Jing Yao
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.
Wei Liu
Areas of Practice
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.
Corporate and Commercial Legal Services
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.
Criminal-Civil Cross-Disciplinary Expertise
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.
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.