Mr. Guo is a tax partner resident in Haiwen Beijing office.  His practice focuses on general tax advisory, tax structuring, tax dispute resolution support, tax due diligence, tax health check, contractual tax terms review, tax modelling review, transfer pricing study, tax training, and etc.

Mr. Guo’s expertise is combining the in-depth theoretical analysis and practical perspective when providing solutions for clients' matters and he also has an international perspective for pioneering tax issues.

Mr. Guo delivers speeches in many tax seminars.

Mr. Guo joined Haiwen in 2016.  He previously worked in Beijing offices of 2 international accounting firms (PwC and EY) providing tax advisory services since 2002.  He was seconded to the Moscow Office of one international accounting firm (EY) heading China Business team there from July 2013 to December 2014, covering Russia and other CIS countries.

Mr. Guo’s PRC tax practice covers a number of sectors including financial, real estates, mining, energy, manufacturing, high-tech, industrial parks, utility facilities, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, investment funds, and etc.

Since 2010, Mr. Guo assisted a number of Chinese enterprises with their outbound investment efforts, to help clients control tax risks and enhance tax efficiency.  His services cover mining and energy, high-tech, manufacturing, real estates, financial, and etc.

When working abroad, he deeply communicated with many PRC enterprises doing business overseas.  He has accumulated comprehensive and thorough understanding on the relevant investment environment and business trends and lessons.

In 2022 and 2023, he and his team provided to member enterprises of the Association of China Shippers the lessons on topics of doing business environment and taxation systems in 68 overseas countries/regions (including introduction to the legal system and taxation of relevant countries/regions, China's rules on foreign-related tax laws and regulations, cross-border investment and M&A, daily operation, construction activities, tax-related risk control and planning, and etc.), which were highly valued by the audience.

Under his leadership, Haiwen tax team obtained honours in recent years from Chambers and Partners (Greater China), China Business Law Journal,  The Legal 500 (Asia Pacific) and The Legal Band.

Mr. Guo himself has been recommended by Chambers and Partners (Greater China), Legal 500 (Asia Pacific) and etc.

He is an invited expert of the “Belt and Road” Enterprise Service Center of the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC, and a member of the expert committee of the Association of China Shippers.

He is a director of the Board of Directors of the Beijing Lawyers Association, and is the deputy leader of the Foreign-related Legal Service Committee as well the Finance and Taxation Legal Professional Committee of the Beijing Lawyers Association.

He was also invited by relevant competent authorities of the PRC to provide expert advice on the legislation of relevant tax laws.

He is a member of the Overseas Legal Experts Pool of the Beijing Lawyers Association.

He is also a China Tax Advisor.

Mr. Guo received his Bachelor degree and Master degree from Peking University in 1999 and 2002 respectively.

Mr. Guo’s native language is Chinese and he is fluent in English.  He has knowledge of Russian language.