Yuancheng GUO Honored to be listed in the 2021 Top 15 LEGALBAND China Lawyers' Special Recommendation List: Consumer and Retail

On December 27, 2021, LEGALBAND, a renowned legal rating agency, announced the List of “2021 Top 15 LEGALBAND China Lawyers' Special Recommendation List: Consumer and Retail”. Partner Yuancheng GUO from Hylands was honored in the List for his excellent business capabilities and positive customer reputation.

Reasons for Inclusion
In recent years, Yuancheng GUO has sponsored influential transactions and projects in the fields of private equity investment and financing, including new retail, new consumer, finance, healthcare, education, TMT and smart hardware, etc. In particular, he has profound studies and insights into the model and framework of investment and financing for startups and industry supervision. Yuancheng GUO has recently assisted One Capital in closing early-stage investments in Bingqing Plum Wine, Doublewin Chain Coffee, and You Drink NOD, and has assisted in closing different stages of financing for overseas projects including the outdoor 3C hardware company STOKEVOLTAICS, the new cross-border retail consumption platform Magicbean, and the cross-border jewelry e-commerce company Boundless. "For early-stage investment in complex offline chain stores, GUO has a profound understanding of private equity and consumer business sector, and is able to assist the investor and the companies in completing the necessary pre-investment compliance restructuring through detailed due diligence and scheme design, and successfully assisted in the completion of the project restructuring and investment delivery. “
Personal Profile
Yuancheng GUO, Partner of Hylands Law Firm, was graduated from Nanjing University with a Bachelor's degree in Law and is currently studying at Tsinghua University for a Master's degree in Business Administration. Yuancheng GUO has extensive experience in capital market legal services, and has hosted influential projects in various fields such as finance, medical, education, energy, mining, real estate and consumer goods. It should be particularly noted that Yuancheng GUO has in-depth insights into the investment and financing industry, especially the model and framework construction of investment and financing for startups and industry regulation, and has organized a number of representative cases. In terms of domestic and foreign private equity and venture capital, Yuancheng GUO has represented a number of renowned start-up and growth stage companies in the fields of biotechnology, new retail, smart hardware, TMT and other industries in completing domestic and foreign financing, and has also represented a number of private equity funds, listed companies, multinational corporations and other professional institutional investors in completing various types of equity and debt investments in various projects both at home and abroad. In the fields of cross-border M&A and OFDI, GUO has represented a number of renowned Chinese listed companies and large-scale private enterprises in various M&A, investment and cooperation projects in the Americas, Europe and China.
LEGALBAND is a specialized legal rating agency under Accurate Media, an international media company, with headquarters in Hong Kong and resident research teams in the Chinese Mainland. The current selection aimed to provide guidelines for expanding the pool of lawyers for consumer and retail companies. The research institution has specifically referred to the recommendation materials of major law firms, lawyers' self-referral materials and feedback from customers, and incorporated the long-term concerns and insights of the resident research teams of LEGALBAND in this field, and finally selected 15 most recommended "Consumer and Retail Lawyers" in the Chinese Mainland.