 Yi
ZHOU
Attorney-at-law
consultant
lawyer of Shenzhen
EDUCATION
LLM., University College London, University
of London
LLM., Xiamen University,Xiamen, China
WORK EXPERIENCE
RayYin & Partners Partner
Guangdong Jingtian Law firm Attorney-at-law
AREAS OF
PRACTICE
Mr. Zhou specializes in arbitration,
litigation, real estate project, corporate
and trust and investment.
Mr. Zhou has handled many cases involving
disputes related to international trade,
letter of credit, liquidation of joint
venture, syndicated loan, finance lease,
construction project, labor contract,
intellectual property infringement,
product liability and other kinds of
tort cases.
His professional expertise in real estate
won him many developer and banks reliance.
His main clients include Lujing Jiayuan
of Shenzhen Wanke Real Estate Company,
Shenzhen Merchant Real Estate Company,
Shenzhen Wanshida Real Estate Company,
Hanhai Cuiting Building of Shenzhen
Rongjin Real Estate Company and Shenzhen
Construction Group. His experience makes
him the most popular column lawyer of
a HongKong magazine Selling Property.
Also, he held a series for seminars
for Shenzhen Merchant Real Estate Company.
Mr. Zhou assists two trust and investment
companies for their collective investment
schemes.
LANGUAGES
Mandarin, Cantonese and English
MEMBERSHIP
Members of All China lawyers Association
PUBLICATION
Translation work: The Law of Trusts
( 4th edition) by David Hayton 2004
Trustees’ Exemption Clauses
in China 2003
A Comparison of Trustees’ Investment
Duty in UK and China 2003
translation work :Supposed Incompatibility
of Trusts and Civilian Countries 2003
Trustees’ Prudent Investment Duty
2001
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 Hao
WANG
Partner Attorney-at-law
EDUCATION
LLM., King’s College London University
of London
LLM., University of International Business
and Economics,Beijing, China
Bachelor of Economics., University of
International Business and Economics,Beijing,
China WORK
EXPERIENCE
RayYin & Partners Partner
Lamb Chambers, London Intern
Liming Network Systems,ShenZheng
Legal Officer
Beiten Burkhardt Mittl & Wegener
LLP, Beijing Office Chinese
Legal Consultant
Jincheng Law Firm ,Beijing, China Attorney-at-law
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Ms. Wang is the founding partner and
managing partner of RayYin & Partners
P.R.C Lawyers. She specilizes in foreign
investment, trusts, merger&acquisition,
financial market and corporate.
After the promulgation of Chinese Trust
Law in 2001, Ms. Wang was one of the
first Chinese attorneys to assist clients
to design commercial trust schemes.
While following Professor David Hayton
and Paul Matthews in London, she researched
the uses of trusts in financial market.
Ms. Wang has advised many prominent
international clients in designing their
business structure and setting up their
operations in China. She helped them
from drafting agreements to negotiation.
Ms. Wang has also led the legal services
in sales of equity, dissolution and
liquidation of businesses, labor relations,
foreign exchanges and taxation matters.
Ms. Wang also has experience in corporate
acquisition and overseas public offerings
of foreign companies with Chinese domestic
interest.
Ms. Wang has built a solid practice
expertise in banking business including
commercial lending, fund management,
foreign exchanges management, secured
transactions, financial leasing, and
etc.
Some of the important deals Ms. Wang
has been a team leader includes:
1. advised a world leading consumer
finance player, to launch consumer finance
business in China via a sophisticated
trust structure including structure
advice, negotiations with Trust Companies,
legal opinons on business model and
foreign exchange issues and documentation.
