Michael Gu is a senior partner and management member of Hylands Law Firm based in Shanghai. He heads the firm's competition practice across China. Michael was a co-founder of AnJie Law Firm and a partner of another leading PRC firm prior to founding AnJie.

Michael Gu also spent five years in the corporate law and competition practices of Linklaters and Allen & Overy.

As a competition law pioneer in China, Michael Gu has secured merger clearance from the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (MOFCOM) and State Administration for Market Regulation for numerous merger transactions involving variety of industries (e.g. healthcare, pharmaceutical, electronics, manufacturing, consumer products, telecommunications, transportation, energy, financial service, etc.) Particularly in 2008, Michael successfully submitted the first merger filing under the Anti-Monopoly Law which also received the first approval from the Anti-Monopoly Bureau of the MOFCOM. Michael has also represented clients in high-profile antitrust investigation proceedings, antitrust civil litigations and leniency programs. Michael has successfully assisted clients in obtaining satisfactory results with respect to all these investigations, litigations and leniency applications. In addition, Michael frequently provides strategic preventive advice to clients with respect to the potential antitrust risks associated with distribution agreements, IP licensing, restrictive measures, marketing events, pricing and bidding process, etc.

Michael Gu is also a seasoned corporate and M&A practitioner. Michael regularly advises multinational clients on their strategic investments in China and assists them in dealing with challenging and complicated legal matters.