GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES formally established its Ecuador office in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, in March 2025. The office serves as the core onshore hub for the firm’s provision of legal services to Chinese enterprises expanding into Latin America and developing cross-border business across the Andean region. Centred on Ecuador’s domestic market and coordinating with Andean jurisdictions including Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, the office delivers cross-border legal support covering China-Ecuador and the wider Latin American region, acting as the local operational hub for China-Ecuador cross-border legal practice.

GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES formally inaugurated its Colombia office in Bogotá, capital of the Republic of Colombia, in October 2024. As a core branch of the firm’s global legal service network in Latin America, the office acts as a pivotal service provider supporting Chinese-funded enterprises expanding into the region and advancing bilateral cross-border economic and trade cooperation between China and Colombia.

GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES formally inaugurated its Chile office in Santiago, the capital of the Republic of Chile, in October 2023. As a core legal service pillar underpinning the firm’s expansion into the South American market, the office delivers professional legal services addressing cross-border legal demands between China and Chile. Leveraging the global legal service network of GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES headquarters, the office integrates in-depth local Chilean legal practice resources and extensive on-the-ground experience, and has built a team of full-time lawyers with dual expertise in Chinese and Chilean law, thorough knowledge of Sino-Chilean bilateral economic and trade rules, and familiarity with local regulatory policies and judicial practice.

GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES officially launched its UK office in London on 16 November 2023. The office serves as the regional service headquarters supporting Chinese-funded enterprises in expanding into Europe and developing China-EU cross-border business, and represents a key milestone in the development of the firm’s global legal service network.

GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES officially established and launched its Portugal Office in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, in October 2024. It serves as the firm’s core service hub for its footprint on the Iberian Peninsula and its expansion into the southwestern European market. The office has built a team of lawyers holding dual legal practising qualifications in China and Portugal. All core team members have over 5 years of on-the-ground legal service experience in Portugal, possess thorough expertise in Portugal’s domestic legal system, unified EU regulatory rules and Sino-Portuguese bilateral economic and trade legal frameworks, and deliver services in both Chinese and Portuguese. Focusing on the full spectrum of legal needs of Chinese-funded enterprises investing in Europe, operating commercially in Portugal, managing compliance and risk control, resolving disputes, and serving Chinese nationals and overseas Chinese communities in Portugal, the office provides full-cycle, dual-jurisdiction compatible, locally implementable professional legal services, all delivered strictly within the scope permitted by legal practising qualifications.

In June 2025, GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES officially launched its Qatar office in the core central business district of Doha. Serving as the firm’s strategic service hub covering the Middle East and North Africa region, the office delivers cross-border legal support to Chinese-funded overseas enterprises, local Middle Eastern commercial entities and high-net-worth clients. It has assembled a professional legal team proficient in both Chinese and Qatari legal jurisdictions, with over a decade of practice experience in the Middle East, and provides seamless trilingual services in Chinese, English and Arabic. Drawing on the collaborative network of its global branches, the office focuses on core practice areas including energy and infrastructure, cross-border investment and financing, financial regulation and commercial disputes, providing full-cycle legal services aligned with Qatari local legislation and international commercial standards.

​GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES Armenia Office is based in the central business district of Yerevan, and is a professional practice specialising in cross-border legal services across the Caucasus region and the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU).

GUOZUN CATHAY ASSOCIATES officially inaugurated its Oman Office in October 2023 in the Al Khuwair Central Business District of Muscat, the capital of the Sultanate of Oman. The office hosts a full-time team comprising Chinese foreign-affairs lawyers, locally admitted Omani solicitors and cross-border legal specialists from the GCC region. All core members boast over five years of experience in bilateral legal services between China and Oman, and are closely aligned with the development priorities of Oman Vision 2040. Focused on the high-priority, high-frequency legal needs of Chinese-funded enterprises operating in Oman, the office delivers end-to-end localised legal support, from initial market entry compliance to post-establishment dispute resolution.