To thoroughly implement the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, strengthen the construction of legal systems related to foreign affairs, and promote the precise connection between the legal services supply and demand in the Guangzhou lawyers’ industry and various sectors of society, recently, the Office for Governing the City According to Law of the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee, in conjunction with the Guangzhou Judicial Bureau, guided the Guangzhou Lawyers Association in collecting and publishing “The Directory of Special Fields of Guangzhou Foreign-related Lawyers”.
A total of 10 lawyers from Beijing Longan (Guangzhou) Law Firm—Wu Rangjun, Ge Xiangrong, Jin Li, Zhang Jing, Ye Junxi, Chen Huan, Liang Xinyuan, Liu Lixin, Pan Yetong, Qiu Wei—have been selected for the “Directory of Special Fields of Guangzhou Foreign-related Lawyers”. Their areas of practice include 9 special fields such as international economic cooperation, international trade, cross-border investment, civil and commercial litigation and arbitration!
Details of the Selection for “The Directory of Special Fields of Guangzhou Foreign-related Lawyers”
(No order of precedence)
International Economic Cooperation
Ge Xiangrong
International Trade
Wu Rangjun, Ge Xiangrong, Qiu Wei, Liang Xinyuan, Pan Yetong
Cross-border Investment
Ge Xiangrong, Jin Li, Zhang Jing, Ye Junxi, Chen Huan, Liu Lixin, Liang Xinyuan, Pan Yetong
Finance and Capital Market
Zhang Jing
Environment, Energy, and Infrastructure
Jin Li
Maritime and Shipping
Zhang Jing, Liang Xinyuan
Intellectual Property and Information Security
Wu Rangjun, Ge Xiangrong, Ye Junxi, Chen Huan, Qiu Wei, Liang Xinyuan
Civil and Commercial Litigation and Arbitration
Ge Xiangrong, Ye Junxi, Chen Huan, Liu Lixin, Qiu Wei, Liang Xinyuan, Pan Yetong
Digital Economy
Qiu Wei, Pan Yetong
Longan Guangzhou has deep professional expertise and rich practical legal experience in foreign-related business fields. A total of 32 lawyers from these special fields have been selected for the directory. In recent years, Longan Guangzhou has actively introduced and trained a group of high-quality foreign-related lawyers with profound professional skills, proficiency in relevant fields and international rules, and a global perspective. Its foreign-related business covers multiple special fields such as international economic cooperation, cross-border investment, international trade, intellectual property, civil and commercial litigation, and data compliance. Its service scope covers many countries and regions including Hong Kong and Macao, East Asia, South Asia, West Asia, North America, and Europe.
In the future, Longan Guangzhou will continue to uphold the institution-building philosophy of “Service first, operation as the core”. It will fully integrate internal and external resources to enhance the professional expertise and legal service capabilities of lawyers, and train more high-quality, professional, and skilled foreign-related lawyers to support Chinese enterprises in “going global, moving steadily, and achieving long-term success”.
Biography of the Lawyers
Lawyer Wu Rangjun
Lawyer Wu Rangjun graduated from the Law School of Peking University. He has dual qualifications as a lawyer and patent agent. He is the deputy director and senior partner of Beijing Longan (Guangzhou) Law Firm. He serves as a member of the Intellectual Property Professional Committee of the National Lawyers Association, director of the Longan Bay Intellectual Property Research Center, deputy director of the Copyright Professional Committee of the Guangdong Lawyers Association, an expert in civil and administrative cases for the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, a lawyer mediator at the Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court, and an arbitrator at arbitration committees in Guangzhou, Xiamen, and Zhuhai. He also holds positions such as an off-campus tutor at the Law School of South China University of Technology and an adjunct professor at the Law School of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. He has received honors such as “ALB’s Top Lawyer in South China”, “One of the 50 Intellectual Property Elite Lawyers Under 50 in China”, and “Top 15 Special Recommended Lawyers by LEGALBAND (Gaming and Esports)”.
