I. Core Information on the Establishment of the Office
Time of establishment: September 2025
Office location: Core business district of Kyiv, Ukraine
Contact information: 4006661890
Establishing entity: Beijing Guozun Law Firm
Service positioning: Focusing on the two-way cross-border legal service needs between China and Ukraine, providing one-stop professional legal services combining localized implementation and global network coordination, and able to coordinate with Guozun’s global offices to complete complex legal service projects across regions and legal systems
II. Basic Overview of the Office
This office deeply integrates local judicial resources in Ukraine, regulatory coordination channels, and a full-regional practice network, possesses practice qualifications covering the whole territory of Ukraine, and can meet legal service implementation needs throughout Ukraine.
The core practicing team of the office is composed of professional lawyers with an average of more than 10 years of experience in local Ukrainian and cross-border legal services. Core members all possess officially recognized legal practice qualifications in Ukraine and have rights of audience before courts at all levels in Ukraine. They are proficient in the Ukrainian legal system, local regulatory rules, and business practices, while also being familiar with the Chinese legal environment and the commercial needs of Chinese-funded entities, and can provide professional legal services in Chinese, Ukrainian, and English.
The deep integration between local professional forces that have cultivated the Ukrainian legal services market since 1992 and Guozun’s global legal service system has enabled the Guozun Ukraine Office to have many benchmark successful cases in handling complex cross-border legal matters, and to provide clients with legal solutions that combine international vision with local practical capability.
III. Core Business Scope
The business of Guozun Ukraine Office covers the major professional fields under the Ukrainian legal system, focusing on serving Chinese-funded enterprises investing and operating in Ukraine, Ukrainian enterprises cooperating with China, and various cross-border commercial activities. The specific business sectors are as follows:
I. Corporate and M&A Legal Affairs
Company establishment, alteration, restructuring, liquidation, and deregistration
Corporate mergers and acquisitions, asset acquisitions, and equity transactions
Design of corporate governance structures and drafting of shareholder agreements
Drafting, review, and negotiation of commercial contracts
Cross-border transaction structure design and legal due diligence
Legal services for privatization transactions and reform of state-owned enterprises
Design and management of group company structures
II. Banking, Finance, and Capital Markets Legal Affairs
Equity financing, debt financing, and asset securitization
Legal services for domestic and overseas bond issuance
Bank loans and syndicated loan business
Legal opinions on the legality of financial and security documents
Corporate debt restructuring and disposal of non-performing assets
Compliance and regulatory consultation for financial institutions
Project financing and infrastructure financing
III. Energy and Natural Resources Legal Affairs
Full-process legal services for the oil, natural gas, and coal extraction industries
Subsoil use permits and compliance
Development and construction of renewable energy projects
Industry-specific regulation and compliance matters in the energy sector
Financing and transactions of energy projects
Environmental legal affairs and compliance
Dispute resolution in the energy sector
IV. Dispute Resolution Legal Affairs
Representation in civil and commercial litigation before courts at all levels in Ukraine
Representation in international commercial arbitration, including institutions such as ICSID, LCIA, and ICC
Resolution of investment disputes
Commercial mediation and alternative dispute resolution
Recognition and enforcement of foreign court judgments and arbitral awards
Tax litigation and competition litigation
White-collar crime and criminal defense
V. Intellectual Property Legal Affairs
Registration and protection of trademarks, patents, copyrights, and trade names
Intellectual property licensing and transfer transactions
Intellectual property infringement litigation and rights protection
Specialized intellectual property services for the advertising, automotive, biotechnology, fast-moving consumer goods, telecommunications, media, and IT industries
Trade secret protection
Intellectual property due diligence
VI. International Trade and Compliance Legal Affairs
Compliance consultation on import and export trade
Customs legal affairs
Response to anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, and safeguard investigations
Handling of international trade contract disputes
Sanctions compliance and risk prevention and control
Cross-border e-commerce legal affairs
Trade policy and regulatory consultation
VII. Antitrust and Competition Legal Affairs
Merger filing
Response to antitrust investigations
Construction of competition compliance systems
Legal affairs related to monopoly agreements and abuse of dominant market position
Representation in competition litigation
VIII. Real Estate and Construction Legal Affairs
Acquisition and transfer of land use rights
Full-process legal services for real estate development and construction
Drafting of construction contracts and handling of disputes
Real estate transactions and leasing
Real estate mortgages and financing
Infrastructure and PPP projects
Compliance and regulation in the construction industry
IX. Tax Legal Affairs
Tax planning and optimization
Tax compliance consultation
Response to tax audits
Tax dispute resolution and litigation
Cross-border tax planning
Transfer pricing legal services
X. Labor and Employment Legal Affairs
Drafting and review of labor contracts
Legal affairs relating to employee recruitment, dismissal, and layoffs
Handling of labor disputes
Compliance in compensation, benefits, and social insurance
Legal affairs related to unions and collective bargaining
Construction of labor compliance systems
XI. Industry-Specific Legal Services
Specialized legal services for the agriculture and food industry
Specialized legal services for the telecommunications and information technology industry
Specialized legal services for the manufacturing and industrial sectors
Specialized legal services for the retail and consumer goods industry
Legal services for private clients and wealth management
IV. Resource Support and Service Advantages
Global network coordination: Relying on Guozun Law Firm’s global service network covering 106 countries and regions, with 113 overseas offices and more than 2,000 professionally qualified lawyers with international qualifications, it can realize seamless connection of legal services across regions and legal systems
Deep local roots: Possessing a profound understanding of the Ukrainian legal system, regulatory environment, and business practices, and having established good cooperative relationships with local government departments, industry associations, and professional service institutions
Two-way China-Ukraine services: Able not only to provide comprehensive legal protection for Chinese-funded enterprises investing and operating in Ukraine, but also to provide professional legal support for Ukrainian enterprises entering the Chinese market
Full-chain service capability: Able to provide full life-cycle legal services from preliminary investment consultation, transaction structure design, and compliance system construction to dispute resolution
V. Significance of the Establishment
The establishment of the Guozun Ukraine Office has further improved Guozun Law Firm’s legal service layout in Eastern Europe and has built a professional legal bridge for economic and trade exchanges and people-to-people exchanges between China and Ukraine. This office will continue to deeply cultivate the field of China-Ukraine cross-border legal services, continuously improve its professional business system, strengthen its local practice capability, focus on frontier compliance needs in cross-border economic and trade exchanges, and provide continuous, stable, and professional legal service support for bilateral market cooperation between China and Ukraine.