Guantao shows up at the 2024 CIFTIS
From September 12 to 16, 2024, the 2024 China International Fair for Trade in Services ("CIFTIS"), with the theme of "Global Services, Shared Prosperity", was held in Beijing. As one of the nine Beijing law firms attending the CIFTIS, Guantao showed up at the legal services exhibition area of the CIFTIS to jointly explore new models and new ecologies of legal services.
As the only national-level and international comprehensive fair focusing on trade in services, the CIFTIS covers 12 areas of the service industry defined by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and is currently the largest exhibition in the field of trade in services in the world. At the 2024 CIFTIS, there are more than 80 countries and international organizations setting up exhibition halls and holding conferences, and more than 420 Fortune 500 companies and industry leading enterprises participating offline.
Guantao has participated in the exhibition and promotion of business online and offline at the CIFTIS for three consecutive years. For the 2024 CIFTIS, a team of Guantao senior partners and lawyers showcased the following practice areas: capital markets, banking and finance, intellectual property, antitrust, international trade, regulatory and compliance, and other areas, and introduced in details their legal services for visitors and guests at the exhibition booth.
(Guantao team at the CIFTIS: from left, Liu Xing, Li Songyan, Xu Rongyuan, Yan Xiaonan and Liu Sujie)
Liu Xing and Li Xinyu briefing Guantao and answering questions respectively)
Guantao has 30 offices, including four overseas offices in Hong Kong, Sydney, New York and Toronto. In February 2018, Guantao and Ashurst established a joint operation office in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, and entered into association with Gallant in Hong Kong in April 2024. Relying on extensive experience in cross-border transactions and cases, Guantao is able to provide seamless legal services to clients in China and around the world for cross-border transactions. In the future, Guantao will continue to focus on foreign-related legal services, and contribute to the prosperous development of global trade in services with high-quality professional services.