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Civil and Commercial Dispute Resolution, Equity, Financial Leasing, Company Legal Advisory

Haifeng Yin graduated from Shandong University with a bachelor’s degree in law. He previously worked for years in the Civil Division of Jinan Intermediate People’s Court, engaging in adjudication and mediation. This experience has given him deep familiarity with court procedures and judicial reasoning.

After becoming a practicing lawyer, he has mainly focused on civil and commercial disputes, equity issues, financial leasing, and company legal advisory services. He has long been committed to the research and practice of corporate legal services, actively expanding the breadth and depth of enterprise legal counsel work.

• Experienced in drafting corporate regulations, designing equity structures, contract management, resolving commercial disputes, and handling labor-related risk prevention and resolution.
• Frequently invited to provide legal training for client companies and staff on transaction risk control and labor law application.
• Combines theoretical depth and practical experience, with a client-centered service philosophy: focusing on maximizing rights, minimizing losses, and balancing substantive and procedural strategies.
• Each case is carefully researched and debated to align legal facts with objective reality and achieve optimal client outcomes through both litigation and alternative dispute resolution.

Areas of Practice

Sha Zhou specializes in civil and commercial dispute resolution. Since beginning her legal practice in 2017, she has accumulated substantial experience in both litigation/arbitration and capital markets.

Ms. Zhou is proficient in handling litigation and arbitration cases in areas such as corporate law, contract law, and labor law. She has led or participated in numerous cases involving lease disputes, loan disputes, labor contract issues, private financing conflicts, and property service agreements. She has developed a mature litigation team workflow and case management system to ensure efficient and high-quality legal services.

In addition to her litigation expertise, Ms. Zhou is also familiar with mergers and acquisitions, bond issuance, private equity, and public funds. She provides legal services covering business contract review, dispute resolution, and M&A transactions. Her strengths lie in solution design, legal documentation, and compliance review.

Areas of Practice

Jia-Sheng Li specializes in resolving complex commercial disputes. His areas of expertise include equity investment, trade secrets and non-compete agreements, construction and engineering, bankruptcy and liquidation, and international trade. He is also experienced in various forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR).

Professional Background

Mr. Li holds a master’s degree in law and has served as lead or participating counsel in numerous complex commercial cases both domestically and internationally. His strategic legal insights and comprehensive experience span litigation, arbitration, and mediation.

Areas of Practice

Zhen Lei specializes in construction engineering and building materials contract law. She has extensive experience in handling legal matters related to contract disputes in this sector.

Professional Background

Ms. Lei holds a Master of Laws degree. She has previously served as a legal advisor—both in litigation and non-litigation matters—for a publicly listed logistics and express delivery company and a national joint-stock commercial bank.

Representative Experience

She formerly led a five-member legal team as department head, providing comprehensive legal services to both state-owned and private enterprises, particularly in construction and building materials contract matters.

Areas of Practice

Dong Li specializes in corporate governance and related legal affairs. With a master’s degree and deep knowledge of national laws and regulations, he has both theoretical and hands-on expertise in corporate establishment and governance practices.

Professional Experience

Mr. Li has participated in drafting several high-level policy documents, including the State Council’s research report on the “Negative List System for Market Access,” the “Shanghai State-owned Enterprise Reform Plan,” and the study on “The Role of Party Leadership in Corporate Governance.”

Representative Achievements

He led the arbitration case involving a Shanghai-based group’s acquisition of Israel’s Mitrie Dairy Company and earned recognition from the client for his successful handling of the dispute.

Areas of Practice

Jianfei Gu specializes in corporate legal services and has accumulated substantial experience in handling a wide range of legal matters. His expertise covers real estate law, corporate law, contract law, and labor law.

Litigation and Arbitration

Mr. Gu has independently handled over one hundred litigation and arbitration cases. Through these cases, he has developed a deep, broad, and practical skill set in courtroom representation and legal strategy.

Areas of Practice

Jing Yao holds a Master’s degree in Civil and Commercial Law and is certified in securities practice. She has been practicing law in China for 16 years, focusing on providing precise and efficient legal solutions to both domestic and international clients. With a commercial mindset, she excels at identifying legal risks and aligning strategies with business goals, empowering international legal services through deep local insights.

Experience

Over 16 years of front-line experience, she has handled more than 500 civil and commercial cases, covering areas including marriage, family and inheritance, contract disputes, equity conflicts, and intellectual property infringement. She is deeply familiar with the logic and operation of China’s judicial system.

Corporate Legal Services

Ms. Yao has designed compliant equity structures for numerous Chinese and foreign companies and built comprehensive IP protection systems, including trademark, patent, and copyright registrations. She also provides enterprise compliance solutions under the Data Security Law and Personal Information Protection Law, helping clients manage regulatory risks.

Cross-Border and Regulatory Advisory

She closely follows regulatory trends such as the Shanghai Free Trade Zone policies, the negative list for foreign investment, and Yangtze River Delta developments. She offers international clients dual-track support combining regulatory foresight and practical strategies. By reverse-engineering litigation, she helps businesses build end-to-end frameworks for dispute prevention, risk control, and crisis response.

Wei Liu focuses on criminal law and has nearly 30 years of legal practice experience since beginning his career in 1995. He has handled numerous cases in criminal defense, corporate legal affairs, and civil and commercial disputes, gaining rich practical experience. His solid legal foundation and meticulous work style have earned wide recognition and praise from clients.

Mr. Liu specializes in defending serious, complex, and challenging criminal cases. In multiple difficult second-instance cases, he has achieved results such as acquittals, case withdrawals, non-prosecution decisions, and sentences below the statutory minimum. His work has been honored with the “First Prize for Excellent Criminal Defense Cases” by the Shanghai Bar Association.

In the field of corporate and commercial legal services, Liu has extensive experience. He provides full “life-cycle” legal services for enterprises, offering professional legal support at all stages—from establishment and growth to restructuring and bankruptcy—as well as in investment and financing, intellectual property protection, and employment matters.

Liu also has deep expertise in the intersection of criminal and civil/commercial law. He has accumulated substantial experience in legal risk prevention, control for enterprises, and criminal compliance.

Foreign Investment, Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions, Overseas Investment, Private Equity and Investment Funds, Corporate Governance and Legal Advisory, Civil and Commercial Dispute Resolution, etc.

• Bachelor’s degree from Beijing International Studies University
• Master’s degree in International Economic Law from Nankai University Institute of International Economic Law
• Master’s degree from BPP Law School, UK

• English, Chinese.

• Attorney Ren is well-versed in legal policies related to foreign investment, having provided legal services in a wide range of fields including the domestic energy sector, retail, manufacturing, blockchain, and fintech. She has handled transactions ranging from 500,000 to over 1 billion USD, and has facilitated foreign clients with investment projects in China totaling over 5 billion USD.
• Specializes in comprehensive risk management for conglomerates, excels in building detailed corporate management processes, standardizing business procedures, crisis management, labor disputes, investment, and contract disputes. She has long provided legal services for major energy companies’ investment projects in the USA and Canada and is familiar with legal issues faced by Chinese enterprises in overseas investment, manufacturing, cooperation, and labor.