On November 15, 2023, the internationally renowned legal media The Legal 500 released its latest authoritative guide, "The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024". Dr. Hai Yan, the leader of the international trade practice at Guangsheng Law Firm, has once again been ranked in Tier 2 due to its outstanding strength and good reputation. This achievement has been maintained for more than a decade.
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Guangsheng & Partners Law Offices
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Dr. Hai Yan
Guangsheng International trade team
Dr. Hai Yan studied at a prestigious law school in the United States and has worked at renowned U.S. law firms and the Department of Commerce. His main areas of expertise include anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard measures laws, WTO and related trade remedy laws, antitrust, international investment, etc. He has successfully provided legal services to multiple multinational companies in various trade remedy cases, including the fields of petrochemicals, steel products, agricultural products, electronic products, fine chemicals, machinery, and other industries. Dr. Hai Yan has been deeply involved in resolving complex customs and trade issues, as well as antitrust reviews of multinational companies' operations in China. He has continuously helped clients obtain multiple zero tax rates in U.S. cases. In 2017-2018, Dr. Hai Yan's team obtained zero tax rates for anti-subsidy cases in the chemical and paper industries, as well as low tax rates for anti-dumping cases, and achieved great success in product exclusions and other issues. In 2019, 2020, and 2021, they obtained three zero tax rates in U.S. anti-dumping reviews. In 2022, they obtained a zero tax rate for the Brazilian aluminum foil case, and obtained two zero tax rates for Qingshan Steel and Huadi Steel in the Indian seamless steel tube case. Guangsheng has consistently achieved good results in industries such as tires, chemicals, papermaking, photovoltaics, plastics, and steel, with a record of 1-2 zero tax rates and duty-free results every year in the past five years. They have also handled numerous cases in customs law and international trade compliance, achieving satisfactory results for their clients.
Guangsheng is a pioneer in the field of trade remedies and has been engaged in international trade and anti-dumping legal services for 28 years since 1996. It has the most powerful team of anti-dumping lawyers and professional accountants in China, including more than ten senior anti-dumping lawyers and accountants. They have been honored as the top law firm in the Chinese region for consecutive years, as well as Tier 2 and other honors, and have received excellent honors from the Ministry of Justice and the Beijing Bar Association. They are recognized by third-party organizations, including the Beijing Lawyers Association and Legal Publishing House, as a leading law firm in the industry and recommended to clients nationwide and overseas.
In the recently published Legal500 rankings, with their unique professionalism and attitude, Guangsheng has maintained its industry-leading position in terms of revenue and performance, which is inseparable from the efforts of excellent partners who have been committed to deep cultivation. In addition, as a comprehensive large-scale law firm, Guangsheng has also established branches or offices in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Zhengzhou, New York, Tokyo, and other places, and has performed excellently in competition law and antitrust, construction engineering, real estate, banking and finance, private equity and investment, securities and listing, intellectual property, internet law, and other areas and has received honors. They have served hundreds of large state-owned enterprises, banking and financial institutions, and industry-leading private enterprises, and have won a series of honors from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice and the Chaoyang District Lawyers Association. Despite the pandemic, their business has achieved further growth compared to 2022. Looking forward to 2024, Guangsheng will definitely take another step forward and achieve greater development!
The Legal 500, established in 1988, is a well-known international legal rating agency. It conducts evaluations and recommendations of law firms and lawyers in nearly 100 countries and more than 150 jurisdictions worldwide every year. The selection criteria for this research include law firm submissions, lawyer interviews, feedback from over 300,000 clients worldwide, market observations by professional research teams, etc. Through meticulous examination of practical achievements and extensive industry reputation feedback, it ranks and evaluates outstanding law firms and lawyers worldwide. Its rigorous rating standards reflect the cream of the crop in the industry.
Partial Honors
Beijing Chaoyang District Lawyers Association "Beijing Chaoyang District Excellent Law Firm"
Consistently listed on the Chambers International Trade Rankings for 15 consecutive years
Consistently listed on The Legal 500 Asia Pacific International Trade Rankings for over a decade
Consistently listed on Who's Who Legal Trade and Customs Lawyers Directory for over a decade
Listed on the "ALB" Asia Pacific International Trade Rankings
Listed on the "Corporate International" Asia Pacific International Trade Rankings