Lawyer Wu Rangjun has rich practice experience, solid legal theory knowledge, and skilled litigation skills. He is good at studying legal issues and planning cases overall. His main areas of practice include intellectual property, civil and commercial litigation and arbitration, as well as permanent legal counsel and compliance special projects. Over the past 15 years of practice, he has led his team to handle thousands of cases involving copyright, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, computer software, integrated circuit layout designs, domain names, and technical contract disputes. He has also handled hundreds of civil and commercial litigation and arbitration cases related to construction projects, real estate, company equity, and finance. He has comprehensive and rich experience in the fields of intellectual property and dispute resolution. At the same time, he has led his team to handle a large number of due diligence, Internet product compliance assessments, data compliance assessments, and overseas compliance special projects.
The Yanshang Legal Team led by Lawyer Wu Rangjun always adheres to the service philosophy of “Professional depth, warm service”. They are good at formulating innovative strategies to achieve and even exceed client goals and expectations. The intellectual property cases handled by the team have been selected as typical cases by the Supreme Court, many high courts, intellectual property courts, and professional institutions. The civil and commercial litigation and arbitration cases they handle have received business achievement awards from the Lawyers Association 17 times. The theoretical research articles they write have also won many top ten paper awards or first prizes.
Lawyer Ge Xiangrong
Lawyer Ge Xiangrong is a senior partner and deputy director of the Management Committee of Beijing Longan (Guangzhou) Law Firm. She graduated from Southwest University of Political Science and Law. She specializes in major and complex civil and commercial litigation cases, especially those involving company law, financial disputes, and anti-competitive disputes.
Lawyer Ge also serves as a mediator at the Mediation Center of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade/International Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Competition and Anti-monopoly Professional Committee of the Guangdong Lawyers Association, a mediator at the Nansha Law Mediation Center of the Guangzhou Lawyers Association, a member of the Management and Development Promotion Working Committee of the Guangdong Society for Social Organizations, a member of the Legal Working Committee of the Guangdong Association of Social Organizations, a mentor for the “Hundred Enterprises, Thousand People” internship program for young students in Nansha, Hong Kong and Macao, and a leading talent in Guangdong’s foreign-related lawyers. She is also a leading talent in Guangzhou’s foreign-related lawyers (the first batch).
With her profound professional expertise and excellent business capabilities, Lawyer Ge has been listed in the “2023 ALB China Lawyer New Stars in South China” list by the Asian Legal Business magazine of Thomson Reuters, and she has also been included in the lawyer directory of the Law News magazine for “High-quality Legal Service Brands (2024): Dispute Resolution Field”.
Lawyer Jin Li
Lawyer Jin Li graduated from Sun Yat-sen University. She worked in large state-owned enterprises for nearly 10 years and served as a director appointed by several subsidiaries of the group. She is familiar with corporate governance.
Her areas of expertise include company equity and corporate governance structure, marriage and inheritance disputes, construction project contract disputes, foreign-related legal matters (cross-border investment/mergers and acquisitions, equity investment, investment in minerals and energy, etc.), and civil and commercial litigation/arbitration (including foreign-related cases).
Her positions include: senior partner of Beijing Longan (Guangzhou) Law Firm, director of the Longan Bay ASEAN Legal Research Center, member of the Longan Guangzhou Company Committee, founder of Laos GuoZhi Law Firm Sole Co., Ltd., a new talent in Guangdong’s foreign-related lawyers, a member of the Small and Micro Enterprise Restructuring Professional Committee of the Guangdong Bankruptcy Administrator Association, a leading talent in Guangzhou’s foreign-related lawyers, and a volunteer lawyer for the Yangcheng Law and Governance Team in 2022 (public service).
Since starting her practice, Lawyer Jin Li has provided permanent legal services for many state-owned and private enterprises in China. In terms of foreign-related legal services, she operates from Laos and covers ASEAN countries, especially maintaining close cooperation with lawyers in Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia. She provides diversified and efficient foreign-related legal services for clients.
