Bo Yang Partner
Guangzhou, Beijing
- Practice： Maritime & Admiralty/Offshore Engineering、International Trade/Commodity、Litigation and Dispute Resolution、Arbitration and Mediation、International Trade Regulation/Sanctions
- Languages： Mandarin、English
- Tel： （86-20）8573 2518
- Email： yang.bo@jingtian.com
- Practice： Arbitration and Mediation、Litigation and Dispute Resolution、Maritime & Admiralty/Offshore Engineering、International Trade/Commodity、International Trade Regulation/Sanctions
- Languages： Mandarin、English
- Tel： （86-20）8573 2518
- Email： yang.bo@jingtian.com
Ms. Bo YANG was qualified as a lawyer of the People’s Republic of China in 2005. She has since then been engaged in foreign-related law practice in a leading law firm in the country, and joined Jingtian & Gongcheng as a partner in early 2020.
Ms. Yang has rich experience in foreign-related legal affairs, covering international trade, international shipping, overseas engineering construction, foreign-related commercial disputes, international arbitration and other fields. Her specific ranges of practice mainly include:
● International Trade
▷ International Sales of Goods, Bulk Commodity Trade, Trade Financing, Letters of Credit, Trade Disputes;
▷ Trade Compliance, Export Control, Economic Sanctions
● Maritime & Admiralty
▷ International shipping – Marine Transport, Bill of Lading, Lease, International Logistics, Air Transport, Multimodal Transport, Ship Collision, Oil Pollution, Crew Labor Disputes, Marine Insurance dispute, etc.;
▷ Ships & offshore engineering – Construction, Sale & Purchase, Financial Leasing of Ship; Construction, Sale, and Financial Leasing of Special Engineering Ships & Offshore Platforms;
▷ Harbors & Coastal facilities – Construction of Jetties, Harbors & Coastal Facilities; Offshore Engineering Contracts, Waterway Dredging Contracts, FIDIC International Engineering Contract
● International Arbitration/Foreign-related Commercial Disputes
▷ Foreign-related Commercial Litigation & Arbitration, including CIETAC, CMAC, HKAIC, LMAA, LCIA, SIAC arbitration, Hong Kong ad hoc Arbitration, London ad hoc Arbitration, FOSFA, GAFTA and other Bulk Commodity Industry Arbitration
Ms. Yang has rich experience in practice of international trade. She has assisted a number of domestic and foreign enterprises to deal with a number of international trade-related litigation and arbitration cases, especially specializing in commodity trade disputes. She is also good at trade related export control, economic sanctions and trade compliance, and provides compliance review services related to international trade for many enterprises. She was awarded by The Legal 500 as “Recommended Lawyer in WTO/ International Trade” in Mainland China in 2023.
Ms. Yang also has professional knowledge and years of experience in maritime industry, and has for years represented P&I clubs, shipowners and shipping enterprises to deal with various types of maritime, air transport, international logistics, maritime and marine insurance disputes. She also has extensive experience in ship buying and selling, construction, special vessel finance leasing, offshore platform construction, terminal and coastal facility construction/transaction. She was ranked in “Greater China Region 2023: Shipping: Southern China (PRC Firms)” by Chambers and Partners.
Ms. Yang is good at dealing with foreign commercial disputes, especially international arbitration cases. She has handled a large number of international arbitration cases in Hong Kong, Singapore and London, including FOSFA and GAFTA industrial arbitration cases in London. She has been continuously recommended by The Legal 500 and Benchmark Litigation in the field of international arbitration.
Ms. Yang has also been honored by the Ministry of Justice of the PRC as one of “Nation’s Top 1000 International Business Lawyers” and honored by National Bar Association, Guangdong Bar Association and Guangzhou Bar Association as “Leading International Business Lawyer”.
Education Background
University College London, Master of Law/ International Business Law
Shanghai Maritime University, Master of Law/ Maritime Law
Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Bachelor of Law/General Law
Work Experiences
Jingtian & Gongcheng, Partner
Wang Jing & Co. Lawyer, Partner
Social Activities
Current roles：
Expert lawyer of Legal Service Group for Foreign-related Economy and Trade of Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province
Deputy Secretary General of "The Belt and Road Initiative" and Foreign Affairs Committee of Guangdong Bar Association
Committee Member of International Trade Law Committee of Guangdong Bar Association
Committee member of "The Belt and Road Initiative" Legal Service Specialized Committee of Guangzhou Bar Association
Off-campus part-time tutor for Master of Law of Faculty of Law of South China Normal University.
