
Founded in 1994, Grandway has become China’s leading, highly specialized, professional legal service provider after more than 20 years’ steady growth. Headquarterd in Beijing, it has offices in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Xi’an, Hangzhou, and Hong Kong to support its national coverage. Grandway has about 500 lawyers and professionals.
Grandway has a highly specialized and experienced team capable of delivering one-stop services across a wide range of practice areas. It boasts a preeminent capital market practice group, whose highly professional services have earned unequivocal recognition from both clients and peer legal practitioners. Grandway also excels in a number of other practice areas, such as dispute resolution, real estate and construction, cross-border investment and M&A, investment fund & asset management, intellectual property, banking and finance, bankruptcy and restructuring, taxation, compliance, etc. Grandway commits itself to quality services, specialized expertises, client-based teamwork, in-depth industry experience, and zealous representation.
About Guofeng Law Firm
Founded in 1994
50 people in their team
Practice areas
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Practice areas
Lawsuits & Disputes
Dispute resolution is one of Grandway's core business sectors. Grandway is an industry leader in the field of dispute resolution. Our dispute resolution team provides a package of services on civil and commercial litigation, commercial arbitration, administrative reconsideration and litigation, public relations crisis and negotiation in relation to the clients’ commercial activities and objectives. The Grandway dispute resolution team has the characteristics of “visualization,” “non-litigation” and “teamwork”. Through a detailed, professional and comprehensive analysis, the team aims to help clients effectively control risks and realize expectations to the greatest extent in handling disputes.
The clients that the Grandway dispute resolution team has served or is serving include government agencies, top 500 global enterprises, large domestic and overseas enterprise groups or institutions, listed companies, etc. The team has represented clients at the Supreme People's Court, local people's courts and administrative organs at all levels, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, Beijing Arbitration Commission, Shanghai Arbitration Commission, Shanghai International Arbitration Center and Hong Kong International Arbitration Center, etc. Many cases have widespread social impacts, either are looked upon as the first cases in the industry with initiating significance or have become typical precedents in the industry.
Grandway has several partners serving as arbitrators in major arbitration institutions such as China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, Beijing Arbitration Commission, Shanghai Arbitration Commission and Shanghai International Arbitration Center. They have profound experience in arbitration theory and practice.
Legal Services include
Assist in investigation and evidence collection
Participate in the negotiation of disputes on behalf of clients
Represent civil and commercial litigation cases
Represent commercial arbitration cases
Represent clients in administrative investigation, hearing and administrative penalty procedures
Represent clients to file administrative reconsideration and administrative litigation
Real Estate
Grandway has a group of senior lawyers who have dedicated themselves in the area of real estate and construction for more than 20 years. Over the years, Grandway has provided high-quality legal services for many residential real estate, commercial real estate, industrial parks, large-scale infrastructure and other projects.
Our lawyers are proficient in the legal matters involved in the whole process of real estate projects, including land consolidation, house expropriation, land acquisition, project construction, sale and lease, and overall operation. They are also good at mergers and acquisitions of real estate projects. In recent years, with the development of real estate finance, and based on our tremendous strength in capital market legal services, our lawyers have in-depth research and rich practical experience on various funds, asset securitization, REITs, quasi-REITs, and domestic and overseas listing related to real estate. They have taken the lead in combining the development of real estate and infrastructure investment projects and in the business model of combining insurance funds, investment funds and real estate projects.
Our lawyers have significant professional advantages in the area of construction. They have been continuously participating in the formulation of relevant national laws, regulations and other regulatory documents, and various model contracts. Some lawyers also have construction-related professional qualifications and experience. Our lawyers are good at providing legal services for the whole process of construction projects. They can provide one-stop expert legal services for project financing, bidding, claims and counterclaims, completion acceptance, settlement audit, quality warranty, and activities at each stage of a construction project. Our lawyers have rich experience in litigation and arbitration in the construction area. They have successfully safeguarded our clients’ legitimate entitlements and interests in many major and difficult cases.
Practices
Real Estate
Land management (land purchasing and storage, land leasing, house expropriation, etc.)
Comprehensive land development and investment
Real estate development
Sales, delivery and other specialized business
Business invitation and operation of commercial real estate
Real estate merger and acquisition transaction
Private equity investment and financing of real estate
Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
Leasing, operation and management
Real estate dispute resolution (litigation, arbitration and crisis management, etc.)
