Practice Areas

James advises clients from a wide range of business sectors, including pharmaceutical and healthcare, telecom and media, advertising and broadcasting, financial services (fund/asset management, insurance, securities and trusts) and real estate. James practices on PE/VC transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and different corporate transactions. James specializes in all phases of transactions in relation to the enterprises in different growth periods, from the transaction structure design, due diligence investigations, drafting / reviewing transaction documents, negotiations, providing relevant legal advices, to deal closings. Some of his prior cases also promoted the development of China’s legal system, which directly contributed to the promulgation of new regulations including the "Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues concerning the Trial of Disputes Involving Foreign-Invested Enterprises (I)" and the "Measures on Management of Provision of Financial Information Services in China by Foreign Institutions.”

Work Experience

James worked for major international law firms for more than a decade in Beijing, Shanghai and Amsterdam, supporting various multinational companies’ business in China, and assisting Chinese and other Asian investors in M&A transactions overseas.

 

Before joining Global Law Office, James served as the Legal Counsel in the Asian areas of Starr Investment, a subsidiary of Starr Companies (the founding shareholder of AIG). In Starr Companies, James handled multiple private equity investment transactions in the TMT industries, new economy and healthcare sectors, also dozens of Fund-of-Fund (FOF) investments. He was also deeply involved in the formation of compliance programs, post-investment management and strategic exit of various investment portfolios.

Admission

Passed the National Legal Profession Exam of the People’s Republic of China

Admitted to the Bar of the State of New York, USA

Education

East China University of Political Science and Law, LL.B. (International Economic Law)

Boston University School of Law, LL.M. (American Law Program)

Languages
Chinese,English