Former roles:
Committee member of Professional Committee of Maritime Law of Guangzhou Bar Association
Committee member of Professional Committee for Foreign-related Laws of Guangzhou Bar Association
Committee member of Working Committee for Female Lawyers of Guangzhou Bar Association
*“Nation’s Top 1000 International Business Lawyers” by the Ministry of Justice of the PRC
*“Leading International Business Lawyer” by National Bar Association, Guangdong Bar Association and Guangzhou Bar Association
*“Client Choice: Top 15 Female Lawyers in China” by Legalband in 2023
*Ranked in “Greater China Region 2023: Shipping: Southern China (PRC Firms)” by Chambers and Partners
*“Litigation Star in Commercial Disputes and International Arbitration” by Benchmark Litigation China 2022 & 2023
*“Recommended Lawyer: WTO/International Trade: PRC Firms”, “Next Generation Partners” by The Legal 500 China 2023
*“Recommended Lawyer: Dispute Resolution: Arbitration: PRC Firms” by The Legal 500 Asia-pacific 2022
*Nominated as “Women in Business Law Awards 2021 Asia - Best Female Lawyer in International Trade” by Euromoney
International Trade/Trade Dispute
Retained by an American enterprise to handle several cases over soybean trade disputes with Chinese buyers—acted on behalf of the enterprise in FOSFA arbitration in London (with a total amount of more than RMB600 million involved), and obtained a winning arbitral award;
Retained by a domestic enterprise to deal with a dispute over international trade with American sellers (with about USD23 million involved), and finally assisted the enterprise in successfully recovering compensation;
Entrusted by a Hong Kong freight forwarding company to handle a dispute over trade and transportation of bulk commodity, and won the judgments for the client;
Assisted an American company in dealing with a dispute over international commodity trade with a Chinese company, brought a lawsuit and won the judgment.
Assisted a domestic company to deal with a dispute over sales contract on rapeseed with a Canadian enterprise; initiated FOSFA arbitration on behalf of the client, assisted in commercial negotiation, and finally obtained compensation for the client;
Retained by a domestic enterprise to deal with a dispute over bulk commodity trade with an Australian trader—acted on behalf of the enterprise in GAFTA arbitration in London and obtained a winning arbitral award;
Assisted a domestic enterprise in handling contract disputes on imported coal and conducted arbitration in Hong Kong;
Entrusted by a private enterprise to deal with a dispute against the Australian buyer over sales contract of epidemic prevention materials;
Trade Compliance/Export Control/Economic Sanctions
Entrusted by a large state-owned enterprise to provide legal advice on project compliance related to Sino-US trade control issues, to assist in the diagnosis and investigation of compliance risks, and to develop compliance crisis management plan and management mechanism for overseas compliance risk;
Entrusted by a leading listed companies in the field of medical testing in China to provide regular legal counsel services on export control and economic sanctions, provide special training on Sino-US export control and economic sanctions related systems and policies, assist in improving export control and sanctions related compliance systems, assist in product classification and risk screening, conduct risk assessment on trading objects and end users, and assist in entrusting US lawyers and professional institutions to provide legal advice related to US export control and sanctions;
Retained by a domestic listed company to provide review advice on U.S. federal procurement compliance issues related to a U.S. airport construction project involved by the client;
Entrusted by a domestic investment company to conduct compliance review of the investment ban on Chinese enterprises and the NS-CMIC List of the United States involved in the investment project involved by the company, and provide review opinions;
Assisted a state-owned enterprise to conduct risk sorting and compliance review for two EPC projects in Guinea, and issue compliance and risk review opinions;
Assisted a state-owned enterprise to prepare a country survey report on the overall legal environment in the Philippines and the legal system related to international engineering construction;
Retained by a Hong Kong trading company to provide legal services of compliance review for the import and export business of bulk plate, including sorting out the trading structure and process, improving the trading model, drafting and improving the upstream and downstream trade contracts, orders and other trading documents;
Entrusted by a number of state-owned enterprises to provide special training on trade control, sanctions and anti-corruption;
Entrusted by a Japanese automobile industry research institute to assist in providing legal advice on Sino-US trade control system;
Entrusted by a private enterprise to provide legal consulting services on contract risk management and customs clearance of epidemic prevention materials;
Entrusted by a Shenzhen company to provide legal advice on customs and tax for its purchase contract of imported chips from the United States;
Entrusted by a large American grain & oil enterprise to handle cases over tariff investigation by the customs arising from trade of bulk commodity—assisted the enterprise in contacting and communicating with the customs, and in exempting the enterprise from punishment, with a total amount of more than RMB 40 million involved;
Entrusted by a Japanese enterprise to handle a case over administrative investigation into foreign exchange related to import and export of goods—communicated and coordinated with the foreign exchange administration department on behalf of the enterprise, and assisted in exempting the enterprise from administrative punishment, with more than RMB 200 million involved;
Retained by a state-owned grain and oil enterprise to deal with a criminal investigation imposed by the customs caused by import price declaration of bulk grain and oil, and helped exempt the enterprise from criminal punishment
Maritime Affairs/International Shipping
Assisted a state-owned shipping enterprise in dealing with a series of litigation and arbitration cases arising from releasing goods without presentation of original bill of lading during carriages performed by its three ships, involving a total amount of more than $10 million; the cases involve legal proceedings in the mainland, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, ship arrest and auction procedures in South Korea and South Africa, LMAA arbitration in London and Hong Kong ad hoc arbitration;
Representing a Hong Kong international logistics group in handling foreign arbitration cases arising from international air transport disputes in Zhuhai International Court of Arbitration;
Acted for a Hong Kong company in a Hong Kong ad hoc arbitration case arising from dispute over charter party and won the award for the client;
Assisted a large shipping enterprise in dealing with a recovery case concerning overseas customs penalties caused by smuggling of counterfeit goods, and won the court judgment for the client;
Assisted a state-owned enterprise in dealing with a dispute over goods delivery and bill of lading with foreign shipowners, successfully detained the ship and took delivery of the goods;
Assisted a large shipping company in dealing with a claim for loss of container cargo caused by typhoon and succeeded in defense based on force majeure;
Assisted a large shipping company in dealing with a claim for container demurrage and won the judgment.