This is the first time where a foreign
consumer finance provider is able to
lauch its products in China;
2. advised Non-bank Financial Insitution
Department of China Banking Regulatory
Committee on its amendments of Regulations
of PRC Trust Companies and Measures
and Rules for Administration of Collective
Capital Trust Plans;
3. advised EU delegation in China for
an in-depth research on Regulations
on Foreign Funded Banks and its implementations
issued by China Banking Regulatory Committee
including impact for EU banks;
4. advised European Saving Bank on current
legal framework on PRC commercial Banks,
Trust Companies and Asset Management
Companies;
5. represented and advised Finansa,
a leading Thailand Bank, to acquire
equities in SEEC Securities Company
including legal due dilligence investigation,
structure advice, negotiations and documentation;
6. represented and advised The Asia
Detb Fund on legal due dilligence investigation
and acquisition structure on a non-performing
loan portfolio released by Shenzhen
Commercial Bank;
7. represent and advised Reed Elsevier
Overseas B. V., a leading international
exhibition company, in its acquisition
of a majority (50%) equity stake in
China Pharmaceutical Exhibition Corporation,
which is one of the subsidiaries of
China Natinal Pharmaceutical Corporation
(“Sinopharm”), the largest pharmaceutical
company in PRC, for RMB 216 million,
including due diligence exercise, negotiation
and documentation;
8. represented and advised QAF Limited
(SGX listed public company), a leading
multi-industry food company with core
businesses in bakery, primary production,
dairy industry, food manufacturing,
and trading, distribution and logistics,
in its acquisition of a majority (51%)
equity stake in Shannxi Hexing Fruit
Juice Co., Ltd, one of the largest apple
juice production company in PRC, for
RMB 63.75 million, including due diligence
exercise, negotiation and documentation;
9. advised RHB Bank Singapore Area Office
on debt assignment and enforcement issues;
10. advised KLM Royal Dutch Airline
on its Line Maintenance business set
up in China;
11. advised Hugo Boss on its retail
branch establishment in Beijing;
12. advised Commercial Group Property,
a UK based AIM-listed property development
company on real estate acquisition in
China;
13. advised Goudsche Machinefabriek
BV (“GMF Gouda”), a reputable manufacture
for specialized machinery to the chemical
and food industry in Netherlands, to
set up a wholly foreign owned enterprise
in Beijing.
LANGUAGES
Mandarin and English
MEMBERSHIP
Members of Global Advisory Committee
of Asia Offshore Association
Members of All Chinese Lawyers Association
Members of British Chamber of Commerce
in China Financial Service Sub-committee
PUBLICATIONS
·Modern Inheritance Develops in
China, co-author, Trust
Quarterly Review (London, July 2007),
New York Law Journal ( Feb 15 2007)
·Introduction of the Law of PRC
Enterprise Bankruptcy, co-author,
MOCI (France, May 2007)
·Contract or Trust: Examining the
First Trust Decision of the Chinese
Courts, co-author, Trust Quarterly
Review (London, Feb 2007)
·Enter the Dragon, co-author,
Journal of Society of Trustee and Estate
Practitioners (London, May/June 2005)
·Do Not Make the Beneficiary’s Rights
a Vacuum Place, China Law Person
(Beijing P.R. China, Nov 2004)
·Translation work: The Law of Trusts
(4th Edition) by David Hayton 2004
·Whether or not to transfer legal
title—disputes on Article 2 of Chinese
Trusts Law 2003
·Piercing the Veil of Securitization
of a Chinese Character 2003
· Translation work: The Supposed
Incompatibility of Trusts and Civilian
Countries by Paul Matthews 2003
· A Comparision of Trustees’ Investment
Duty in UK and China 2003
·Franchisor’s Liability 2000
· Commercial Law 1999
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Yanfeng
WANG
EDUCATION
LLM in Commercial and Corporate Law
King’s College, University of London
LLB, Wuhan University School of Law, China
WORK EXPERIENCE
RayYin & Partners, Attorney-at-law
China Huarong Asset Management Company, Manager
of Legal Affairs Department, In-house Lawyer
Beijing Jinyu Group, In-house Lawyer
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Company law and financial law
Mr. Yanfeng Wang’s experiences includes
Involved in China's first sale of $1.5
billion worth of non-performing loans to Goldman
Sachs and an international consortium led by
Morgan Stanley. As a main member of a team composed
of professionals from Squire, Sanders &
Dempsey and Ernst & Young, I took the responsibility
to protect the interest of Huarong, including
drafting the contracts and ther documents of
this transaction and participating in the negotiations
with foreign investors;
Responsible for the legal affairs of over
30 projects concerning debt-equity swap;
Participated in the structural design
and legal work of Hurong onshore securitisation
project for non-performing assets which has
been formally launched this year;
In charge of all aspects of legal affairs
of the corporate issues relating to the purchase,
management and disposal of the non-performing
assets transferred from Industrial and Commercial
Bank of China;
Responsible for the legal work in relation
to restructuring a listed Chinese company.
