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Grandall has nurtured a team of specialized legal professionals in the fields of culture, film & media, sports, tourism, entertainment, and international exchange activities. These professionals are multilingual and hold lawyer qualifications in various overseas jurisdictions. Grandall has successfully provided legal services for numerous world-class, large-scale comprehensive sports events, film projects, co-productions, and cultural exchange initiatives. Furthermore, we have long served as legal counsel for a wide range of cultural, film & media, and sports companies of all sizes, both in China and internationally, accumulating profound industry knowledge and extensive practical experience.

Perennial Legal Services
Perennial legal services for a wide range of entities, including cultural, film, television and media companies, domestic and international football clubs; athletes, sports administration bureaus such as sports bureaus, social sports management organizations like local football associations; agencies, live streaming platforms, MCN agencies; television stations; magazines; publishing houses; cultural and film-related associations as well as other enterprises, institutions, and social organizations.
Dispute Resolution
Contract disputes related to intellectual property transfers/licenses, joint investment in film and television production, labor employment, and business cooperation, as well as litigation and arbitration cases involving intellectual property rights, image rights, and reputation rights; disputes over domestic and international player transfers, athlete exchanges, sports-related disciplinary disputes, doping cases, and sports commercial disputes. Additionally, we cover other litigation, arbitration, and dispute resolution matters in the fields of culture, film and media, and sports.
Specialized Legal Services

Financing, acquisition and listing for cultural, film and television media, and sports enterprises
Film and television projects
Sports games and exhibition activities
Football club compliance
Rights protection of performers and athletes
Maximizing the value of IP rights
IP protection and infringement monitoring
Acquisition and maintenance of operating licenses for Internet business entities
Sports administrative authorities and organizations

Games & Fairs: Advised the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics, the Organizing Committee for the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022, the Organizing Committee for the 6th Asian Beach Games, the 31st Summer World University Games, the 2nd and 3rd China International Import Expo, the 1st and 2nd China International Consumer Products Expo, and 2022 China (Hainan) International Tropical Agricultural Products Winter Trade Fair, etc.
Clients: Dozens of various cultural, media, and film companies as well as institutions, including Shanghai Media Group (SMG), Oriental Pearl, Beijing TV Station, China Education Television, China Media Group, China Film Co., Ltd., Shanghai Film Co., Ltd., Bona Film Group, Huace Film & TV, China Culture Group, Fosun Donglun, Beijing Film Artists Association, China Architectural Culture Research Association, and Caijing Magazine; a Chinese Super League football club, a China League One football club, multiple Olympic gold medal winners, several sports administrative units, and the Chinese Olympic Games Preparation Office.
Listing & Restructuring: Assisted Thinkingdom Media Group become the 1st private book design and distribution organization listing on the domestic capital market, and advised Huace Media (300133.SZ), Omnijoi Media (200528.SZ), Lisheng Sports (002858.SZ), Guangxi Radio and Television Information Network (600936.SH), Bingchuan Network (300533.SZ) in the IPO projects, provided legal services in the restructuring of Hairun Media, Bestv's merger of Oriental Pearl, and privatization of Giant Network.
Dispute Resolution: Represented the copyright dispute case for the artwork of the animated series "Xi Yang Yang and Hui Tai Lang"; represented the investment contract dispute case for the show "Who is the Great Singer"; represented the copyright dispute case of the show "Celebrities to My Home"; represented the trademark infringement dispute case of Beijing TV's "Yang Sheng Tang", etc.; successively represented five Olympic gold medal winners in cases at the International Council of Arbitration for Sport; represented football clubs in cases at FIFA and the International Council of Arbitration for Sport; represented the well-known boxer Mr. Zou in a talent agency contract dispute case; among others.
Cultural Tourism: Advised Kaifeng Cultural Tourism Investment Group Co., Ltd. in its PPN project, helped the 1st "Internet + Tourism" industry assets securitization product to be approved by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
Social Positions: Appointed as an arbitrator for the ad hoc Division of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics; Served as the only Chinese arbitrator for the CAS ad hoc Division of the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games; Arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS); Vice chair of the Expert Committee of the China Sports Arbitration Commission; Arbitrator of the China Sports Arbitration Commission; Member of the Arbitration and ADR Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce; Appointed as one of the first people's mediators of Hainan Provincial Tourism Consumption Dispute People's Mediation Committee.; ...