Lawyer Chi Meng is a Senior Partner at Beijing Longan (Guangzhou) Law Firm. His practice focuses on criminal matters, customs and import/export matters, tax law, and international business.
Professional Qualifications
- PRC Lawyer’s License
- Patent Agent
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- Securities Practice Qualification
Education
- Guangzhou University, Bachelor of Engineering
- Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Master of Laws
Work Experience
- Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau in Guangdong
- A bureau under the General Administration of Customs and the Ministry of Public Security
- Guangdong Green Law Firm
- Beijing Longan (Guangzhou) Law Firm
Social Positions and Honors
- Discipline Inspection Committee member of the Longan Guangzhou Party General Branch
- Member of the Guangdong foreign-related lawyer talent pool
- Member of the Cross-Border E-Commerce Professional Committee of the Guangdong Lawyers Association
- Member of the Financial and Asset Management Committee and the Tax and Customs Legal Affairs Committee of the Guangzhou Lawyers Association
- Deputy Secretary-General of the Longan Bay Criminal Risk Prevention Research Center
- Senior Researcher at the Longan Bay ASEAN Legal Research Center
- Deputy Head of the E-Commerce Department of Longan Guangzhou
Representative Cases
- Assisted in a drug-smuggling case that resulted in a non-prosecution decision within five months, with neither the smuggling nor drug-related charges pursued.
- Defended the principal in a jewelry-smuggling case involving approximately RMB 1.2 billion in goods, reducing the expected sentence from life imprisonment to eight years on final appeal.
- Defended a series of illegal loan cases involving nearly RMB 2 billion, achieving reduced sentencing.
- Helped a logistics company resolve a customs compliance crisis without an administrative penalty after upstream and downstream companies were investigated for smuggling.
- Handled cross-border intellectual property disputes, customs matters, tax-related matters, and corporate compliance projects for companies in pharmaceuticals, machinery, import/export, logistics, gaming, and high technology.
Professional Profile
Lawyer Chi Meng combines an engineering background with a master’s degree in law and nearly 15 years of experience across customs enforcement, public security-related work, and legal practice. He focuses on customs inspections, tax disputes, goods classification, administrative penalties, criminal defense and complaints, tax-related legal matters, and corporate compliance.