Advising Beijing Jinyu Group about legal
issues of foreign direct investment with respect
to the joint venture projects with TOTO and
LAFARGE in China;
Participated in the debt recovery and
restructuring for 86 subsidiaries of Beijing
Jinyu Group.
MEMBERSHIP
Members of All-China Lawyers Association
LANGUAGES
Chinese and English
PUBLICATIONS
Eight articles have been published in
Chinese legal periodicals; one article about
international bad loan disposal will be published
soon.
Yunhai
YU
Associate
EDUCATION
Master, University of Xi’an Communication, China
Bachelor, University of Xi’an Communication,
China
WORK EXPERIENCE
RayYin & Partners, Shenzhen, Associate
Beijing Tianzetian Law Firm, Beijing, Associate
Huawei Techology Co., Ltd, Shenzhen, Manager
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Foreign Investment, Merger & Acquisition
&Non Performing Loans
LANGUAGES
Chinese and English
MEMBERSHIP
Members of All China Lawyers Association
Mr. Yu has provided legal opinions for many
prominent foreign companies for their investment
in China.
Jing
WU
Partner Attorney-at-law
EDUCATION
LL.M - University of Nottingham, UK,
LL.B - China University of Political Science
and Law,
Bachelor of French Literature - Institute of
Foreign Languages, Dalian,
WORK EXPERIENCE
RayYin & Partners, Partner
Jincheng &Tongda Law Firm, Associate
Aon Insurance Group, Account Executive
Hualian Law Firm, Part-time Associate
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Foreign Investment, International Commercial
Law, Insurance law, Arbitration
Ms. Wu has extensive experience in providing
legal services to companies who have investment
and trading links with China. The industries
represented in her portfolio include manufacture,
telecommunication, international trade, insurance,
education etc. Some of the important foreign
invested projects Ms. Wu has handled including
:
1. Equity Joint venture between SK telecom and
China Unicom, this is the first Joint Venture
in Value added telecommunication area since
China's accession to WTO
2. Equity Joint Venture between SK Teletech
and Datang Telecommunication for the manufacture
of mobile phones, the investment amount is 60
million USD
3. Equity joint venture between Pentech and
Daxian for the manufacture of mobile phones
4. Restructure of the GEA Happel Aircondition
Shandong Ltd, a Joint Venture invested by German
GEA Group,
5. China Welfare Lottery Issuing Centre and
Gtech Global SERcie Corporation Ltd, Lottery
technology Supply and Support project
6. Set up of a wholly foreign owned company
by TFT, an antiques sourcing company in Netherlands
7. Cooperation between Chinese disability insurers
and ATF, a Canadian company providing quality
independent medical evaluation and assessment
services on a national basis
8. JV between China International TV Corporation
and Taylor Nelson Sofres plc to
be engaged in consumer panel market research
Ms. Wu has been heavily involved in an unrivalled
array of services in litigation, arbitration
and alternative dispute resolution. Particular
in international trade and foreign investment
related cases.
Before joining law firms, Ms. Wu worked for
world leading insurance group. This experience,
supplemented by her long-time exposure to the
evolution of China’s insurance industry, enables
her to maintain a very insightful understanding
of China’s insurance market and the relevant
laws and regulations. Ms. Wu serves as consultant
to insurance institutions in policy wording,
legal opinions issuing, and claims handling
process. The various insurance affaires she
has handled range from personnel injury and
worker’s compensation, public/products liability,
employer’s fidelity to property /cargo losses
and other policy issues.
