Recently, the well-known legal ranking institution LEGALBAND officially released the shortlist for the 2026 China Law Awards. With its outstanding performance in recent years in terms of firm expansion, business innovation, and client service, Beijing Guozun Law Firm was successfully shortlisted for “Rising Law Firm of the Year.”
LEGALBAND is a professional legal ranking institution under Accurate Media, an international media company. The annual rankings and awards released by the institution enjoy broad credibility in the international legal market and have become an important reference for clients in selecting high-end legal services. This year’s awards were determined by the LEGALBAND research team through an evaluation of multiple dimensions, including business growth, client reputation, market influence, and innovation capability. This shortlisting represents Guozun’s outstanding performance in the Chinese legal market.
Since its establishment, Guozun Law Firm has consistently adhered to its strategic vision of internationalization, specialization, and digitalization, steadily and rapidly reshaping the legal services landscape and growing into a full-service law firm with a global perspective. The firm has built a vast service network covering 106 countries and regions worldwide, with 113 overseas offices and more than 2,000 leading lawyers. In terms of practice areas, Guozun has developed distinctive strengths not only in foreign-related legal services, cross-border investment, sports and entertainment, and intellectual property, but has also, through its outstanding performance, been continuously recognized by Chambers, LEGALBAND’s top law firm rankings, and the annual awards of China Business Law Journal.
In response to the wave of digitalization, Guozun has taken a forward-looking approach by independently developing the “Deep Sail” AI large-model matrix, specifically focused on scenarios involving Chinese enterprises going global. Through an intelligent full-chain system covering front-end client acquisition, mid-stage service delivery, and back-end tracking, the firm has significantly enhanced the delivery efficiency and client experience of core practice areas such as cross-border compliance and dispute resolution. This development path — one that deeply integrates global resources, continuously strengthens professional capabilities, and empowers services through legal technology innovation — has not only driven significant growth in both client scale and business volume, but has also enabled Guozun to stand out in intense international competition as an outstanding legal partner combining dynamic momentum with deep professional strength, capable of providing comprehensive support for Chinese enterprises on their globalization journey.
This shortlisting for the LEGALBAND China Law Awards is a strong recognition by the industry of Guozun’s growth rate and comprehensive strength. Looking ahead, Guozun will continue to uphold its service philosophy of professionalism, efficiency, and pragmatism, deepen its presence in the legal services market with a global perspective, continue expanding its business footprint and service network, strengthen professional capability building and innovation-driven development, and provide more enterprises with solid legal support for their global expansion.