Automotive industry has become a sector where business, technology and laws go hand inhand with innovation and professionals in both China and worldwide, and hasbrought challenges to lawyers in Guantao Law Firm. Our enhanced legal teampossesses great understanding and enthusiasm in automotive industry, the affiliation with foreign law firms has provided us broader vision and recognition than our competitors, meanwhile, attorneys with foreign practicing certification and experience enables more specific and precise legal advice toour clients.
We keep our focus on market trends, environmental standards, product safety rules, new competition laws for and new requirements for financing investments. Focusing on providing comprehensive and detailed legal advice to meetcustomer's specific circumstances, bearing the idea of maximizing the interestsof customers, our services includes the following but not limited to:
• Advising around dealership distribution and franchising questions, including establishment and operation of online car sales dealerships;
• Helping overseas clients to understand domestic auto product liabilities rules and providing possible solutions to concrete problems;
• Defending clients in litigation and assisting settlements involving product liability and end-users' disputes;
• Assisting clients on government aid/government relations, with our own legal techniques, we can facilitate client's course of business;
• Advising onexclusivity agreements and R&D contracts for both domestic and overseas manufacturers and dealerships;
• Defending against injunctive relieves, damages claims and counter-actions based on patent rights, trademark rights and other intellectual property rights infringement;
• Advising on Greenfield/Brownfield projects, merger and acquisitions, restructuring debt and rationalizing corporate structure and other operational schemes;
• Advising on motor finance recovering litigation, other funding and corporate transactions.