Assisted a shipping company in dealing with a claim for cargo damage caused by release of cargo without presentation of original bill of lading in Brazil, succeeded in defense and won the judgment;
Represented a large overseas shipping group to deal with cargo damage recovery cases between it and regional carriers, filed claims on behalf of client, won the first instance, second instance and retrial, and finally successfully assisted the client to recover compensation;
Assisted Guangzhou Salvage Bureau in dealing with a litigation case concerning ship towing contracts, which was adopted into An Overview of the Judicial Theory and Practice of the Belt and Road Initiative: Selected Maritime Cases compiled by the Supreme People’s Court and the case database of the legal service website of the Ministry of Justice;
Assisted a number of large international shipping enterprises in dealing with a number of cases over maritime cargo delivery caused by imported waste, and won the court judgment;
Ship & Offshore Engineering
Assisted a domestic enterprise to deal with a sale and transaction project of second-hand geophysical exploration ship, assisted in reviewing the project transaction risks, drafted transaction documents, and assisted in the completion of ship transaction registration;
Entrusted by a large state-owned enterprise to provide a full range of legal services for a reclamation project in the Philippines, with more than US $850 million involved; the project is the largest dredging and reclamation project in the Philippines;
Assisted a domestic enterprise in dealing with a dispute over arrears under a construction contract of jetties in Indonesia (with more than USD 70 million involved) and finally assisted the enterprise in reaching a settlement with the overseas owner and recover the arrears；
Assisted large domestic shipbuilding enterprises in handling offshore pipe-laying vessel construction disputes involving ship construction, ship delivery and quality disputes, involving an amount of more than $200 million;
Entrusted by Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Company Limited to assist it in handling the Singapore platform fracture accident case involving property loss and personal injury, and to assist it in handling the investigation of the whole accident, insurance claims and other matters;
Entrusted by a large international insurance company to assist in handling the sinking accident of a large oil tanker, involving salvage, rescue, assessment, repair, insurance claims, etc., assisting the insurer in handling the accident and providing relevant legal advice;
Assisted a number of domestic and foreign enterprises in dealing with legal affairs related to the construction, sale, financial leasing, mortgage, transfer and delivery of ships and offshore platforms;
Assisted five South Korean shipping companies to apply to the Ministry of Transport of China for the record of their international maritime transport joint operation agreements involving Chinese ports, went through the filing procedures, and provided legal advice;
Retained by shipping and shipbuilding heavy industry enterprises affiliated to Guangdong Provincial Port & Shipping Group Co. Ltd. to provide regular legal consultant services.
Foreign-related Commercial Disputes/International Arbitration
Assisted a domestic enterprise in handling the investment dispute between it and the shareholders of the enterprise investing in Singapore; the case involves exceeding RMB 200 million and laws of Singapore, Hong Kong and Cambodia; conducted HKAIC arbitration in Hong Kong and applied for property preservation in mainland China based on the HKAIC arbitration;
Retained by an American enterprise to deal with several disputes over soybean trade with Chinese buyers, and conducted FOSFA arbitration in the UK on behalf of the client, involving a total amount of more than RMB 600 million, and won the arbitration award;
Retained by a domestic enterprise to handle a dispute over trade of bulk commodity with Australian traders and initiated GAFTA arbitration in London on behalf of the enterprise and won the arbitration award;
Assisted a state-owned shipping enterprise in dealing with a series of litigation and arbitration cases arising from releasing goods without presentation of original bill of lading during carriages performed by its three ships, involving a total amount of more than $10 million; the cases involve legal proceedings in the mainland, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, ship arrest and auction procedures in South Korea and South Africa, LMAA arbitration in London and Hong Kong ad hoc arbitration; obtained winning arbitral awards for the client.