LANGUAGES
French, English, Mandarin
MEMBERSHIP
Members of Beijing Bar Association Insurance
Law Committee
PUBLICATIONS
Translation work : UNIDROIT Principles of International
Commercial Contracts 2004
Plain Language in the Insurance Policies
Jeanwu_aon@hotmail.com
wj@rayyinlawyer.com
13693009527
Richard
LEE
Partner
Attorney-at-law
EDUCATION
LLB.,Huaqiao University of P.R.China
WORK EXPERIENCE
RayYin & Partners, Partner
Colin Ng & Partners ( Advocates & Solicitors,
Singapore ), Foreign Legal Advisor ( China Law
)
Beijing Haituo Law Firm, Attorney-at-Law
William Lai & Alan Wong (currently known
as WLAW LLC), Foreign Legal Advisor ( China
Law )
Yeo-Leong & Peh (currently known as Yeo-Leong
& Peh LLC ), Foreign Legal Advisor ( China
Law )
Freeworld Companies Group, Legal Consultant
C & C Law Office, Legal Assistant
China Global Law Office, Legal Assistant
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Mr. Richard Lee has more than 10 years experience
with leading Singapore law firms and with a
wealth of experience in corporate strategic
and operational decision-making, particularly
in merger and acquisition, foreign direct investment,
real estate development, banking, arbitration
and litigation. His clients benefit from the
range of his experience, his commercial judgment,
and his creative problem-solving skills. One
of his major areas of practice is advising foreign
investors on establishing their business in
China and providing ongoing advice.
Mr. Lee was involved in the following
legal services:
1. represented and advised Reed Elsevier Overseas
B. V., a leading international exhibition company,
in its acquisition of a majority (50%) equity
stake in China Pharmaceutical Exhibition Corporation,
which is one of the subsidiaries of China Natinal
Pharmaceutical Corporation (“Sinopharm”), the
largest pharmaceutical company in PRC, for RMB
216 million, including due diligence exercise,
negotiation and documentation;
2. represented and advised QAF Limited (SGX
listed public company), a leading multi-industry
food company with core businesses in bakery,
primary production, dairy industry, food manufacturing,
and trading, distribution and logistics, in
its acquisition of a majority (51%) equity stake
in Shannxi Hexing Fruit Juice Co., Ltd, one
of the largest apple juice production company
in PRC, for RMB 63.75 million, including due
diligence exercise, negotiation and documentation;
3. advised Plein Essor Property Services (Shanghai)
Co., Ltd, a Shanghai based property management
company jointly owned by three of Singapore's
well known enterprises ( namely, Surbana Facilities
Management Pte Ltd, Joysville Investment Pte
Ltd and EM Services Pte Ltd.), on legal issues
in respect of property management for the Botanica
township, which will yield some 8,000 residential
units, in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PRC.
4. advised Eagle Test Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ
listed public company) on setting up WFOE in
Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu Province, PRC;
5. advised Asia Environment Holdings Ltd (SGX
listed public company), with subsidiaries engaged
in the provision of integrated water and wastewater
treatment solutions in PRC, on wastewater treatment
BOT projects in China;
6. advised Network for Electronic Transfer
Pte Ltd (“NETS”), Asia’s premier electronic
payment service and technology provider, which
owned by three major Singapore banks -- DBS,
OCBC and UOB, on e-trading cooperation agreements
with its partners in China;
7. represented and advised Sino-Superlink (Group)
Pty Ltd, a Melbourne based infrastructure company,
on administrative reconsideration action in
relation to Minhang light train project in Shanghai,
in connection with total investment of USD1
billion;
8. acted for Industrial and Commercial Bank
of China, Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of
Communications and prepared agreements and mortgage
documents for project financing and syndicated
loans in China, including the syndicated loans;
9. acted for HSBC Bank Singapore Branch on
mortgages in respect of Beijing New World Centre
developed by New World Development Company Limited;
10. represented and advised Jia Hua Investment
Pte Ltd on joint venture negotiations with BOE
in respect of the Beijing Universal Plaza real
estate development projects in Beijing;
11. advised UOB Bank Shanghai Branch on PRC
banking laws and regulations;
12. represented and advised Parkway Holdings
Limited ( SGX listed public company ) on a cooperative
joint venture hospital project in Beijing.
