Kunlun Law Firm Beijing Office
Kunlun Law Firm Beijing Office has been approved by the Beijing Municipal Justice Bureau for operation on August 2006. The opening of our Beijing Office is a strategic step of Kunlun Law Firm toward a national, comprehensive and international law firm, forming a south-north concord situation among our Beijing office and Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen offices.At A508, Nanxincang International Tower in Dongsi Shitiao of Dongcheng District, Kunlun Law Firm Beijing Office is located in the historic central business areas of Beijing next to the embassy district. “Nanxincang” is a famous royal barn site of more than 600 years of history, and has been classified as a historic and cultural relic of national importance for conservation. NanxincangInternationalTower, named after and located next to the ancient barn “Nanxincang”, creating a landmark combination of the ancient traditional culture and civilization with modernity, realism with history.
Beijing is the center of politics, science, culture and education of the People’s Republic of China. Most of the prestigious universities and science institutions concentrated in the city of Beijing. As the economic pole of Northern China, Beijing attracts a raft of talents. Based on the foregoing, the target market of Kunlun Law Firm Beijing Office would be the high-end customers, national large-middle companies, holding groups and financial institutions.
The scope of practice and specializations at Kunlun Law Firm Beijing Office :
- FDI (Foreign Direct Investment)
- Finance and securities
- M&A
- Real estate
- Intellectual property
- Assets restructuring
- Corporate
- International arbitration, litigation of sophisticated cases before the Supreme Court
Address/contact of Beijing office:
A508, NanxincangInternationalTower
A22 Dongsi Shitiao, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Tel.: +86 10 6409 6455;6409 6900(direct)
Fax: +86 10 6409 6437
Executive Partner:
Jack Kai LEI
Managing Director at Beijing office, in charge of the Firm’s international practice. LL.M. Harvard Law School (1988), LL.M. Wuhan University and LL.B. Southwest Institue of Politics & Law, Doctorate studies at University of Paris I – La Sorbonne in France, specializing in foreign direct investment (JV/WFOE), international merger & acquisition, technology transfers and licensing, distribution, intellectual property, restructurings, financings, corporate, overseas investment and M&A by Chinese groups. Mr. Lei developed his international legal skills during more than 10-years’ practice with international law firms such as Coudert Brothers Paris office and Paris-based Thieffry & Associes, where he advised on FDI and various transnational investment projects, and was directly involved in more than 50 Sino-foreign Joint Ventures, WFOE and international BOT projects, advising such large multinational companies in their China projects as ABB, Carrefour, Elfi, Alstom, BNP, GAP, Lacoste, Total, Sumitomo, Samsung Beijing, Halla Concrete, and Bank of China and SinoChem etc..
Mr. Lei is the Assistant Editor and a co-author of the book “Business Law in China”, published by ICC in 1997．Co-author of La distribution – Chine and Europe, published by Thieffry et Ass. He has published more than 10 articles or books on Chinese and international business law topics in French (JDI-Clunet, JDAI/IBLJ) and Chinese law journals.
He speaks English, French and Mandarin.
Key members of Beijing Office:
Crystal Mo JINResponsible for FDI and transborder M&A
Beijing and Shanghai Branches, responsible for international business dept. MBA at Rennes International School of Business in France, LL.B. obtained at Renmin University of China (RUC).
Ms. Jin specializes in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), international Merger and Acquisition, Private Equity transactions, investment funds and corporate issues.
Before joining Kunlun Law Firm, she worked for Zhong Yin Law Office and French international corporations both in business (marketing and purchase) and legal fields (legal advise on FDI projects in China).
She has been fully involved in several large and sophisticated transnational M&A deals concerning automobile components and pharmaceutical, and also contributed her talents in other FDI projects concerning mining, energy and other industries, real estate project restructuring, M&A and corporate restructuring, international trade contracts, intellectual property, franchising etc.. Ms. Jin was fully involved in the project of stock transfer of Topfond Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd to Sumitomo Corporation, and contributed to the successful closing of this project.
Ms. Jin has also advised a French company on the enforcement of an international arbitral award in the courts of the PRC, and advised and represented before Shanghai Maritime Court the Spanish company Conservas de Combados SA and won the case. She has recently advised East Delta Resources Inc., a public company traded at Toronto and NY Stock Exchanges, concerning their China gold mining projects and related PRC legal issues.
She speaks fluent French, English and Mandarin.
Dr. Jun CHENG Partner
Ph.D. and Maitrise de droit, University of Paris I, LL.M. of Renmin Univ. of China(RUC). Admitted at both Paris Bar and Chinese Bar. Lecturer on company law and financial law at LawSchool, RUC. Dr. Cheng specializes in FDI and corporate, M&A, competition, international arbitration and European Union affairs. Worked with international and governmental organizations such as International Foundation of Human Rights, Political and Institutional direction, EU Brussels, European Court of Human Rights and Legal Division of Chinese Ministry of Culture. He advises and represents French and European companies, international organizations (in particular NGOs), and Chinese enterprises in their China and transnational business operations.
He speaks Mandarin, Francais and English.
Mr. Shoujian WANGAttorney
Practice at Beijing and Shanghai office. LL.M. at economic law of Wuhan University PRC, LL.M. of international economic and commercial law of Liverpool UniversityUK. Mr. Wang is specialized in company law, banking law, contract law and international commercial law, litigation and arbitration. Mr. Wang provides legal service for many international company groups, includingCitigroup Shanghai branch(USA), Muhlhan Surface Protection (Shanghai) Co., Ltd(Germany), Cliden Shanghai Branch(Netherlands), the Millennium (Shanghai) Hotel(Singapore), Gangzhou Socop Lamps Co., Ltd.(France), Everbright Bank Shanghai branch(China), SGSB Group Co., Ltd. (China) He is experienced on M&A transactions, in particular international commercial laws and corporate issues.
