Wood Suppliers | 2017 | N/A | Disputes & Investigations | Arbitration |
| Shanghai Disneyland project | 2016 | RMB34 billion | Deals in China | Joint venture; project financing;nrecreation industry |
| Suning Sports’ series A financing | 2018 | USD600 million | Deals in China | Financing; sports |
| Cheung Kong and Hutchison’s reorganization, spin-off and listing | 2015 | USD54.2 billion | Restructuring | Restructuring |
| China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group’s privatization | 2015 | USD743 million | Take private | Take private |
| Hui Xian REIT IPO (Hong Kong) | 2011 | RMB10.5 billion | Overseas Deals | IPO |
| Sinopec convertible bonds | 2011 | RMB23 billion | Bonds | Bonds |
| Guangdong Nuclear acquisition of Kalahari Minerals | 2011 | GBP756 million | Infrastructure, Power & Project Finance | Infrastructure, Power & Project Finance |
| Restructuring and acquisition of All Team Group | 2010 | RMB250 million | Restructuring & insolvency | Restructuring & insolvency |
| Tidetime Sun’s purchase of Xinjiang coal mines | 2010 | HKD7.8 billion | Inbound M&A and FDI deals | Inbound M&A and FDI deals |
| Aerospace industry fund | 2010 | RMB5 billion | Private equity & venture capital | Private equity & venture capital |
Contact us
Beijing
19/F, Tower B, Xinsheng Plaza
5 Finance Street, Xicheng District
Beijing 100032, China
Telephone: +86 10 6657 8066
Fax: +86 10 6657 8016
Email: guantao@guantao.com
Contact: Cui Liguo
Hong Kong
Suites 1801-3, 18th Floor, One Taikoo Place
979 King’s Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Telephone: +852 2878 1130
Fax: +852 2878 1360 / 2810 0280
Email: guantaohk@guantao.com
Contact: Grace Pengpeng Yan
Chengdu • Chongqing • Dalian • Fuzhou
Guangzhou • Haikou • Hangzhou • Hefei
Jinan • JOO • Luolong • Nanjing • New York
Qingdao • Shanghai • Shenzhen • Suzhou
Sydney • Tianjin • Toronto • Wuhan
Xiamen • Xi’an • Zhengzhou
Website
www.guantao.com