LANGUAGES
Mandarin, English, Taiwanese / South-Fujian
dialect
MEMBERSHIP
Member, All China Lawyers Association
Member, Beijing Bar Association
CONTACT
Email: lylawyer@gmail.com
Mobile Phone: 86-13911138878
Lei GAO
Associate
BACKGROUND
· LLM.,University College London, November,
2003
· LLB.,North-east University of Economics and
Finance, 2000
WORKING EXPERIENCE
· RayYin & Partners PRC Lawyers Associate
· Beijing Jincheng & Tongda Law Firm Associate
· Beijing Tianyuan Law Firm Paralegal
AREAS OF PRACTICE
· Corporate affairs
· Foreign Investment in China
· M&A
· Listing overseas
Ms. Gao specializes in foreign investment in
China, M&A and corporate affairs. She has
extensive legal experience in the above areas.
She is the legal counsel for many foreign clients
including HK Resource (Group), Barmag Far East
Ltd. (German), RED BOOK AUTOMOTIVE DATA SERVICES
(BEIJING) LIMITED. ATA Testing Authority (Holdings)
Limited (BVI). She has worked for quite a number
of merger and acquisitions of local companies
by foreign investment.
Ms. Gao also practises in Listing Overseas
matters including HK Stock Exchange and Nasdaq
Stock Exchange.
LANGUAGES
Mandarin and English
MEMERSHIP
Members of All China Lawyers Association
Zengde
CUI
Senior
Associate
EDUCATION
1959.9-1963.7
China University of Political Science and
Laws
WORK EXPERIENCE
2004-present RayYin & Partners
senior associate
2000-2003 Beijing Juntai Law Firm senior associate
1995-1999 Chief judge of the Administrative Department,
court supervision
Beijing
No.2 Intermediate People’s Court
1978-1995
supervision and administrative department,
Beijing Intermediate People’s
court
1975-1978
real estate administration Department,
Beijing Chongwen District Court
PRACTICE AREAS:
Civil law ,commercial law, administrative law
LANGUAGES:
Chinese
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Members of all China Lawyers Association
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Changrong
SI
Associate
EDUCATION
1999
Called to the Bar
1993-1997
LLB.,Heilongjiang
University
P.R.C.
WORK
EXPERIENCE
March 2004
---now
RayYin & Partners
Beijing,
Associate
October
2001-January 2004
Beijing Danning Law Firm, Associate
Beijing
Juntai Law Firm, Associate
October
1997-October 2001
Qin Li Law Firm, Heilongjiang
Province, Associate
Hui
Du Law Firm, Heilongjiang Province,
Associate
PRACTICE
AREAS
Ms.
Si has extensive experience in corporate and
real estate areas.She has been involved in real
estate litigation and legal consultant for five
real estate companies. She is familiar with
the procedure of real estate development from
preliminary development, construction and sales(including
real eatate mortgage).
Zhonghan
ZHANG
Attorney-at-law
EDUCATION
MA degree
Majoring in law
BA degree
Majoring in English
The Certificate of CPA
The Industrial Management economist
WORK EXPERIENCE
· Working in The secretaries
of the Board of a famous cooperate listing in
the market,
mainly
responsible for the information disclosure and
representation, familiar with
the related rules
and law
· As a Financial manager in a China-Japan
joint venture, in charge of all the financial
issues
and tax issues.
· Serving in the Biggest domestic
Computer Group, and holding the position as
legal
supervisor and overseas commerce directors,
in charge of all overseas
operation and law
issues, including but not limited, customs,
logistic, Account
receivables
and credit risk control. He has a good command
of and rich practice
on the related
law, rules international treaty ,etc.
· As a vice general manager in a
famous IT cooperate, in charge of both Commerce
department
and legal Department.
AREAS
OF PRACTICE
1.
Attended the debate and hearing concerning
the VAT and tariff against the
Netherlands tax authority
on behalf of a famous cooperate together with
PWC
and decrease around
2 millions USD loss for the cooperate
2.
Attending the due diligence investigation
for the Two famous IT company M&A
projests and finished
the related due diligence reports and M&A
agreements.
3.
Carried out overseas subsidiary restructure
and liquidation issues for a famous
IT group.
4.
Representing two famous companies to
attend the bid& negotiation on logistic
outsourcing, also designed
the related logistic flow and transaction risk
system.
5.
Registering, transferring the trade mark
both in the domestic and overseas for
several companies.
