Guantao was one of the first law firms approved to provide legal advice on securities transactions in China. Guantao has an outstanding comprehensive strength in securities and capital markets, and has ascended to top-rated legal service providers by comprehensive strength in the area of Chinese mainland securities and capital markets. We have been ranked and recommended for many years in a row by esteemed international legal rating agencies, including Chambers, The Legal 500, IFLR 1000, Asialaw Profiles, and Asian Legal Business. Upholding the service philosophy of "integrity and diligence, efficiency and quality, pursuit of perfection", Guantao has built an organisational structure with Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Chengdu, Xiamen and Xi 'an as the center to extending the capital markets practice throughout the country. In the area of overseas securities and capital markets, Guantao has set up a Hong Kong office to better undertake overseas securities and capital market business. The HK office has worked closely with other overseas law firms to form a "full range, cross-jurisdictional and integrated" service pattern.
Over the past 20 years and more, Guantao has taken the opportunity of rapid growth in securities and capital markets, kept pace with the reform and development of securities and capital markets, actively pursued theoretical improvement and technical innovation, and deeply integrated market connections and professional resources to form a professional, diversified, efficient and innovative service system, capable of providing topnotch securities and capital market legal services to a large number of domestic and overseas clients in such industry sectors as power, steel, finance, building materials, chemicals, machinery, pharmaceuticals, biology, real estate, non-ferrous metals, transportation, energy, environmental protection, food, tourism and high technology.
More than 200 lawyers in Guantao PRC and overseas offices are dedicated to securities and capital markets practice. The team follows with interest the latest trends in Chinese mainland and overseas securities and capital markets on a real-time basis, focuses on timely interpretation and communication of new policies and regulations, contributes expertise to legal debate and research on sophisticated and complex transactions, and can provide customized professional service solutions tailored to the needs of different types of clients. At the same time, Guantao has in place a complete set of organisational structure, internal rules and regulations, workflow, practice guidelines, document templates and practice compilation for handling work relating to securities and capital markets transactions. Through years of practice, we have established a close and sound working rapport with the securities regulators, stock exchanges, securities companies, audit firms and appraisal institutions. In addition, Guantao has set up the Securities and Capital Markets Law Committee to carry out research and exchange in securities and capital markets law and practice, and gained theoretical and technical support from PRC esteemed law schools, legal experts and scholars through cooperation with Peking University, Tsinghua University, Renmin University of China, China University of Political Science and Law and other PRC universities and colleges.
