LONGAN
On June 16th, after various procedures such as submission, review, selection, and deliberation, the official website of the Guangzhou Lawyers Association officially announced the list of members of the working institutions of the Guangzhou International Commercial and Trade Mediation Center, as well as the list of members of the working institutions of the Guangzhou International Commercial Law Service Center. Ren Chao, a senior partner from Longan Guangzhou, was selected as a member of the litigation department of the Guangzhou International Commercial and Trade Mediation Center. Ou Yingshi, a partner from Longan Guangzhou, along with Liang Xinyuan, Li Min, and Yang Lun, were successfully selected as members of the working institutions of the Guangzhou International Commercial Law Service Center.
The successful selection of five lawyers from Longan Guangzhou as members of the working institutions of the Guangzhou International Commercial and Trade Mediation Center and the Guangzhou International Commercial Law Service Center is not only an authoritative recognition of their professional capabilities, but also provides them with a higher-level platform for participating in international commercial legal services in the future. In the future, Longan Guangzhou will actively participate in the center’s work, continuously improve its practical experience in cross-border investment and trade compliance, and further strengthen its legal services for foreign-related matters, providing better legal protection for enterprises to go global.
Profile of the Lawyers
Lawyer Ren Chao
After graduating from undergraduate studies, Lawyer Ren Chao studied in Canada and obtained a bachelor’s degree in business management from the University of British Columbia. He is currently a senior partner from Longan Guangzhou, the director of the Longan Bay Area Enforcement Law Research Center, a member of the China Law Society, a lawyer included in the Guangdong Foreign-related Lawyers Talent Pool, a member of the first council of the China Medical Equipment Intellectual Property Alliance, and the deputy secretary-general of the Guangzhou Law and Business Environment Research Institute. He also won the third prize in the third national finals of the China E-commerce Lecturer Competition. Lawyer Ren Chao passed the bar exam in 2008 and worked for many years at Sinopec CNOB Ship Fuel Supply Co., Ltd., where he served as the head of the business risk department.
Since starting his legal career, Lawyer Ren has focused on legal matters related to enforcement, corporate law, and economic criminal cases. He has represented many enforcement cases, and has extensive experience in identifying assets of defendants and filing charges for refusal to comply with legal obligations. He has also successfully represented several criminal cases related to intellectual property, contract fraud, gambling operations, prostitution organization, and illegal fundraising. He serves as a permanent legal advisor for many companies and has represented several major equity and commercial dispute cases.
Some of his clients include: CCCC Urban Development Group, the China Medical Equipment Association, Sinopec Guangdong Petroleum Branch, Sinopec CNOB Ship Fuel Supply Co., Ltd., Shenzhou Digital Medical Technology Co., Ltd., a certain branch of the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau, Guangzhou Rural Commercial Bank, and Zhengyu Group.
Lawyer Ou Yingshi
Lawyer Ou Yingshi holds a bachelor’s degree in law from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, and a master’s degree in law from City University of Hong Kong and Paris 1 University in France. She is currently a partner from Longan Guangzhou and the director of the Longan Guangzhou Sanctions and Double Anti Committee. She has a solid legal background in foreign-related matters. Lawyer Ou has provided legal services for many large enterprises, especially automotive companies, in areas such as foreign investment, export controls and sanctions, international arbitration, foreign-related litigation, and permanent legal advice. Her clients have given her high praise.
She has been involved in managing several well-known manufacturing enterprises’ foreign investment projects, involving countries such as Thailand, Mexico, Russia, and Singapore. Lawyer Ou has also served as a lead lawyer for a well-known automotive company in Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Cambodia, among other ASEAN countries. Additionally, Lawyer Ou is skilled in foreign-related litigation and international arbitration. As a lead lawyer, she has represented many foreign-related litigation and international arbitration cases, effectively protecting the legal rights of clients. So far, Lawyer Ou has established close partnerships with many well-known law firms and overseas institutions in 30+ countries and regions, including Hong Kong, Macao, Southeast Asia, Middle East, Central Asia, Europe, South Asia, Australia, Africa, Latin America, and North America. The industries of her clients include intelligent connectivity, new energy, AI, drones, traditional manufacturing, and biomedical industries, among others.
Lawyer Liang Xinyuan
Lawyer Liang Xinyuan has a level 8 in English and is the deputy director of the Longan Bay Area ASEAN Law Research Center. Lawyer Liang graduated from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies with a degree in International Economic Law. She is a leading foreign-related lawyer in Guangdong Province, a member of the first batch of Guangzhou foreign-related lawyer leaders, a member of the Guangdong Province Cross-border Dispute Resolution Law Committee, a mediator from the Guangzhou International Commercial and Trade Mediation Center, and a senior legal advisor from Ricky Tan & Co. in Malaysia.
Lawyer Liang specializes in resolving complex civil and commercial disputes. She has extensive experience in financial investment, contract trade, and intellectual property, as well as a high level of legal theory and skilled handling of cases. Lawyer Liang has handled nearly 1,000 cases, with a high success rate and a strong expertise in foreign-related cases. For many years, she has provided professional legal services for major national foreign-related projects. The cases and clients she serves include the United States, Germany, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Lawyer Li Min
Lawyer Li Min holds a master’s degree in law from Ohio State University. She has qualifications in funds and securities law, performance agent qualifications, and a senior energy audit and evaluation title. She also has a background in Macao law and U.S. intellectual property law. Her working languages include Cantonese, simplified and traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, and Spanish.
Lawyer Li is familiar with corporate law and has extensive experience in the capital market, securities, private funds, entertainment law, corporate mergers and reorganizations, investment and financing, civil and commercial litigation, and the study of policies and regulations in Hainan Free Trade Port. She is included in the Guangdong Province Foreign-related Lawyers Talent Pool and has served as a lawyer for international trade legal services at the 137th Guangzhou Fair.
Lawyer Yang Lun
Lawyer Yang Lun is a lawyer from Longan (Guangzhou) Law Firm in Beijing. She graduated from Sun Yat-sen University Law School and Vanderbilt University Law School in the United States, obtaining a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in law, respectively. Since starting her practice, Lawyer Yang has focused on foreign-related legal services, intellectual property legal services, and cultural and sports legal services. She is currently a new talent in foreign-related lawyers in the Guangdong Province Lawyers Association.
Lawyer Yang Lun worked for a leading intellectual property law firm in China, and has extensive experience in trademark, copyright, and unfair competition cases. She has also accumulated rich experience in handling litigation and arbitration cases. She has represented many well-known multinational companies, foreign embassies, domestic and foreign enterprises, and individuals in various courts and/or arbitration institutions in China.