6.
Attending the lawsuit concerning the
trademark and Account receivables collection
domestic
and overseas.
Xuejun
LIU
Associate
EDUCATION
September 1991-July 1995
Bachelor of Law, East China
University of Politics and Law
WORK
EXPERIENCE
RayYin
& Partners Shenzhen
Associate
Civil
and Commercial Division
Longgang
District People’s Court, Shenzhen, Guandong
province
Judge
Civil
Division Ji’an
Intermediate People’s Court Jiangxi Province
Assistant judge
PRACTICE
AREAS
Civil
litigation, commercial litigation and corporate
Mr. Liu has been
a judge for civil and commercial cases for more
than ten years.
PUBLICATION
Several
articles on application of law have been published
in China national or
provincial legal periodicals such as People’s
Court Daily, Law, Heibei Law
Alex
GUO
Lawyer
EDUCATION
July 2003- February 2005
LLM., University of Melbourne
September 1997-July 2001
LLB., China University of Political Science
and Law
WORK EXPERIENCE
RayYin & Partners,Shenzhen, Associate
Changsha Jinhui Law Firm,Hunan, Associate
PRACTICE AREAS
Civil and commercial litigation, arbitration,
international trade and contracts drafting and
review, corporate and foreign investment,commercial
dispute resolution, non-performing loans and
etc.
WORKING LANGUAGE
Chinese and English
Wensheng
DENG
senior associate
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Mr. Wensheng Deng is a senior associate of
RayYin & Partners. He specializes in banking
law. Before joining Ray Yin & Partners,
Mr. Deng was a head director in one sub branch
of China Bank of Agriculture for five years.
He has extensive experience in supervising bank
compliance, risk and credit management. He also
has experience in verifing related transactions
and loan application with suspicious documents.
He has been personally involved in the restructuring
of China Bank of Agriculture by contributing
proposal and advices.
Qiang
ZHU
Associate
EDUCATION
LLB.,Wuhan University, China
WORK EXPERIENCE
RayYin & Partners, Shenzhen, Associate
AREAS OF PRACTICE
consumer finance and other loans business of
banks
LANGUAGES
Chinese and English
MEMBERSHIP
Members of All China Lawyers Association
He has provided legal consultation for China
Commercial Bank, Fujian Industry Bank and CITIC
bank for its loans business and guarantee business.
 Peter
Waumans
consultant
Telephone: 0032 3 459.82.15
Email:
peter.waumans@skynet.be
EDUCATION
licentiaat rechten ( master in law),
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Aggregatie Hoger Secundair Onderwijs
(lecture degree), Vrije Universiteit
Brussel
WORK EXPERIENCE
Lecture in the Plantijn Law School Antwerp:
European Law, Anti-Trust legislation
and Computer Law and Business Law:
Lecture in the Vlerick School for Management
Ghent: Master in Procurement and Supply
Chain Management;
Legal Officer Floreac NV, AlgNomics
NV, Organic Waste Systems NV and other
international firms;
Indoor-trainer Belgacom NV (Purchase
Department), Electrabel NV and Thermote
& Vanhalst NV;
Assistant Computer law at the University
of Limburg (Belgium)
Barrister at the courts of Mechelen
AREAS OF
PRACTICE
Mr. Waumans specializes in foreign direct
investment, intellectual property, financing
and international commercial arbitration
LANGUAGES
English, Dutch, French and German
MEMBERSHIP
Members of the Dutch Society for Computer,
section Computer Law, Utrecht (Netherlands)
Members of the Business Law Association,
Henry R. Cheeseman, New York;
Members of ICC
PUBLICATION
The Implementation of A Purchase
Agreement, Brussels, 1999
European Legislation About Product
Liability, Brussels, 2001
Competition Law, Antwerp 2002
Intellectual Property, Brussels,
2002
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 David
Hayton
consultant
EDUCATION
University of Newcastle LLB
University of Cantab MA
University of Newcastle LLD
WORK EXPERIENCE
King’s College London Professor
Lincoln’s Inn, London Barrister
AREAS OF
PRACTICE
English and International Trusts
Professor Hayton sat as a Recorder
(a part-time judge) 1984 till 2000 and
sat as Acting Justice of The Bahamas’
Supreme Court in 2000 and 2001. He has
been Deputy Chair of the Trust Law Committee
of England & Wales since it was
set up in 1994, (chairing Working Parties
contributing to the Trustee Act 2000
and three topics being referred to the
Law Commission).
