The ‘very experienced and efficient team’ at Lifang & Partners offers antitrust and competition advice regarding both litigious and non-litigious matters. Guanbin Xie, Annie Xue, and Xuting Wu jointly lead the department. Xie, ’a seasoned litigator with in-depth knowledge of the telecommunication industry’, regularly represents clients in SEP and patent infringing litigations. Wu often assists clients with merger filings before SAMR and provides SEP and patent infringement advice.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘A very experienced and efficient team.’

  • ‘Guanbin Xie is a seasoned litigator with in-depth knowledge of the telecommunication industry. He is the best strategist and litigator in the antitrust area that we have ever worked with in China.’

  • ‘Lifang is an outstanding antitrust litigation law firm that we know and use in China; its team's professionalism, dedication and responsiveness are impeccable.’

  • ‘Guanbin Xie is an outstanding lawyer in the field of antitrust litigation. He has extensive litigation experience and in-depth research on antitrust law. The litigation strategies he has developed are practical and very effective.'

Key clients

  • China National Coal Group Corp
  • Beijing Energy Group Co., Ltd.
  • Vivo
  • Gansu Yiguang
  • Xiaomi

Work highlights

  • Assisting China National Coal Group Corp and Beijing Energy Group Co., Ltd. to make merger filing before SAMR for starting a joint venture in China.
  • Representing VIVO to file a SEP rate-setting litigation against Nokia.
  • Representing Gansu Yinguang to respond the litigations regarding horizontal monopoly agreement field by a downstream company

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Guanbin Xie, Annie Xue, Xuting Wu