In March 2024, the Cyprus office of GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES completed local judicial registration and commercial incorporation and officially commenced operations. Situated in the central financial business district of Limassol, it serves as the firm’s core service hub for deepening its presence in the EU market and covering the Mediterranean region. The service team comprises lawyers with dual practising qualifications in China and Cyprus, as well as EU cross-border legal professionals, with all core members boasting over 12 years of practice experience. Well-versed in the EU regulatory framework and Cypriot commercial rules, the team specialises in areas such as EU market entry for Chinese-funded enterprises, cross-border capital operations, maritime law, compliance management and asset planning, delivering integrated professional legal services across multiple jurisdictions.

GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES officially inaugurated its Croatia Office in Zagreb, the national capital, in August 2023. The office serves as a core node for the Firm’s deepened presence in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) market and its delivery of cross-border legal services connecting to the European Union. The team is jointly staffed by locally practising Croatian lawyers, EU law compliance specialists and Chinese foreign-related legal practitioners, with profound expertise in China-Croatia two-way economic and trade practice. Well-versed in the Croatian legal system and EU regulatory rules, the team addresses core demands of Chinese-funded enterprises ranging from outbound investment, commercial operation, compliance and risk control to dispute resolution, and provides full-cycle, standardised cross-border legal services adapted to both jurisdictions.

GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES Armenia Office is situated in the central business district of Yerevan. It is a professional institution specialising in cross-border legal services covering the Caucasus region and the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). The team comprises Chinese cross-border lawyers, local lawyers registered with the Ministry of Justice of Armenia, and compliance experts in the Caucasus region. Core team members have profound experience in key sectors of Chinese investment in Armenia, possess trilingual practising capabilities in Chinese, Russian and English, strictly abide by the Armenian Law on the Legal Profession and EEU regulatory rules, and provide full-process localised compliance legal services.

In March 2025, GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES officially inaugurated its Armenia office in Yerevan, the capital of the Republic of Armenia. As a core component of GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES’ global legal service framework, this office acts as a pivotal legal service hub for the firm’s presence across the Caucasus region and the Eurasian Economic Union, delivering comprehensive professional legal support for cross-border economic and trade exchanges between China, Armenia and neighbouring jurisdictions, as well as for the compliant operation of market entities.

Guozun Cathay Associates’ Bulgaria Office is situated in the core business district of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Officially inaugurated in June 2024, it operates as the firm’s branch dedicated to delivering cross-border legal services to the Central and Eastern European and EU markets. The office is staffed with a bilingual professional team with dual-jurisdictional service capabilities across China and Bulgaria. Its practitioners are well-versed in Bulgaria’s domestic legal system and EU commercial regulatory rules, and primarily provide cross-border legal services including cross-border investment, commercial collaboration, compliance management, and rights protection for Chinese-funded enterprises and individuals, covering multi-jurisdictional adaptation and full-process handling.

GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES’ Albania Office was officially inaugurated in August 2022 in the prime central business district of Tirana, the capital of Albania. It serves as the firm’s core cross-border legal service branch for its footprint across Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkan region. As the only Chinese law firm to enter into a signing agreement at the 10th Anniversary Entrepreneurs’ Conference of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Albania Office draws on its local professional team and the global resources of the Beijing headquarters to deliver dedicated services to market entities in both China and Albania, with particular expertise in legal services covering infrastructure, energy, agriculture, cross-border trade, port logistics and other sectors.

In November 2023, GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES officially inaugurated its Uzbekistan office in the core business district of Tashkent. As a pivotal branch underpinning the firm’s expansion into the Central Asian market, it operates as a specialised legal platform facilitating China-Uzbekistan economic and trade cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative.

In September 2024, GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES officially opened its branch office in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan. Serving as a core pillar of the Firm’s expanded footprint in the Central Asian legal services market, this office delivers localised professional legal support dedicated to China-Turkmenistan cross-border economic and trade cooperation, Chinese enterprises entering Central Asian markets, and global enterprises conducting commercial operations in Turkmenistan. The team comprises senior lawyers holding valid practising qualifications in Turkmenistan and cross-border legal experts, with deep expertise in pillar local industries including energy, infrastructure, international trade and cross-border investment. It provides professional services in Turkmen, Russian, Chinese and English, fully aligned with the local legal framework and cross-border commercial service standards.