Recently, the “Legal Tech: Shaping the Future with Intelligence” Forum on Foreign-Related Legal Technology concluded successfully in Beijing. During the forum, the official launch ceremony for Guozun’s legal service institutions in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao was held. At the event, Feng Yueping, Chairman of the Global Management Committee of Beijing Guozun Cathay Associates, presented the official plaque to Zeng Guoyou, Director of the Management Committee and Founding Partner of Taipei Guozun Cathay Associates, and Wang Pingcheng, Managing Lawyer. The two parties also formally signed the agreement. This milestone marks a significant step forward in Guozun’s strategy of “rooted in China, serving the world,” officially launching cross-strait cross-border legal services and opening a new stage of regularized and professionalized cross-border legal cooperation.
▲ “Legal Tech: Safeguarding the Future” Forum on International Legal Technology — Launch Ceremony
I. Cross-Strait Hub: Building an Integrated Legal Service Focal Point
Taipei Guozun Cathay Associates was officially registered and established on January 2 of this year, and its core operational team has already been preliminarily formed. Director Zeng Guoyou is responsible for the firm’s overall strategic planning, market positioning, and brand development, while Lawyer Wang Pingcheng leads case quality control, professional team development, and the implementation of service standards. Preparations for the firm’s official opening are progressing steadily and in an orderly manner, with an opening ceremony expected to be held soon. Going forward, the firm will continue to explore deeper professional exchange and practical cooperation across the Taiwan Strait, laying a solid foundation for future development.
As a key pillar within Guozun’s global legal service network, Taipei Guozun Cathay Associates is committed to building an integrated regional hub characterized by efficient coordination and agile response. Leveraging the headquarters’ global professional resources and service system, Taipei Guozun focuses on core practice areas including cross-border investment, financing and M&A, cross-border dispute resolution, corporate compliance and governance, and civil and commercial legal affairs. The firm fully implements an integrated service model of “one-point engagement, cross-strait coordination, and global collaboration,” providing clients on both sides of the Taiwan Strait with end-to-end, customized, and high-quality legal services.
II. Industry-Academia Integration: Cultivating Interdisciplinary Foreign-Related Legal Talent
While strengthening its practical legal capabilities, Taipei Guozun has also taken the lead in building a bridge between legal education and industry practice. On January 14 of this year, the firm officially signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Soochow University School of Law in Taiwan, jointly establishing a new platform for the integration of foreign-related legal education and industry practice. As a pioneer of Anglo-American legal education in the Chinese-speaking world, Soochow University has long enjoyed a distinguished reputation and has consistently upheld the philosophy of combining teaching with practice. Led by Director Zeng Guoyou, an alumnus of Soochow University, this cooperation will focus on practical curriculum development, joint research projects, student internships and training, and public-interest legal services. Through this collaboration, both sides aim to cultivate interdisciplinary legal professionals with international vision, technological literacy, and practical expertise, achieving two-way empowerment between academic innovation and industry needs.
▲ Established a Strategic Partnership with the School of Law at Soochow University (Taiwan)
III. Cross-Sector Synergy: Leading a New Model of Cross-Border Legal Services
By leveraging Guozun’s foreign-related legal service network and Taiwan’s own international advantages, Taipei Guozun Cathay Associates is committed to becoming a leading legal hub in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond, as well as a preferred strategic partner for enterprises from both sides of the Taiwan Strait in their global expansion. The firm’s service system is built around three dimensions: industrial depth, ecosystem breadth, and global reach. Backed by Guozun’s precise and strategic presence in the field of foreign-related legal services, Taipei Guozun provides targeted support and reliable legal protection for the globalization of cross-strait enterprises. Taiwan’s strengths further reinforce this positioning: it accounts for more than 70% of global high-end chip production capacity, ranks among the leading economies in Asia in terms of GDP per capita, and offers a highly internationalized Chinese-speaking legal and business environment. With professionalism as its foundation, Taipei Guozun aims, on the one hand, to help mainland enterprises use Taiwan as a strategic gateway into the Asia-Pacific market, and on the other hand, to support enterprises on both sides of the Taiwan Strait in connecting with cross-border capital markets and industrial chains, providing legal certainty amid the restructuring of global supply chains.
Taipei Guozun Cathay Associates represents not only an important strategic breakthrough in Guozun’s global legal service network, but also a vivid example of deeper professional exchange, stronger consensus, and closer cooperation between the legal communities across the Taiwan Strait in response to the evolving demands of cross-border legal services. Looking ahead, Guozun will continue to optimize its global presence with an international perspective. With legal technology as its wings and professional service as its foundation, and by relying on integrated capabilities and cross-regional coordination, the firm will help build a new ecosystem for cross-border rule of law services that is open, intelligent, and trusted, while promoting high-quality development in legal collaboration across the Taiwan Strait and throughout the region.