Construction
Construction project dispute resolution (litigation and arbitration)
Legal services for the whole process of owners’ construction projects
Legal services for the whole process of contractors’ construction projects
Special projects such as construction adjustment certificates, claims and counterclaims
Design and maintenance of risk control system for construction enterprises
Project initiation and bidding
Project contract awarding, contracting and subcontracting
General contracting (EPC, DB, etc.)
Investment and financing of construction projects (PPP, BOT, etc.)
International construction projects under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative
Intellectual Property
Grandway has a professional team of intellectual property with rich practical experience. We focus on providing clients with all-round intellectual property legal services. We provide legal services related to litigation in the areas of patent, trademark, copyright, unfair competition, technical service agreement, domain name dispute resolution, etc. In addition, we also provide our client with special legal services such as brand planning and legal protection, patent portfolio planning, risk assessment on patent infringement, establishment of trade secret protection system, and examination of intellectual property matter involved in transaction.
Grandway lawyers have significant professional advantages in the area of intellectual property, as well as experiences in handling many major and difficult litigation cases. They have put forward many practical and feasible intellectual property strategic plannings for our clients and effectively safeguarded their legitimate rights. In the area of intellectual property protection, our lawyers can thoroughly analyze the patent, trademark and trade secret issues of enterprise, and put forward advice on patent portfolio planning, brand planning and trade secret protection based on clients’ needs to help them implement their intellectual property strategies. In the area of intellectual property infringement, our lawyers can assess the risks in patent, trademark, and copyright infringement They can thoroughly search the relevant intellectual property of competitor and prepare scheme to avoid potential infringement. In the area of intellectual property transaction, our lawyers can assist enterprise with completing intellectual property transaction, including due diligence on the intellectual property of the transaction counterparty, and risk control of licensing and transfer of intellectual property such as patent, trademark, trade secret and copyright.
Practices
Intellectual Property Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Patent disputes: Patent stability analysis, patent invalidation procedure, patent invalidation administrative litigation, patent infringement litigation, etc.
Trademark disputes: Trademark monitoring and feasibility analysis of registration, trademark registration (including Madrid system and overseas business), trademark renewal, trademark transfer, trademark licensing, trademark apposition, trademark revocation, trademark invalidation, protection and identification of well-known trademark, administrative complaint, administrative litigation of trademark right confirmation and authorization, civil litigation of trademark infringement, etc.
Copyright disputes: Ownership dispute, infringement litigation of pirated software, online games, film & TV and entertainment, dissemination via the network, etc.
Trade secret disputes: Infringement litigation of technical secret and business secret
Other unfair competition disputes: Trade name dispute, non-competition, infringement of the specific name, packaging and decoration of well-known commodity, unauthorized use of influential enterprise name, etc.
Disputes over technical agreements: Ownership dispute, and dispute over technology comparison, technology development, and technology transfer, etc.
Criminal proceedings: Assist with filing case or defending criminal charge such as selling goods bearing counterfeit trademark, counterfeiting patent, infringing copyright, infringing trade secret, etc.
Proceedings: Temporary injunction, evidence preservation, property preservation, evidence collection and confirmation, etc.
Review of Transaction-related Intellectual Property
Due diligence on intellectual property, confirmation of ownership of intellectual property, risk notice of intellectual property litigation or major litigation, confirmation of contract involving intellectual property, and risk notice of other relevant legal issues, etc.
Participating in the negotiation of intellectual property transaction and reviewing or drafting relevant contract, etc.
Intellectual Property Management and Consultation
Brand strategic planning: Brand problem analysis, brand planning advisory, brand planning strategy selection, brand publicity and maintenance, etc.
Patent portfolio planning: Patent distribution analysis, patent interpretation, technology path analysis, patent strategy research, etc.
Risk assessment on patent infringement: Sorting out relevant product, searching involved patent, comparing claims, risk control of product improvement, etc.
Establishment of trade secret protection system: Identification of trade secret, hierarchical classification and management of trade secret, confidentiality measure of trade secret, and regulation of trade secret system, etc.
Design of reward system for service invention-creation.
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