On 13 October 2017, IFLR 1000 published its financial and corporate rankings for 2018. Guantao was recommended in all 7 practice areas, including Banking and finance, Capital markets, Competition, Investment funds, M&A, Private equity and Project development.
Furthermore, the following 9 Guantao partners were recognized as Highly regarded respectively:
Cui Liguo: Capital markets, M&A
Jiang Wei: Energy and infrastructure, Project development, Industry sector: Energy, Oil and gas
Li Yan: M&A, Industry sector: Energy, Insurance, Technology and telecommunications
Lv Liqiu: Banking
Sun Shaosong: Competition
Sun Dongying: Investment funds, Private equity, M&A
Wang Yang: Capital markets, Investment funds, Energy and infrastructure, M&A, Industry sector: Energy, Oil and gas
Xiao Hongming: Private equity, Industry sector: Energy, Mining
Yan Pengpeng: Capital markets, M&A, Industry sector: Healthcare, Technology and telecommunications
The IFLR1000 is an annual guide to the world's leading financial and corporate law firms and lawyers. The first rankings were published in 1990 and it currently researches more than 2500 firms in over 120 jurisdictions worldwide. IFLR1000 is part of the Eurocurrency Legal Media Group, an international business-to-business media group focused primarily on the international finance industry.