Yunjian Hou is a partner of Global Law Office (Beijing) and specialized in disputes resolution (including domestic and transnational litigation, arbitration, and alternative disputes resolution), corporate liquidation and bankruptcy, and intellectual property businesses.

Yunjian Hou has extensive practical experience in handling complex disputes resolution cases. He has represented over a hundred famous transnational companies, financial institutions, state-owned and private enterprises，to deal with several hundred litigation and arbitration cases, the scope of which include major equity, contract, intellectual property, etc. Also, he has joined in a series of negotiations and bargains regarding important business and disputes on behalf of clients. With exquisite professional skills and focused service attitude, Yunjian Hou has helped his clients to achieve unexpected outcome in many significant cases, and has safeguarded interests of the clients to a great extent. With the achievement, Yunjian Hou has gained wide recognitions and high evaluations from the clients.

Besides, Yunjian Hou has participated in a series of bankruptcy liquidation and reorganization cases as a member or a principal of the administrator, and has achieved satisfiable results. In addition, he has represented creditors and investors, to participate in many reorganization cases, such as the reorganizations of Yunnan Coal Chemical Industry Group, Bohai Steel Group, Tewoo Group, HNA Group, etc. that have significate domestic influence.

Yunjian Hou’s major clients include well-known foreign enterprises, such as TC Group (Thailand), Blackstone Group, Hong Leong Group (Singapore), Doosan Group (Korea), MMD Group (UK), etc.; and Famous state-owned and private enterprises, such as Minmetal Group, China Light IMP. & EXP. Group, Wanxiang Group, Delong Steel, Yango Group, etc.; and banks and financial institutions, such as China Bank, Minsheng Bank, CITIC Securities, Huarong Trust, etc. Yunjian Hou has also provided long-term legal service for many famous enterprises, such as China Mobile, CCTV, CNTV, People Education Press, NBA, etc.; and has joined in a series of important international and domestic negotiations on behalf of CCTV and CNTV.

Yunjian Hou joined Global Law Office in 2013. Prior to joining GLO, Yunjian Hou worked with Beijing Bairui Law Firm.

Admitted in the PRC

2010 – 2011  Melbourne University School of Law

2005 – 2009  Jilin University School of Law

• The Legal 500: highly recommended 2022 (Restructuring and Insolvency)
• IFLR 1000: Rising Star 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 (Restructuring and Insolvency)
• Benchmark Litigation: Future Star 2022, 2021 (Commercial disputes resolution)
• Asialaw Profiles: Outstanding Lawyer 2020 (Dispute Resolution)
• Asialaw Profiles: Full Marks in the 2020 Customer Feedback Report

• Writing IFLR Guidelines for Corporate Restructure and Bankruptcy 2022
• Writing the Chambers Guidelines for Corporate Governance 2022 (China)
• Participate in writing the 2021 Practice Guidelines of Wolters Kluwer Series the Practice Guidelines for Corporate Practice
• Writing ALB Guidelines for 2020 Asian Bankruptcy Reorganization Manual
• Participate in writing the 2020 Practice Guidelines of Wolters Kluwer Series the Practice Guidelines for Mergers and Acquisitions of Listed Companies