On the afternoon of December 26, 2023, under the guidance of the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Justice, the Municipal CPC Committee of the Legal Profession and the Guangzhou Lawyers Association held the Convention of Guangzhou Legal Profession High-Quality Development and High-Level Opening Up with the slogan of “Encouraged by Thirty Years and Advancing to New Progress”. The Convention reviewed the development achievements of Guangzhou in deepening the reforms of the lawyer system for the past 30 years, released the list of foreign-related lawyers in Guangzhou and a series of measures concerned, and publicized the selection and appraisal outcome of the “Thirty Years, Thirty Persons and Thirty Firms” program, which was intended to commend and reward attorneys and representatives of law firms who have made outstanding contributions to the development of Guangzhou's legal profession in the past 30 years. Among others, Zhuoxin was awarded the title of “Integrity: Excellent Law Firm”; James Chen, Director of Zhuoxin was selected onto “Endeavor: Bid for the Lead and Pacesetter”; Yao Zhen, senior partner of Zhuoxin won the title of “Guangzhou Great Foreign-related Lawyer”, all of which honors and glories were shared by over one hundred Zhuoxin colleagues.
Zhuoxin was Awarded “Law Firm of Integrity and Excellence”
This award was intended to recognize and commend the thirty law firms that had achieved outstanding comprehensive performance in respect of the CPC construction, professional development, law firm management systems and performance of social responsibilities, etc. and that had played an exemplary and leading role in terms of promoting the high-quality development of the legal profession in Guangzhou.
Established in 1999 as a local law firm of Guangzhou which is the forefront of the reform and opening-up cause, Guangdong Zhuoxin Law Firm insists on professionality, standardization, brand-building and internationalized development. In this scenario, Zhuoxin has been contributing wisdom and strength to building Guangzhou into a benchmark of legal city and a strong city of modern legal services, making great progress in active participation of social governance, exploration of foreign-related rule of law and practices, provision of pro bono legal services, and promotion of professionality construction, and offering high-quality and efficient legal services and support for the high-quality economic and social development of the Bay Area and the construction of rule of law in Guangdong. Being Awarded the “Law Firm of Integrity and Excellence” at the Thirtieth Anniversary of Guangzhou Deepened Reforms of Lawyer System is another major honor Zhuoxin has achieved after our being appraised as the “Ten Best Law Firms in Guangzhou” by the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Justice in 2007, “2012-2016 Provincial Excellent Law Firms” by the Guangdong Lawyers Association in 2017 and the “National Excellent Law Firms” by the Ministry of Justice in 2021 respectively.
James Chen was Awarded “Excellent Individual in Legal Industry”
This award was intended to recognize and commend a group of individual lawyers who have taken the initiative to serve the overall situation,who have had high professionalism and rich experiences in the field of legal business, whose service quality has been widely acknowledged by the clients, the profession and the community, and who have made outstanding contributions in the field of professional expertise and new areas.
As Senior Partner and Director of Zhuoxin Law Firm, James Chen was awarded the title of Level-One Attorney. He focuses his practices on foreign-related litigation and arbitration, cross-border bankruptcy and reorganization, foreign direct investment and overseas investment.
Yao Zhen was Awarded “Great Foreign-Related Lawyers of Guangzhou”
To proactively adapt to the new pattern of all-round opening up, serve major national development strategies such as the "Belt and Road Initiative" and the construction of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, build an elite team of foreign-related lawyers in Guangzhou, and establish the brand image of foreign-related lawyers in Guangzhou, the Guangzhou legal profession selected the second batch of ten "Great Foreign-Related Lawyers of Guangzhou", demonstrating the advantages and strength of foreign-related lawyers in Guangzhou.As the Senior Partner of Zhuoxin Law Firm, Yao Zhen focuses his practice on data compliance, intellectual property, cross-border trade and fund controls, commercial arbitration and litigation.
