Ms. Yang has been focusing on cross-border international practice for more than 20 years, serving both Chinese and international clients in fields as diverse as general corporate and commercial, capital markets and corporate finance, M&A, foreign inbound investment, Chinese companies’ outbound investment, international trade and various international projects (incl EPC), private equity and venture capital, IP strategy and general compliance, restructuring, repurposing strategy, insolvency and cross-border dispute resolutions. She has represented clients active in a number of different industries, including financial services, investment and funds, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, healthcare and life sciences, biotech, energy/new energy, EVs, environmental protection, infrastructure, construction and engineering, internet and e-commerce, digital media, entertainment, education, manufacturing, real estate, tourism, hotel management, hi-tech, telecom and others. Her work has been greatly appreciated by clients particularly with regard to her practical, constructive sometimes strategic advice in structuring complex transactions, the efficient and effective handling of voluminous transaction documents, her full competence in painstaking negotiations in English, and the provision of value-added services to both Chinese and foreign clients in cross-border business matters. In Chambers and Partners’ Global Guide 2024, she has been ranked for Corporate/M&A, China expertise based abroad (UK). She is also listed in 2023 LEGALBAND Client Choice: Top 15 Chinese Lawyers for International Practice, recommended by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2017 and included in the 2020 and 2022 edition of China Business Law Journal's Top 100 A List, which identifies the top tier 100 private practice lawyers for China-related business. She is also listed in the talent pool established by the Ministry of Justice of the PRC which identifies experienced Chinese lawyers in international legal practice, and appointed by a regional municipality in eastern China as a legal expert for the Belt & Road Initiative. She also serves the EU SME Centre as a Legal Expert.

 

Professional

 

Corporate and Commercial, Capital Markets/Corporate Finance, M&A, PE/VC, International IP Strategy and Compliance Cross-border Dispute Resolution

 

Work Experience

 

Ms. Yuhua YANG graduated from Peking University with an LL.B. degree and a BA (Econ). 
She received an LL.M. degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Certificate of Study in Business and Public Policy from Wharton School in 2006. 
In 2004 and 2005 Ms. Yang participated in the Lord Chancellor’s Training Scheme for Young Chinese Lawyers, a program run by the English legal professions.
During that period she was seconded to various law firms in London and Hong Kong. 
In 2006 and 2007 she worked at a New York law firm. - 

 

Educational

 

LL.B., Peking University
BA(Econ), Peking University
LL.M., University of Pennsylvania
Certificate Study, Wharton School

 

Language

 

Chinese, English

 

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