Education Bankground

Duke University School of Law, Durham, NC, USA

Master of Laws (LL.M.), May 2000

Recipient, The James S. Bidlake Memorial Award for Superior Achievement in Legal Research and Writing

 

Law Department, Peking University, Beijing, China

Master of Laws, January 1997

 

Law Department, Peking University, Beijing, China

Bachelor of Laws, July 1986

 

Work Experience

Jingtian & Gongcheng, Beijing, China Of Counsel, December 2017 – present 

Areas of Practice:

Merger, Acquisition & Joint Venture

Corporate

Foreign Direct Investments

Dispute Resolution

 

Cargill Law Department, Beijing, China 

Attorney, July 1994 – May, 2001

Senior Attorney, May, 2001 – January, 2008

Member, Worldwide Law Leadership Team, Year of 2010

Chief Counsel, Greater China, February, 2008 – November, 2017

Led Cargill’s M&A/JV projects in Greater China and Korea.

Led resolution of material disputes in the region.

Led legal services to Cargill Agricultural Supply Chain in Greater China & Korea

Supervised other complex legal and regulatory matters in the region.

Provided professional guidance to the China team.

Acted as Cargill’s Chief Representative in Beijing.

 

Jingtian Associates, Beijing, China

Partner, April 1992 – June 1994

Advised multinational companies doing business in China on a wide variety of matters from investment to labor management.

Assisted state-owned companies in seeking IPO on domestic and foreign stock exchanges.

Represented domestic and foreign clients in litigation and arbitration.

C & C Law Office, Beijing, China

Attorney, August 1986 – April 1992

Provided legal opinions on syndicated loans and financial leases.

Prepared and negotiated Sino-foreign joint venture agreements.

Argued for domestic and foreign clients before PRC courts and arbitration panels.

 

Qualification  

Admitted to the PRC bar, October 1988