Jingtian & Gongcheng has recruited three partners, with Liu Hongchuan and Chen Huan joining its Beijing office and Gu Mingzhu in Shenzhen, bolstering the firm’s capabilities in cross-border investment and M&A, private equity and venture capital, domestic and overseas capital markets, and corporate and commercial matters.
Before joining Jingtian & Gongcheng with his team, Liu served as a founding partner of Broad & Bright from 2004. Following Broad & Bright’s merger with AnJie Law Firm in 2022, he became a partner and executive committee member at AnJie Broad Law Firm.
Earlier in his career, Liu practised at CITIC Law Firm from 1990, followed by Clifford Chance’s London and Hong Kong offices and Skadden. He later spent three years as a partner at Beijing-based Yiwen Law Firm.
Liu has 35 years of experience in international arbitration and cross-border transactions. He is qualified to practise in China and New York. With a focus on cross-border investment and M&A, private equity and venture capital, he has represented numerous central and state-owned enterprises and listed companies in overseas investments, and the establishment of overseas branches.
He has also advised prominent investment institutions on hundreds of investment projects across Asia, Africa, Europe and North America, covering sectors including advanced manufacturing, semiconductors and healthcare.
Liu was named one of China Business Law Journal’s A-List: China’s Top 100 Lawyers in 2017.
Before joining Jingtian & Gongcheng, Chen was also a partner at Broad & Bright and subsequently a partner at AnJie Broad.
Her practice focuses on private equity and venture capital. She has long advised leading funds on equity investments, exits and fund formation, and has represented startups in multiple rounds of equity financing.
Her equity investment experience covers both offshore US dollar and onshore renminbi investment structures across sectors including artificial intelligence, commercial space, healthcare, semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, new energy, internet, media and entertainment.
Transactions on which Liu and Chen advised, “Auto parts firm buys IAC’s China business” and “Imeik acquisition of REGEN Biotech stake”, were named among China Business Law Journal’s Deals of the Year in 2024 and 2025, respectively.
Gu had been a partner at JunZeJun Law Offices since 2022. Before that, he practised at Tian Yuan Law Firm, where he was promoted to partner in 2020. Both roles were based in Shenzhen.
He has expertise in domestic securities offerings and listings, M&A and restructuring, and investment and financing. Gu has extensive experience in designing corporate equity structures, and M&A and restructuring plans, A-share IPO planning and counselling, and resolving complex legal issues.
He has advised numerous Chinese mainland-listed companies, including Tecsun Science & Technology, WOTE Advanced Materials, Lifotronic Technology and Luxshare Precision.
