Family matters and divorce litigation
Divorce, child custody and visitation, division of marital property, company equity, real estate compensation and recovery of transferred marital assets.
Chen Zhongtao
Guangzhou · Family & Dispute Resolution
FEATURED · 2026
Family, wealth and cross-border disputes
Dispute resolution craft for family matters, inheritance, guardianship, cross-border reproductive and parentage issues, cross-border assets and complex civil and commercial disputes.
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ABOUT · COUNSEL
About
I am a PRC-qualified lawyer at Beijing Long An (Guangzhou) Law Firm. Dispute resolution is my long-running craft; family matters, inheritance, guardianship, cross-border reproductive and parentage issues and cross-border asset issues are the areas I continue to deepen. Many family disputes begin as emotion, but in legal work they become evidence, procedure, assets, status and long-term arrangements.
SERVICES
Services
The practice is deliberately focused: family relationships, asset arrangements and disputes that require careful procedure and judgment.
Inheritance, guardianship and family wealth
Wills, inheritance disputes, property title issues, guardianship arrangements, prenuptial and marital property agreements, family asset ring-fencing and succession planning.
Cross-border family, reproductive and asset disputes
Cross-border marriage, parentage, legal risk assessment for egg freezing, IVF and surrogacy-related issues, birth documents, nationality and immigration, guardianship, inheritance and asset arrangements.
Complex litigation, retrial and enforcement supervision
Representation across first-instance, appellate, retrial, enforcement and enforcement-supervision proceedings before PRC courts.
Cryptoassets, AI and emerging property disputes
Cryptoasset division, virtual property rights, AI-generated content and technology-related risks, alongside experience in real estate, construction, financial loan and company disputes.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Representative Experience
Representative matters below are anonymized and describe experience only. They are not guarantees of future outcomes.
Complex litigation, retrial and enforcement supervision
- Petitioned the Supreme People's Court for retrial in a bankruptcy set-off dispute for a Huizhou agricultural enterprise; the SPC ordered retrial and the underlying judgment was reversed.
- Petitioned the Guangdong High People's Court for retrial in a land-use-related property return dispute and obtained retrial review and suspension of enforcement.
- Acted before the Guangdong High People's Court in enforcement supervision proceedings and obtained an order setting aside prior enforcement rulings and notice.
Cross-border and foreign-related disputes
- Represented an Australian national in onshore PRC bankruptcy liquidation proceedings.
- Represented a Qingyuan-based PRC company in a commercial housing sale dispute against a Hong Kong SAR purchaser.
- Handled labor, matrimonial, contract validity and shareholders' agreement arbitration matters involving Taiwan and U.S. parties.
Real estate, construction and commercial disputes
- Served real estate and construction groups including Grandview, Zhuguang, Mayland, Zhongtian, Jiabang and Rongxing-related businesses.
- Acted for a Guangzhou developer in a construction payment dispute and secured reversal on appeal, with an RMB 15 million claim dismissed in full.
- Represented construction groups in supplier payment disputes and helped reduce claimed exposure by more than RMB 10 million.
Financial loans and receivables
- Represented the borrower in an RMB 50 million bank loan dispute and assisted in reducing penalty interest exposure.
- Represented an individual claimant in recovering more than RMB 20 million in debt from defendants and related parties.
- Handled private lending, receivables and procurement disputes ranging from hundreds of thousands to tens of millions of RMB.
Family matters, inheritance and private wealth
- Drafted prenuptial, marital property and divorce agreements for dozens of couples.
- Represented clients in high-net-worth divorce proceedings involving company equity valued at over RMB 100 million, multiple properties, custody and visitation.
- Handled divorce, post-divorce property, inheritance and real-property title matters involving custody, debt allocation, vehicles and property compensation.
FIRM PLATFORM
Guangzhou Office
Beijing Long An (Guangzhou) Law Firm has developed practices in dispute resolution, family and private wealth planning, real estate and construction, corporate matters, outbound services, AI and data compliance, bankruptcy reorganization and liquidation. Long An and its Guangzhou office have received recognition from Asian Legal Business, Chambers, LEGAL 500, China Business Law Journal, LEGALBAND and LexisNexis/Lexpress-related industry lists. The Guangzhou office has received China Business Law Journal regional awards for best overall law firm in Guangzhou and was selected among the first Guangzhou law firms recognized for standardized demonstration management by the Guangzhou Lawyers Association.
CONTACT
Contact
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