Lawyer Zhang Jing
Lawyer Zhang Jing is a senior partner of Longan Guangzhou, director of the Company Law Special Committee of Longan Guangzhou, and deputy director of the Tax-related Business Department. She holds a bachelor’s degree in law from Sun Yat-sen University. She has long been engaged in legal services in areas such as equity structure design, enterprise mergers and acquisitions, private equity funds, equity incentive plans, cross-border investment and financing, and technology transfer. She is good at designing transaction structures and equity structures according to different transaction backgrounds and drafting clear and logical legal documents, which are highly praised by clients. Lawyer Zhang has provided professional legal services for many well-known enterprises such as Midea Group, Star Lake Real Estate, Yuzhou Real Estate Group, Jingye Mingbang Real Estate Group, Bo Shi Le Education Group, Foshan Jinkong, Yingfeng Holdings, and Foxconn. She is a new talent in Guangdong’s foreign-related lawyers, a leading talent in Guangzhou’s foreign-related lawyers, a member of the Equity Investment and Private Equity Committee of the Guangdong Lawyers Association, a legal practitioner with the qualifications of the People’s Republic of China, and a member of the Democratic Construction Association.
Lawyer Ye Junxi
Lawyer Ye Junxi is a partner of Beijing Longan (Guangzhou) Law Firm. He has a dual background of “law and engineering” and dual identities as a lawyer and arbitrator. He is the author of the best-selling book “Guide to the Application of ChatGPT by Lawyers” published by Law Press, and the drafter of the “Compliance Guide to the Application of Generative Artificial Intelligence Data” by the National Industrial Information Security Development Research Center. He is a member of the Cultural Media and Sports Entertainment Law Professional Committee of the Guangzhou Lawyers Association, a leading talent in Guangzhou’s foreign-related lawyers, an expert in the intellectual property expert database of the Nansha District Market Supervision Bureau, and specializes in cultural creativity, technological innovation, and Internet industry legal services. He has provided legal services covering culture, tourism, and sports, environmental protection, agriculture and forestry, justice, united front work, museums, and cultural heritage for many government agencies at the provincial, municipal, district/county levels in Guangdong. He has successfully handled many litigation cases involving top entertainers and civil and commercial/tech/Internet industry cases, and has received a business achievement award from the Guangzhou Lawyers Association in 2022.
Lawyer Chen Huan
Lawyer Chen Huan is the author of “Guide to the Application of ChatGPT by Lawyers”, director of the Longan Bay Artificial Intelligence Law Research Center, deputy director of the Guangdong Compliance Committee, and the drafter of the “Compliance Guide to the Application of Generative Artificial Intelligence Data” by the National Industrial Information Security Development Research Center. He is a member of the Data and Governance Professional Committee of the China Electronic Information Industry Federation, an adjunct researcher at the Artificial Intelligence Law Research Center of Guangdong University of Finance and Economics, and a leading talent in Guangzhou’s foreign-related lawyers. He is also the deputy head of the Data Compliance Project Team of the Nansha District Government Global Data Source Center.
Lawyer Chen has provided specialized training for many law associations in Guangdong, Shenzhen, Nanning, Zhongshan, Guiyang, Nanjing, Wenzhou, Foshan, Dongguan, and other places, as well as for many law firms, listed companies, and state-owned enterprises. His main clients include a certain public security research institute, a certain customs, Drieti Technology, the Chinese headquarters of the International Hostel Alliance, Chuanwu International, ADK, Olympus, the overseas Chinese association, Youjiwei, JD.com, TCL, Aocen Group, SHEIN, Yuexi Group, etc.
