Competition practice is an important component of Gaopeng legal practices. Gaopeng began to advise the anti-monopoly aspect of the merger to clients when the first piece of merger control rules of China came into force in 2003.  After the PRC Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”) came into effective on August 1 2008, the expertise of Gaopeng is well recognized with assisting a dozen of both multinational and domestic companies in the merger filing procedure with Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM).

Gaopeng also advised a dozen of multinational and domestic companies on other anti-monopoly compliance issues including cartel, abuse of dominance, etc. Gaopeng provided anti-monopoly training, issue legal opinion, help clients to draft and improve internal anti-monopoly compliance guidelines, and revised relevant contracts according to the AML.

Gaopeng also represents clients in IPR infringement and anti-unfair competitions litigation and administrative procedure.