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Max Gu

Max Gu is the managing partner of the firm’s Shanghai office and a member of the Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), and Capital Markets practice groups. 

Max plays an integral role in supporting Chinese clients with their outbound investments and international expansion strategies, while also advising multinational companies on their business operations, investments, and initiatives in China. These matters include cross-border business transactions, overseas public offerings, general corporate matters, foods regulations, corporate compliance matters, complex regulatory advice, employment matters, and overseas litigations.

Max has been consistently recognized by leading legal publications such as The Best Lawyers® and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for his work in corporate M&A and regulatory practices.

Max combines his hands-on practice experience in the United States and China and has seen business operations in China under the microscope as an in-house counsel in his legal career and received academic training in earlier years on business management. Those business experiences give him the capability of appreciating the financial and business impact of legal issues as businesses appreciate them and offering insightful and practical advice regardless of whether clients are seeking to invest in China through capital movement or operate a business in China.

  • Recognized by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific as a Recommended Lawyer in China
    • Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms, 2024-2026
    • Corporate (Including M&A), 2026
    • Regulatory/Compliance: Foreign Firms, 2025
  • Seminar on New HKSE Listing Rules, Shanghai, May 2018
  • Bentleys and Bank of China Seminar on Investing in Australia, Shanghai, September 2016
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