Yan-Ren Gao
Yan-Ren Gao specializes in international sales of goods dispute resolution. He has represented clients including companies and individuals from Israel and Kuwait. Common cases involve Chinese sellers delivering defective goods or failing to ship after receiving payment, leading to refund agreements and subsequent litigation. He has handled cases totaling over USD 250,000 in value.
Professional Background
Mr. Gao holds a Master of Laws degree and a Bachelor’s degree in English. His bilingual capabilities and cross-border litigation experience equip him to effectively serve international clients in complex commercial matters.
Jia-Sheng Li
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.
Dong Li
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.
Jing Yao
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.
Integrated Legal and Business Support
Leveraging her network across Shanghai’s government, judiciary, and industry associations, Ms. Yao responds quickly to cross-border evidence collection, administrative procedures, and emergency actions. She bridges the gap between law and business by embedding compliance into daily operations, such as designing and executing cross-border data transfer plans, achieving a balance between legal risk control and operational efficiency.
Dong Ren
Areas of Practice
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.
Educational Background
- 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
Working Languages
- English, Chinese.
Representative Achievements
- 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.
Honors and Evaluations
- Dong Ren, holding a bachelor’s degree from Beijing International Studies University, a master’s degree in International Economic Law from Nankai University, and a master’s degree from BPP Law School in the UK, is qualified to practice law in China and as an attorney in California, USA. She has practiced at King & Wood Law Firm and served as the director of foreign legal affairs and legal affairs for over 10 years in well-known enterprises like New O Group, Suning Group, and Tiens Group. Attorney Ren is skilled in foreign investment, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, overseas investment, private equity and investment funds, corporate governance and legal advisory, civil and commercial dispute resolution.
- She is familiar with legal policies related to foreign investment, having provided services in sectors such as energy, retail, manufacturing, blockchain, and fintech, with transactions ranging widely in value. She is also adept in conglomerate risk management, fine-tuning of corporate management processes, standardization of business procedures, crisis handling, labor disputes, investment, and contract disputes, and has extensive experience in providing legal services for large-scale energy projects in the United States and Canada. She is well-acquainted with the legal challenges faced by Chinese companies in overseas investments, manufacturing setups, collaborations, and labor issues.
- Attorney Ren can provide legal services in mergers and acquisitions, financing, corporate restructuring, outsourcing, OEM contract manufacturing, technology licensing, corporate compliance, joint venture disputes, fraud, distribution, and day-to-day corporate management and operations.
Robert Lee
Areas of Practice
Robert Lee specializes in domestic and international commercial litigation, international arbitration, international trade, intellectual property rights protection, maritime and admiralty law, corporate governance and investment mergers and acquisitions, securities and capital markets, criminal defense, and risk management, as well as anti-monopoly and unfair competition law.
Educational Background
- Global Leadership Training Program in International Commercial and Arbitration Law, National Bar Association, USA.
- Chinese Lawyers Training Program in International Commercial and Arbitration Law, Bar Council of England and Wales, UK.
Working Languages
- English, Italian, Korean, and Japanese.
Representative Achievements
- Practicing since 2005, selected for the Ministry of Justice’s National Database of Thousand Foreign-Related Lawyers.
- Participated in the Bar Council of England and Wales Chinese Lawyer Training Program (2016 BCTS, one of 12 selected nationwide).
- Attended the National Bar Association’s Foreign Leader Talent Training Program in the USA (2019).
- Master’s Supervisor at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law.
- Represented in several cases selected as “Top Ten Belt and Road Dispute Resolution Cases”, “Top Ten National Contract Dispute Cases”, and “Top Ten Typical Intellectual Property Protection Cases in Shanghai”.
Dispute Resolution Experience
- Copyright infringement case for Cut-e (AON-Hewitt M&A segment) – selected as one of the Top Ten Intellectual Property Cases in Shanghai 2020.
- Litigation in Rotterdam and The Hague involving TSS Company, Hong Kong and companies from Greece, Singapore, and the Netherlands – recognized as one of the top legal service cases for “Belt and Road” dispute resolution.
- Contract dispute case between Beijing Nalt and Shanghai Yingluo Logistics – selected as one of the “Top Ten National Contract Dispute Cases”.
- International trade litigation for a Shenzhen Stock Exchange-listed company in Montreal.
- International arbitration at the HKIAC between a major company and an American company.
- R&D dispute involving a Zhejiang automotive component manufacturer with British OXIS and a Danish company.
- International trade dispute for a subsidiary of a domestic listed company with a Singaporean company.
- Arbitration in Singapore International Arbitration Centre involving a pharmaceutical company and an American company’s Indian subsidiary.