On 29 June, 2021, LEGALBAND, a well-known legal rating agency, announced its Special List “China Top 15 Lawyers – Automotive & New Energy”, and Ms. LIAO Xiaoyun, partner of Grandall Shanghai won this award.

Reasons: Ms. LIAO has been working in the automotive field for many years. She specializes in the operation of domestic and foreign mergers and acquisitions, securities, investment funds and financial leasing, etc., and is also able to properly handle various legal matters of the whole automotive industry chain on behalf of automotive clients, and her service coverage is very extensive. Ms. LIAO recently provided full process legal services for the establishment and operation of SAIC's OTO e-commerce platform "Chexiang". The project involved a number of cutting-edge, comprehensive and innovative business fields such as value-added telecommunication, third-party payment, joint venture establishment of operating entities, franchising, automobile production, purchase and sale, leasing, new energy development and cooperation, as well as automobile finance, which has high reference significance and value. Ms. LIAO’s ability to accurately and quickly comprehend the needs of enterprises, while calmly representing clients to effectively communicate and negotiate with multiple parties, is highly appreciated by her clients. “Ms. LIAO has good practice ethics and rich professional knowledge. In specific cases, she can quickly grasp the key points of the problem and provide us with the best solution.”