Dispute resolution is a traditionally strong practice of Guantao.  Over decades of experience advising on domestic and cross-border litigation and arbitration, by virtue of our seamless and integrated global network across our 30 offices and collaboratively with overseas firms, enables our dispute resolution team to help resolve various types of disputes for our clients across all sectors by delivering full-process, all-round, and one-stop services.  Our lawyers not only are capable of duly and properly resolving enormous amount of regular disputes, but also with firm determination, decisiveness and deliberation, resolving complex and significant disputes that our clients face.  Against the backdrop of great uncertainties, we aim to settle diputes by delivering cost-effective, pragmatic and rational solutions to get the best outcome for clients’ business.  This is also one of the big reasons why we are a long-standing trusted partner for our clients whey they are faced with major challenges and risks.  

With over 100 partners and more than 500 lawyers spanning in 30 offices, our dispute resolution team has the reputation of being among the best in China in terms of team size and expertise.  The team boasts a pool of senior lawyers who have long practiced dipute resolution, as well as experts who used to work in judicial or administrative bodies, law schools, major arbitration institutions and large company groups.   Within the team, a number of partners are market leaders well-versed in legal knowledge and practice, awarded by ALB as China Top 15 Litigators of the Year, and many of the lawyers are marked as highly recommended for years in a row by legal rating agencies in their dispute resolution rankings. 

Guantao has gained considerable practical experience based on one of the top case-handling scales in China.  Large scale of team and the competence to cope with disputes effectively and efficiently enable our dispute resolution team to handle tens of thousand disputes for our clients each year..  The total number of disputes handled by the team is increasing rapidly year by year, to exceed 13,500 in 2023 and to reach over 12,800 from January to September 2024, positioning Guantao a leader in the overall number of disputes resolved in China.  Based on the unique internal database thus developed, our lawyers possess a breadth of experience, deep insights, and exceptional legal skills, which enable us to help our clients prevent and resolve legal disputes while maximizing their interests, whether in substantative law or procedural law or even enforcement of judgements.

Guantao has played a critical role in many major litigation and arbitration and assisted our clients achieving optimal  results. I In recent years, we have advised leading players in such industries as finance, securities, energy, real estate, internet and basic raw materials to achieve crucial progress and optimal results in complex, highly confrontational and high-value disputes that have significant social impact or attract considerable social attention.  We align ourselves with clients' business objectives and are committed to safeguarding clients’ interests and reputation, highly recognised in the industry home and abroad.a

Guantao is well-positioned to reprent clients in cross-border litigaton and arbitration.  Our global network provides an exceptional platform for handling major cross-border disputes.  Our team includes many lawyers who are qualified to practice concurrently in China as well as in Hong Kong, the U.S., Australia, Canada, and other jurisdictions.  The team works in multiple languages including Chinese, English, French, Japanese and Korean.  Some of our partners regularly serve as arbitrators with PRC and the world’s most prestigious arbitration institutions.  We deliver not only technical excellence but also real depth of knowledge about our clients and the markets in which they operate in China and globally.  Our litigatiors have extensive experience and international perspective in multi-jurisdictional litigation and international commercial arbitration, collaborating closely with many top international law firms. 

Due to our outstanding performance and word-of-mouth recommendations, in particular our competence to solve complex disputes by offering one-stop comprehensive services, our dispute resolution team is consistently recognised by clients and well-known legal rating agencies in China and worldwide.