On 18 October 2016, IFLR 1000 has published its financial and corporate rankings for 2017. Guantao Law Firm was recommended in all seven practice areas, including Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, M&A, Investment Funds, PE, Competition, and Energy & Infrastructure.
Furthermore, the following nine Guantao partners were recognized as leading lawyers respectively:
• Cui Liguo
Practice area: Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Sun Dongying
Practice area: Investment Funds, Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Xiao Hongming
Practice area: Private Equity
Industry sector: Energy, Mining
• Jiang Wei
Practice area: Energy & Infrastructure, Project Development
Industry sector: Energy, Oil & Gas
• Lv Liqiu
Practice area: Banking
• Yan Pengpeng
Practice area: Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions
Industry sector: Healthcare, Technology & Telecommunications
• Sun Shaosong
Practice area: Competition
• Li Yan
Practice area: Mergers & Acquisitions
Industry sector: Energy, Insurance, Technology & Telecommunications
• Wang Yang
Practice area: Capital Markets, Investment Funds, Energy & Infrastructure, Mergers & Acquisitions
Industry sector: Energy, Oil & Gas
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 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.