• Mr. Ma, Partner of Guantao Law Firm Hangzhou Office, specializes in administrative law, corporate/mergers and acquisitions, government counseling and has accumulated extensive experience in dispute resolution since he started his practice in 2003.
• Mr. Ma holds several positions in China such as Vice Director of Legal Culture Institute of Zhejiang Law Society, instructor at Zhejiang University Guanghua Law School, part-time professor at Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics, Director of Government Legal Counseling Committee of Hangzhou Bar Association, standing committee member of CPPCC Hangzhou Shangcheng District Committee, arbitrator of Hangzhou Arbitration Commission, etc.
• Mr. Ma has served as legal counsel to many administrative bodies, enterprises and public institutions, including the 19thAsian Games Hangzhou 2022 Organizing Committee, Hangzhou Municipal Government, China Academy of Art, etc.
• Mr. Ma has published dozens of articles on economics and legal in provincial publications, including many core journal essays in law, and has won several awards from the East China Lawyers Forum, Lawyer Association of Zhejiang, etc. He has been serving for many years as the editorial board member of Lawyer Practice Research and Classic Case in Lawyer Association of Zhejiang.
Practice Areas
• Administrative Law
• Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions
• Litigation and Arbitration
Major Performances
Projects
• Providing legal services for China Development Bank of Zhejiang Branch to corporate with BMCE Bank;
• Assisting Wolong Electric Group Co., Ltd. with bank loans and working capital loans to acquire the shares of ATB Austria Antriebstechnik AG;
• Providing legal services for Hailiang Group Co., Ltd. to acquire the shares of BeipiaoBeita Oil Shale Integrated Development Utilization Co.,Ltd.;
• Providing legal services for shares transfer of Bank of Wenzhou Co., Ltd.;
• Providing legal assistance on behalf of Bank of Wenzhou Hangzhou Branch to apply for compulsory execution;
• Acting as chief legal advisor for The 13thNational Student Sports Games of the People’s Republic of China
Main Clients
• The 19thAsian Games Hangzhou 2022 Organizing Committee
• Hangzhou Municipal Government
• China Academy of Art
• Hangzhou Civil Air Defense Office
• Hangzhou Shangcheng District Committee of CPC
• Hangzhou Shangcheng District Government
• Market Supervision Administration of Hangzhou Shangcheng District
• Bureau of Ethnic and Religious Affairs of Hangzhou Shangcheng District
• Xinming Group Co.,Ltd.
• Zhejiang Cereals, Oils & Foodstuffs Import & Export Co., Ltd.
• Dunhe Foundation
• Zhejiang Sports Industry Association
Representative Legal Cases
• Representing a state-owned asset management company in Xianju County against a listed company in a share transfer contract dispute;
• Representing more than 100 clients as complainants in administrative cases involving the demolition of an international shopping mall in a city;
• Representing a famous law firm against a Workers' Rights Protection Association in a cooperation contract dispute;
• Representing a testing company to sue a Meteorological Administration in one province and helping the testing company become the first private company in China to obtain the lightning protection inspection qualification administrative license;
• Acting as a litigation agent of a provincial Lawyers Association and attending the first administrative litigation case in the history of this Lawyers Association;
Educational Backgrounds
• Bachelor of Literature, Lanzhou University
• Master of Literature, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
Working Experience
• Guantao Law Firm, Equity Partner
• Zhejiang Zhelian Law Firm, Managing Partner
• Zhejiang Zeda Law Firm, Partner
Honors
• Awarded as 'Outstanding Lawyer in Administrative Law' in 2006 by Zhejiang Lawyer Association
• Awarded as 'Top Ten Promising Young Lawyer' in 2008 by Zhejiang Lawyer Association
• Awarded as 'Outstanding Member of Law Committee' from 2006 to 2011 by Zhejiang Lawyer Association
• Awarded as 'Charity Star' in the 15thAnniversary of Wenzhou Chamber Commerce in Hangzhou in 2015
• Awarded as 'Outstanding Member of Hangzhou Bar Association' in 2016
Professional & Social Activities
• Vice Director of Legal Culture Committee of Zhejiang Law Society
• Instructor at Zhejiang University Guanghua Law School
• Part-time professor in Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics
• Instructor of MPA at CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee Party School
• Vice Director of Administrative Law Committee of Zhejiang Lawyer Association
• Director of Government Counseling Committee of Hangzhou Bar Association
• Director of Legal Counseling Group in Hangzhou Intellectuals Association
• Vice Director of Youth Working Committee in Hangzhou CNDCA
• Standing Vice Director of Zhejiang Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese Legal Counseling Committee
• Standing Committee Member of CPPCC Hangzhou Shangcheng District Committee
• Arbitrator of Hangzhou Arbitration Commission
• Council Member of Beijing Daaiqingchen Philanthropic Foundation
