Gaopeng & Partners

Founded in 1998, Gaopeng & Partners has become an integrated law firm with headquarters in Beijing and branches in other major Chinese cities. The firm provides legal services in the areas of corporate finance & investment, M&A, WTO and international trade, anti-monopoly law, large-scale infrastructure project, media, entertainment and sport, real property, IPR, arbitration and litigation. Through decades of effective legal services to Chinese and oversea enterprises, government and celebrities, it gains good reputation worldwide.

The firm consists of 370 staff, including 280 lawyers with a variety of background and experience. Not only been educated in law schools in China or abroad with solid academic background, they also have extensive work experience as law professors, judges, prosecutors, in-house counsels for industry, trade diplomats or government officials. The firm embraces veteran lawyers with over two decades of law practice, whose in-depth understanding of business and insightful knowledge into government policy-making together with their legal expertise generate high-quality service for clients.

Gaopeng & Partners attaches great importance to the quality of legal services. The firm has built up an internal management and risk control system to ensure the high quality of services, which enables the firm to maintain a zero-complaint record since it was established. For years, the firm has been nominated by the Judicial Bureaus of Beijing City and Chaoyang District as one of the top law firms and Training Base for top national law schools. Since 2006, we have been named every year by the Chambers and Partners as the best lawyers of China in the area of WTO and international trade. Further, the firm was listed by Asia Legal Business (ALB) as one of the top 10 fastest growing law firms of China in 2010. In 2012, the firm was awarded by Beijing Municipal Judicial Bureau as the "Law Firm for Excellence in Beijing for Years. In 2013, the firm was awarded 2012 Prominent Law Firms by China Business Law Journal. From 2014 to 2018, Gaopeng & Partners was nominated by Chambers and Partners as top law firms in the area of international trade law and anti-monopoly law. In September 2014, it was awarded 2011-2013 best law firm by Beijing Chaoyang lawyers association. April 2015, Gaopeng?Partners Form was awarded as "Excellent Law Firm of Beijing 201-2014". In December July 2015, the firm became one at top 100 law firms in Asian Pacific region. In November, 2015, it further entered into one of top 50 large law firms in Asian Pacific region. In December 2015, Gaopeng & Partners Nanjing Office was rated as the Nanjing Excellent Law Firm for Promoting the Rule-based Governance Education. In January 2017, Gaopeng's legal service to B20 was listed as one of the most remarkable news events for China's lawyers 2016. In April 2017, Gaopeng & Partners Nanjing Office was awarded Nanjing "2016 Excellent Law Firm in Management" and 16 Outstanding Individual Awards. In March 2018, Gaopeng & Partners Nanjing office was awarded by Nanjing Lawyer Association as Excellent Law Firm in 2017. In March 2018, Gaopeng & Partners Nanjing Office was awarded Nanjing "2016 Excellent Law Firm in Management" and over 10 Outstanding Individual Awards. In March 2018, Gaopeng & Partners Shanghai Office was awarded by Shanghai Lawyer Association as "Good Performance of Shanghai Lawyers in 2017". In January 2019, Gaopeng & Partners once again was named as an Excellent Law Firm in Beijing Chaoyang District. In January 2019, Gaopeng & Partners once again was nominated by the Chambers and Partners as the best law firm in China in the area of international trade and anti-monopoly. In June 2019, Party branch at Gaopeng & Partners was once again awarded as Advanced Party branch. With their excellent performance in the area of WTO law practice and international trade, Mr. Wang Lei was awarded as National Outstanding Lawyer; a Top lawyer in Beijing, and Ms. Qian Wenjie was awarded as a Top lawyer in Chaoyang District. Mr. Fan Chao was awarded as Beijing excellent young lawyer and Mr. Tan Yajun was awarded as an excellent Communist party member.

Gaopeng lawyers are always the optimal choices for clients demanding for legal services in their specialties. The philosophy of honesty and expertise reflected throughout the professional services has gained broad acknowledgement and compliments from clients.

The firm has offices in Shanghai, Tianjin, Nanjing, Yangzhou, Taizhou, Hangzhou, Huangshan and Shenzhen.

Practice Areas	No. of Attorneys
Antitrust and Competition	2
Corporate	78
Entertainment and New Media	9
IP	6
Litigation - General (consumer)	15
Real Estate	45