Mr. Wang speaks English and Mandarin.
Li TIAN Partner
LL.M. of PekingUniversity, B.L. of Inner MongoliaNormalCollege.
Ms. Tian specializes in corporate issues, FDI and merger & acquisition, corporate restructuring, contracts and dealing with labor issues. Over ten years of professional experience acting as practicing lawyer and legal counsel in law firm, state-owned publicly listed company, private companies as well as foreign invested companies.
Ms. Tian has been providing legal services to a company in IT industry invested by the Newbridge fund and companies invested by AREVA (Beijing) in China. She speaks in Chinese and English.
Mr. Yuping HEPartner
LL.M. at Southwest University of Political Science and Law (1998) in China, studied in the USA at University of Cincinnati Management Science College (2002). Mr. He is specialized in real estate law, corporate law, contract law, company restructure, project financing, litigation and arbitration. Mr. He provides legal council service for many company groups and is very experienced on real estate development projects and corporate issues.
Mr. He has undertaken over one hundred civil action cases. Mr. He speaks English and Mandarin.
Yajuan QIUAttorney
LL.B. of TianjinNankaiUniversity. Licensed to practice law in China. Ms. Qiu has worked respectively at our Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing offices, rich experienced in assets transactions, corporate issues, contract law, company restructuring, real estate, banking, asset disposal, legal due diligence, business investigation, evidence finding, litigation and arbitration and labor law issues.
Represented state-owned enterprises and banks such as Guangdong Development Bank for due diligence check and asset disposal.
Lily LIUAttorney
Practice at Beijing and Shanghai office.
LL.B. of EastChinaUniversity of Law. She is involved and worked on corporate issues, drafting contracts, legal due diligence - mergers & acquisitions, IPOs, foreign investment, company restructuring,litigation and arbitration.She represented French company EUROFO GROUP at a Shanghai court and won the case. She speaks Chinese and English.
Lisa Hongxia QINAssistant -Attorney
LL.B. of ChinaProsecutorsUniversity. Ms. Qin has been involved and worked on corporate issues, foreign investment approvals procedures (familiar with the formalities for setting up Representative office of foreign co., JV and WOFE), company restructuring, mergers & acquisitions, legal due diligence - IPOs, assistance on litigation and labor law issues.She speaks Chinese and English.
Nancy Yanhui WUAssistant -Attorney
Master of Law Degree obtained at China University of Political sci. and Law. She has worked on international purchase contract of goldmine complant equipment line, foreign investment approvals procedures (familiar with the formalities for setting up Representative office of foreign co., Joint Ventures), translation and notarization of legal documents, assistance on foreign-related litigation, arbitration and labor law issues. She speaks Chinese and English.
Christelle MorauskiTrainee/France
French legal consultant. Studied law at Paris University IX – Faculte Dauphine, concentrated on business and intellectual property law. Visiting student at South-west University of Political Sci. and Law in Chongqing during six months. She has participated and been involved in the acquisition by large Chinese corporation of mine projects outside of China, research on design law and Sino-EU IPR, FDI (Joint Ventures), translation of legal documents. She speaks French, English and some Mandarin.
Our International counsels and experts :
Prof. Daniel Lapres,Of Counsel – Expert consultant
Avocat à la Cour d’Appel de Paris, Barrister and Solicitor
Prof. of Law and finance, Paris / Beijing
BA in Economics (U. of Saskatchewan), LL.B. (Dalhousie), MBA (ColumbiaUniversity), DEA in international law (Université de Paris II – Panthéon). Mr. Laprès is a former Ma?tre de conférence at the Université de Paris I (Sorbonne) and is Professor of Law and Finance at the Faculté Libre de Droit, d’Economie et de Gestion (Paris). Mr. Laprès practiced law in Hong Kong with Phillips and Vineberg and Coudert Brothers prior to 1976. Qualified for the Paris Bar in 1978 Mr. Laprès has since been established in Paris. His current practice is concentrated on assisting business people and corporations in their investments and establishment in France, covering negotiation and drafting of contracts, financial and legal planning, IPR and dispute settlement including litigation and arbitration. He advises corporate clients in communications (computer, TV, telecom, publishing, internet) and financial sectors (brokerage, banks, insurance) such as Schlumberger s.a. (memory cards), Munich Re s.a., Lycos, Preferred Technology of San Francisco.
Mr. Laprès’ publications include a leading book on Chinese business law published in 1997 by ICC and 40 articles on international legal and financial issues which are posted at www.lapres.net.
He speaks English, French and Mandarin.
Dr. Hamsan Chap, Expert-consultant
Prof. at LyonSchool of Business, France
Expert-consultant in management and marketing
Vice-President & GM, China Everrich Europe SARL
Lyon-Paris / Beijing
PhD Economics (University of Lyon II), founder of the “China Desk” at Ernst & Young France and the consulting firm B to B Networking, working over more than 20 years in establishing European projects in China. He was involved in bringing about mergers, acquisitions and setting up joint-ventures, market study and strategy consulting, distributor networks and technology transfer.
He speaks French, English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
Mr. Jack Kai LEI(Languages: English, French and Mandarin)
Mobile: +86-1391-182-5293
Telephone: +86 10 6409 6455;6409 6900(direct)
Email: jackleikai@126.com; jacklei@kunlunlaw.com
Ms. Crystal Mo JIN(Languages: French, English and Mandarin)
Mobile: +86-1358-173-7192
Telephone: +86 10 6409 6455
Email: cristaljin@hotmail.com ; cristaljin@kunlunlaw.com
For more information about our partners and lawyers, please consultwww.kunlunlaw.comor contact our offices.
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