On December 7, “2017 LEGALBAND China Law Star Top 30” was officially published. Partners Liu Siyuan and Wan Yang of Jingtian & Gongcheng are on the list.
Liu Siyuan partner
Expertise: Securities compliance, disputes resolution
Birth date: April 1987
Years of practice: 6
Reason for citation: Liu Siyuan is partner of Jingtian & Gongcheng, and one of the best securities compliance lawyers in China and highly recognized by regulators, judiciary organizations and business clients. Liu’s clients are mostly renowned securities companies and public companies such as CITIC and Founder, and his sound legal expertise and professionalism have won him good reputations in this area. The representative deals include: the administrative punishment procedure by CSRC of the “fat finger” incident of Everbright Securities. CITIC comments him as: “precise understanding of the nature of the business, full knowledge of client’s needs, practical solutions based on theory and experience, and personal implementation, prompt response and effective execution of our demands.” Liu gets both his bachelor and master’s degrees from Tsinghua University, and is a qualified PRC lawyer.
Motto: “Law is the mort important benchmark of social norms, as well as the most important driving force of commercial development.”
Wan Yang partner
Expertise: Cross-border M&A, fund investment and financing, anti-monoply
Birth date: August 1987
Years of Practice: 7
Reason for citation: Wan Yang is partner of Jingtian & Gongcheng, good at dealing with legal affairs of cross-border M&A, fund invest and financing. She has undertaken many symbolic cases in the industry. She acted on behalf of Taikang Insurance Group for the privatization of Qihoo 360 deal (the highest-valuation deal of an overseas listed Chinese company). In terms of anti-monoply, Wang Yang also handled several large-scale complicated anti-monopoly filing for renowned public companies, a great help for their long-term development. Comments by clients are: “Based on the current working environment of our company, Wang Yang always predicts precisely potential legal risks and consequences and reminds us to take precautions and raise efficiencies.” She got her bachelor’s degree at East China Jiao Tong University and master’s degree at University of International Business and Economics and is a qualified PRC lawyer.
Motto: “Let us walk decently, as in the day.”
The list has taken more than one month of survey. LEGALBAND’s China resident research team collected recommendations from law firms, self-recommendations from lawyers, and combining them with its long-term observation and insights of China’s legal market and came up with the list of “30 under 30 Lawyers in Mainland China”. The core considerations of the list include evaluation by clients and colleagues, major deals or cases involved and work experiences, etc.
