In August 2024, GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES established its Iceland office in the core business district of Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland. As a key branch of the firm’s strategic layout in the Nordic and North Atlantic economic circles, the office operates under the framework of the China-Iceland Free Trade Agreement, and aligns its services with Iceland’s domestic judicial system and the regulatory norms of the European Economic Area (EEA). The service team holds Icelandic lawyer practising licences and local court appearance qualifications, with core lawyers each boasting over 10 years of professional experience. We provide multilingual services in Chinese, Icelandic and English, and cater to core demands including Chinese capital outbound investment, local business operations in Iceland, and cross-border commercial cooperation, delivering localised, multi-chain and cross-legal-system compliance legal services for enterprises.

Established in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, the Hungary Office of GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES operates as the firm’s European regional headquarters and a professional service provider for Chinese-funded enterprises entering the EU market and expanding cross-border business across Central and Eastern Europe. The office brings together lawyers holding dual practising qualifications in China and Hungary, EU compliance specialists and cross-border commercial legal personnel. Its core members have years of deep expertise in China-EU legal services, are fully conversant with the EU legal framework and Hungarian local regulatory requirements, and focus on practices including Chinese outbound investment into Europe, cross-border commercial disputes, EU compliance governance and transnational dispute resolution, providing clients with multilingual, end-to-end, cross-jurisdictional integrated legal services.

Established in June 2024 in the central business district of Athens, the Greece Office of GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES is a key branch under the Firm’s legal service network covering Southern Europe and the European Union. It delivers integrated legal services across both Chinese and Greek jurisdictions, supporting Chinese-funded enterprises entering the Greek and EU markets, as well as European businesses accessing the Chinese market.

The Germany Office of GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES serves as the firm’s core service hub for its presence across continental Europe. Integrated with the firm’s global legal call centre system, it provides cross-timezone compliance consulting services for Chinese-funded enterprises, shortening response times for Sino-German communications. The office brings together a full-time team of lawyers admitted to practice by the German Federal Bar Association, Sino-European dual-jurisdiction foreign legal experts, and EU compliance advisors. All core team members have over 10 years of hands-on experience in Sino-German cross-border legal services, are well-versed in the German federal legal system and EU unified commercial rules, and focus on core scenarios including Chinese enterprises’ investment and establishment in Germany, cross-border commercial transactions, data compliance risk control, and cross-border dispute resolution, delivering full-process, multilingual, dual-jurisdiction integrated legal services.

In March 2025, GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES inaugurated its France Office in the central business district of Paris. As a key service node for the firm’s footprint in the eurozone, the office focuses on China-EU two-way investment, EU regulatory compliance, and cross-border commercial legal services, providing end-to-end legal support for Chinese enterprises expanding overseas and EU entities operating in China. The team comprises French-qualified practising lawyers, dual-qualified Sino-French cross-border lawyers, and EU compliance professionals, with core members each boasting over 10 years of experience in French and EU legal services. Aligned with the French judicial system and unified EU regulatory rules, the team delivers localised, dual-jurisdiction compatible one-stop professional legal services.

In March 2024, the Finland Office of GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES completed its establishment filing and commenced operations in the central business district of Helsinki, Finland. As a key node in the firm’s Nordic and EU legal service network, the team comprises Finnish local legal practitioners and Chinese-European cross-border legal professionals. With in-depth expertise in EU regulatory norms and Finnish commercial rules, the office coordinates service resources across multiple global jurisdictions to deliver localised, full-cycle dual-jurisdiction legal services to Sino-Finnish bilateral economic and trade entities.

In August 2025, the Estonia Office of GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES completed its judicial and administrative filing and officially commenced operations in the central business district of Tallinn, the Estonian capital. It serves as a core service hub for the firm to expand its European legal service footprint and advance two-way economic and trade cooperation between China and Europe. The office brings together cross-border practicing lawyers from China and Europe, locally licensed Estonian lawyers, and EU compliance professionals, delivering multilingual services in Chinese, English, Estonian and Russian. With solid expertise in the application of laws across Chinese, Estonian and EU jurisdictions, it focuses on core demands of Chinese-funded enterprises including investment landing in the Baltic region and Northern Europe, cross-border commercial operations, corporate compliance and risk control, and cross-border dispute resolution, providing localised, full-cycle and standardised cross-border legal services.

In September 2024, GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES inaugurated its Danish office in the central business district of Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. As the firm’s core service hub for its Nordic expansion and integration with the EU legal system, the office specialises in two-way cross-border legal services for Chinese enterprises entering the EU market and Danish enterprises investing in China. The service team comprises locally admitted Danish lawyers, China-EU cross-border legal practitioners, and EU compliance specialists, with core members holding over 10 years of cross-jurisdictional service experience. It delivers professional services in Chinese, English and Danish, covering cross-border investment, commercial compliance, dispute resolution, energy and infrastructure, and providing full-cycle cross-border legal support for enterprises and individuals.

In April 2025, GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES officially launched its Czech office in Prague’s central business district. As a core service hub for the firm’s expansion into Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), the office serves key economic hubs across the Czech Republic, including Prague and Brno, with a focus on the core legal requirements of Chinese-funded enterprises entering the EU market and two-way Sino-Czech economic and trade cooperation.