ESTABLISHED IN 1994

Director: Liu Tao
Number of partners: 70+
Number of associates: 300+

Firm Overview

Guangdong L&Y Law Firm, authorised by the Guangdong Province Judiciary Bureau in 1994, is a special general partnership firm. It has established three branches (Shenzhen, Dongguan and Thailand), with more than 400 lawyers and staff.

Guided by the values of “trust creates value” and “heart connected, forever surpassing”, L&Y Law Firm offers high-quality services through specialised departments. The comprehensive law firm achieves professionalism, standardisation, scalability, branding and internationalisation.

L&Y Law Firm boasts an excellent personnel structure, with senior experts and young elites from diverse backgrounds, forming an outstanding team. Several of them possess years of practical judicial experience, solid foundations and extensive years of skills in legal services.

Recent key honours

• National Excellent Law Firm
• “Integrity Excellent Law Firm” for the 30th anniversary of Guangzhou’s lawyer system reform
• Model Law Firm for standardised management in Guangzhou
• Unit recognised by the Guangzhou government for outstanding contributions to promoting the construction of a law-based government and serving the city’s economic and social development
• Second-Level bankruptcy administrator in Guangdong province
• Chambers and Partners
  Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong Contentious (PRC Firms), Chambers, Greater China Guide 2025
• China Business Law Journal
  2023 and 2024 China Business Law Awards
• Asian Legal Business
  Finalist for the 2024, 2025 ALB China Regional Law Firm Awards
  2021, 2024 ALB China Top 15 Local Law Firms in Southern China
  2021 ALB China Top 15 Growing Law Firms
• LegalOne
  LegalOne GBA Legal Awards: Top 15 Most Influential Law Firms (Local), Top 30 Scalable Law Firms

Key Practice Areas

Dispute settlement; Foreign-related legal services; Criminal defence and risk prevention; Administrative legal services; Government and corporate legal advisory services; Civil and commercial enforcement; Corporate governance and M&A; Capital markets; Internet and digital economy; Bankruptcy and liquidation; Banking, trust, and finance; Education compliance; Healthcare; Real estate and construction projects; Intellectual property; Marriage, inheritance and family wealth management.