Education & Training

Guozun Law Firm possesses extensive practical experience within the education sector and closely monitors industry development trends, diligently studying and analyzing new legislation—such as the revised Law on the Promotion of Private Education—along with a comprehensive range of related laws and regulations. Guided by the mission to "provide clients with high-quality, professional legal services," the firm has for years consistently delivered comprehensive professional legal support across key practice areas. These include serving as standing legal counsel for educational operations; providing compliance guidance on the classification-based management of private institutions; facilitating Sino-foreign cooperative education initiatives; managing holistic intellectual property protection for education-related products; advising on the restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and public listings of educational institutions; and handling dispute resolution matters involving educational entities.

1. **Year-round Legal Counsel for Education Operations:** Services include the drafting and revision of routine legal documents; consulting on daily operational management; strategic planning consultation; business advisory services for pioneering new models of business cooperation; provision of industry intelligence; and other general consulting services. 2. **Compliance Guidance for the Classified Management of Private Schools:** Services encompass legal risk assessments of a school's current status prior to selecting a classification category; providing legal strategies for classification choices and assisting with their implementation; assisting private schools in establishing modern institutional governance systems; and handling matters such as changes in school sponsors, legal liquidation, deregistration, and re-registration. 3. **Sino-Foreign Cooperative Education:** Services cover the application for and structural design of Sino-foreign cooperative educational institutions and programs; feasibility analysis and design for introducing international schools to operate within China; policy analysis; contract negotiation; drafting of major legal documents; and addressing foreign exchange control issues pertinent to foreign investment processes. 4. **Comprehensive Intellectual Property Protection for Educational Content and Products:** Services cover the protection of software copyrights, general copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and related assets. 5. **Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) of Educational Institutions:** Services include the analysis and design of transaction structures; due diligence; contract negotiation; equity transfer and closing procedures; tax planning; and post-investment management.