From bottom left: Fan Qiang, Zheng Wenpei and Gong Wenjing
Grandall Law Firm has added six equity partners across its Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Fuzhou and Wuhan offices, further strengthening its capabilities in capital markets, dispute resolution, maritime law, and M&A and restructuring.
Zhang Lyu has joined Grandall’s Guangzhou office as managing partner and concurrently serves as executive director of the firm’s Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) Business Development Centre. The relevant formalities were completed in the first quarter of this year.
Established in 2025, the GBA Business Development Centre integrates the firm’s Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Hong Kong offices, as well as its global network, to build a cross-border legal services platform.
Prior to joining Grandall, Zhang served as managing partner of Tahota Law Firm’s Guangzhou office and head of its compliance legal centre. With more than 20 years of practice experience, she focuses on civil and commercial dispute resolution, commercial mediation, government and state-owned assets legal services, corporate compliance, M&A and restructuring, and capital markets matters.
Yang Ru has joined Grandall’s Shenzhen office. She has extensive experience in equity and capital markets, with 16 years of practice covering securities, M&A and restructuring, and private equity investment and financing. Her clients span sectors including new energy, technology, real estate, pharmaceuticals, automotive and defence, and include state-owned enterprises, large private companies, SMEs and startups, private equity funds and listed companies.
Yang began her legal career at Grandall, first serving as a paralegal and later as an associate. She joined King & Wood Mallesons (now King & Wood) in 2013 and was promoted to partner in the firm’s Shenzhen office in 2019. During her tenure there, she led Shenzhen Capital Group’s acquisition of a 29.74% stake in China International Marine Containers in a transaction valued at RMB10.51 billion (USD1.54 billion).
Fan Qiang and Zheng Wenpei have joined Grandall’s Fuzhou office. Fan previously served as a senior partner at Fujian Zenith Law Firm. He focuses on finance, real estate, trusts and asset management, with extensive experience in corporate bond issuances, investment and M&A transactions, and tax matters. He has represented several nationwide property developers in complex financial disputes involving an aggregate amount exceeding RMB3 billion.
Zheng joins from Topwe Law Firm, where he was a senior partner and head of the criminal practice group. He specialises in criminal defence, criminal prosecution, and civil and commercial dispute resolution. He has 22 years of experience in criminal practice, including more than a decade of service in the public security system.
Gong Wenjing and Lyu Jingya have joined Grandall’s Wuhan office, both from Merits & Tree Law Offices’ Wuhan branch, where they were partners. Gong focuses on dispute resolution, maritime matters, and M&A and restructuring. He previously served as counsel at Zhong Lun Law Firm and became a partner at Merits & Tree in early 2023.
Prior to entering private practice, Gong had 15 years of judicial experience, serving successively as a judge at the Wuhan Maritime Court and the Supreme People’s Court. He currently also serves as an arbitrator at the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission.
Lyu became a partner at Merits & Tree at the end of 2022, having previously been a partner at Yuanshen Law Firm. With 25 years of experience, she has long focused on land development and construction projects, primarily handling M&A, restructuring and special assets matters. Her representative work includes acting as debt restructuring counsel to Myhome Real Estate Development Group.