Guangyu Xu

Practice Areas

Fields: Maritime and Admiralty Law, Marine Engineering, International Trade, Insurance, Civil and Commercial Litigation and Arbitration, Criminal Law

Director of Guang Yu & Co., a nationally recognized outstanding lawyer, expert in the Ship Oil Pollution Damage Compensation Fund, expert of the China Diving & Salvage Contractors Association, and cover figure of "Power of China". Director of the 8th National Bar Association Maritime and Admiralty Committee, Director of the 8th and 9th Guangdong Provincial Bar Association Maritime and Admiralty Law Committee, selected lawyer for the national and Guangdong Provincial Department of Justice foreign-related lawyers talent pool. With over 30 years of experience in handling a variety of maritime and admiralty legal affairs, Xu has been commissioned by government agencies, military, maritime bureaus, fisheries bureaus, salvage bureaus, COSCO, foreign transport, and well-known domestic and international institutions, enterprises, and shipowners from the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other regions, successfully representing more than 1000 significant domestic and international maritime and admiralty cases.

Xu has participated in the drafting, discussion, and amendment of more than 30 maritime, admiralty, shipping management, marine environmental protection, and navigation mark protection laws, regulations, and Supreme People's Court judicial interpretations. At the request of the Ministry of Justice, Xu provided amendment suggestions for the "Maritime Code of the People's Republic of China (Amendment Draft for Review)".

Cases represented by Lawyer Xu Guangyu have been listed as typical cases by the Supreme People's Court, Guangdong High People's Court, Guangzhou Maritime Court, and Beihai Maritime Court. For 13 consecutive years, Xu has received the Guangzhou Bar Association's award for achievements in maritime and admiralty services.