Recently, Grandall Yinchuan Office was officially established, becoming the 35th office of Grandall Law Firm around the world. The establishment marks another important layout of Grandall in the ecological economic belt along the Yellow River, achieving full coverage of domestic practice in the central, eastern and western regions.
After years of association, the merger of F. Zimmern & Co. into Grandall Law Firm (Hong Kong) completed on 1 March 2022, and the Chinese name of F. Zimmern & Co. or “施文律师行” was changed to “国浩律师(香港)事务所” and English name to “GRANDALL ZIMMERN LAW FIRM” with the approval of the Law Society of Hong Kong.
On February 11, 2022, the Inauguration Ceremony of Grandall Marine Law Research Center was successfully held in Dalian, which was hosted by Grandall Research Institute and Grandall Marine Law Special Committee and organized by Grandall Dalian Office.
The International Comparative Legal Guides (ICLG) - Private Equity 2021, a world-renowned publication, was released on October 28, 2021. Will FUNG (foreign counsel of Grandall Beijing Office) and Naijin LIU (partner of Grandall Tianjin Office) together with his team are privileged to write the chapter concerning the private equity industry in China.
On 18 January 2022, the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) officially announced at www.tas-cas.org that it opened two temporary offices in China to provide rapid, high quality dispute resolution services immediately before and during the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 (the “Games”). BAI Xianyue, managing partner of Grandall Tianjin Office, was appointed as an arbitrator of the CAS Ad Hoc Division (CAS AHD) for the Games.
The Hainan Free Trade Port's Legal Construction Forum, co-hosted by China Institute for Reform and Development (CIRD) and Grandall Law Firm, and organized by Free Trade Port Research Institute with Chinese Characteristics, was held in Haikou on 1 November 2021.
On 13 October 2021, the opening ceremony of the 10th National Lawyers Congress was held in the small auditorium of the Great Hall of the People.
On 25 June, 2021, the Seminar on “Building Rule of Law Environment for Free Trade Port” was successfully held in Haikou, Hainan Province, with the support of China Institute for Reform and Development and Grandall Law Firm.
On 23 to 24 June, the high-level consultation conference themed “China (Hainan) Free Trade Port Dual Circulation and New Pattern of Opening to the World”, hosted by Hainan Provincial People's Government and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), and co-organized by CASS-RDI, was held in Haikou, Hainan Province.
The 30th Inter-Pacific Bar Association Annual Meeting and Conference was held in Shanghai from April 19 to 21, 2021.
On the morning of 18 March, the 2021 "Silk Road E-Commerce" International Cooperation Forum hosted by the Department of Commerce of Fujian Province was held.