Lawyer Liang Xinyuan
Lawyer Liang Xinyuan has a level 8 English certificate and is the deputy director of the Longan Bay ASEAN Legal Research Center. Lawyer Liang graduated from the International Economics Law Program of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. She is a leading talent in Guangdong’s foreign-related lawyers, a leading talent in Guangzhou’s foreign-related lawyers (the first batch), a member of the Guangdong Cross-border Dispute Resolution Law Professional Committee, a mediator at the Guangzhou International Commercial and Trade Mediation Center, and a senior legal advisor at Ricky Tan & Co. in Malaysia.
Lawyer Liang specializes in complex civil and commercial dispute resolution. She has extensive experience in financial investment, contract trade, and intellectual property, as well as solid legal theory knowledge and skilled handling of cases. She has handled nearly 1,000 cases, with a high success rate and settlement rate. She is especially skilled in foreign-related cases. For many years, she has provided professional legal services for major national cross-border projects. The cases and parties she serves include the United States, Germany, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Lawyer Liu Lixin
Lawyer Liu Lixin is a master of law from Jinan University. She has been practicing law for over ten years. Her main areas of practice include contract law, real estate, construction projects, company bankruptcy liquidation, restructuring, and traffic accidents. Since starting her practice, she has represented clients in many financial lending disputes, real estate contract disputes, construction project disputes, personal injury compensation disputes, traffic accident disputes, and complex civil and commercial economic disputes, as well as non-litigation legal matters such as company mergers and acquisitions, creditor’s rights and debt restructuring, enterprise mergers, separation, bankruptcy liquidation, and restructuring. She has rich practical experience and in-depth theoretical research in financial investment, real estate, and construction projects. She has provided permanent legal counsel services for many large enterprises. She has participated in drafting and reviewing various contracts, establishing and improving basic company systems, company bankruptcy liquidation, and business negotiations, helping clients obtain the greatest legal rights and being highly recognized by clients.
Lawyer Pan Yetong
Lawyer Pan Yetong is a lawyer at Beijing Longan (Guangzhou) Law Firm. She is a leading talent in Guangzhou’s foreign-related lawyers and a member of the Longan Bay ASEAN Legal Research Center.
Lawyer Pan specializes in company law, company foreign-related compliance, investment and mergers and acquisitions, and intellectual property. She has provided permanent legal counsel services for many large domestic and foreign enterprises. She is familiar with legal matters in the fast-moving consumer goods and retail industries. She has often assisted clients in conducting due diligence and drafting and reviewing transaction documents during the investment and merger and acquisition process. She provides legal services such as export control compliance and foreign-related data compliance for clients.
Lawyer Qiu Wei
Lawyer Qiu Wei is a master of law from Sun Yat-sen University and has a level 8 English certificate. She currently serves as a legal advisor for many foreign-funded enterprises. Lawyer Qiu’s main areas of practice include dispute resolution law, intellectual property and foreign-related law, and company and government legal counsel. Lawyer Qiu has provided comprehensive legal services, including intellectual property litigation and non-litigation matters at home and abroad, for many Fortune 500 enterprises in China and abroad. Her clients include Microsoft, Adobe, Adidas, Dyson, Honeywell, Aston Martin, Blue Hole, PUBG, SHEIN, Guangdong Electric Power, Guangdong General Electric Co., Ltd., Guangdong粤财 Investment Holding Co., Ltd., Guangdong粤财 Asset Management Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Nansha Port Development Co., Ltd., and Guangzhou Zhongli Investment Development Co., Ltd.
At the same time, Lawyer Qiu has provided legal services for many state organs and state-owned enterprises in Guangdong Province, including the Guangdong Education Department, the Housing Construction and Transportation Bureau of Baiyun District, Guangzhou, the Guangzhou Development Zone Administrative Service Management Center, the Guangzhou Development Zone Construction Project Quality and Safety Inspection Center, Guangdong粤财 Investment Holding Co., Ltd., Guangdong粤财 Asset Management Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Nansha Port Development Co., Ltd., and Guangzhou Zhongli Investment Development Co., Ltd.