Chambers and Partners, one of the most famous legal ranking agencies in the world, lately released its Asia-Pacific Guide 2018. Guantao Law Firm was highly ranked in the following 10 practice areas:
- Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Domestic Issuances) - China (Band 3)
- Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Hong Kong and Overseas Issuances) – China (Band 3)
- Corporate/Commercial: East Coast: Beijing (PRC Firms) (Band 1)
- Corporate/Commercial: East Coast: Shanghai (PRC Firms) (Recognised Practitioner)
- Corporate/M&A (PRC Firms) (Band 3)
- Dispute Resolution: Beijing (PRC Firms) (Recognised Practitioner)
- Energy & Natural Resources (PRC Firms) (Band 3)
- Projects & Infrastructure (PRC Firms) (Band 2)
- Real Estate (PRC Firms) (Band 3)
- Restructuring/Insolvency (PRC Firms) (Recognised Practitioner)
In addition, 10 Guantao lawyers were recognized as Leaders in their field, in which Mr. Yang Guang and Mr. Sheng Leiming were honored as Eminent Practitioner respectively:
- Yang Guang (Eminent Practitioner), Restructuring/Insolvency (PRC Firms) (China)
- Sheng Leiming (Eminent Practitioner), Dispute Resolution
- Cui Liguo (Recognised Practitioner), Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (PRC Firms) (China)
- Liu Rong (Band 4), Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (PRC Firms) (China)
- Gan Weimin (Band 2), Corporate/Commercial: East Coast: Zhejiang (PRC Firms) (China)
- Zou Jun (Band 2), Corporate/Commercial: East Coast: Zhejiang (PRC Firms) (China)
- Hong Yuhao (Recognised Practitioner), Corporate/M&A (PRC Firms) (China)
- Su Bo (Band 4), Corporate/M&A (PRC Firms) (China)
- Jiang Wei (Band 2), Projects & Infrastructure (PRC Firms) (China)
- Chen Guoqiang (Band 2), Environment
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