Professor Hayton headed the UK Delegation
to The Hague Conference on Private International
Law for the Convention on The Law Applicable
to Trusts and on their Recognition (1984)
and for the Convention on Succession
to the Estates of Deceased Persons (1988),
and was at the heart of the preparation
of the eight Principles of European
Trust Law. For the Edwards’ (Home Office)
Review of Financial Regulation in the
Crown Dependencies (1998 Cm 4109-1)
he was the trust law consultant, while
in 2000 he was engaged as technical
advisor to the International Monetary
Fund advising on Offshore Financial
Centres’ Trust Law and Trustee Regulation.
He has written a Consultation Paper
on Financial Services and Trust Law,
1990, (commissioned by SIB and IMRO),a
Report for The Association of Corporate
Trustees on Trusts and their Commercial
Counterparts in Continental Europe,2002.
Professor Hayton accepted many invitations
to speak at commercial and academic
Conferences throughout the world and
gave the opening address to the Annual
Conference of Trust Lawyers in New Zealand
in 1999, the Annual Superannuation Funds
Conference in Australia in 2003 and
the Annual Conference of Pension Lawyers
in South Africa in 2004.
MEMBERSHIP
Members of The International Academy
of Estate and Trust Law (and its Executive
Council)
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Underhill and Hayton: Law of Trusts
and Trustees (13th ed,1979, to
16th ed,2003),
Hayton and Marshall: Commentary
and Cases on Law of Trusts and Equitable
Remedies (6th ed 1975 to 11th ed.
2001)
Hayton: Law of Trusts (4th
ed. 2003).
Hayton (ed.) European Succession
Laws (1998 Jordan Publishing, 2nd
ed,2002)),
Hayton (ed.) Modern International
Developments in Trust Law (1999,Kluwer)
Hayton (ed) Extending the Boundaries
of Trusts and Similar Ring-Fenced Funds
Hayton (eds) Principles of European
Trust Law (Kluwer Law International
1999)
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 Paul
Matthews
Consultant
EDUCATION
LL.D., University of London, Law,
B.C.L., University of Oxford, Law,
LL.B., University College London, Law,
WORK EXPERIENCE
King’s College London Professor
Withers LLP (London) Consultant Solicitor
Hopkins & Wood (London) Partner
AREAS OF
PRACTICE
Professor Matthews specializes in trust
law, international and transnational
litigation, especially involving offshore
jurisdictions. His research and expertise
is relevant to the offshore finance
industry and the estate planning industry
because of the use in these sectors
of trusts (and other similar vehicles)
based in offshore jurisdictions.
Among other subjects, Professor Matthews
lectures trusts and property law and
International and comparative trust
law in King’s College London since 1995.
As a consultant solicitor in Withers
LLP, a prestigious English trust law
firm, he practices in terms of English
and International trust law. He has
given advices on numerous trust investment
schemes located both in the UK and offshore
countries for commercial and financial
purposes, including asset securitization
via trust.
Professor Matthews is not only specialized
in English and offshore trust law, but
has an extensive research and experience
on international trust law, esp. trust
law of civilian countries. He has been
invited to give speech on trust law
by Spain, Switzerland, Japan and Italy.
His article, the Supposed Incompatibility
of Trusts law and Civilian Countries,
addressing the necessity of trust law
has been translated in to Spanish and
Chinese.
MEMBERSHIP
Association of Contentious Trust and
Probate Specialists
Associazione 'Il Trust in Italia'
British Institute of International and
Comparative Law
City of London Solicitors' Company
Law Society of England and Wales
Society of Legal Scholars
Solicitors' Association of Higher Court
Advocates
LANGUAGES
English, French and Italian
PUBLICATIONS
Trust and Estate Disputes.
, 1999
Trusts: Migration and Change of
Proper Law. , 1997
The Trusts of Land and Appointment
of Trustees Act 1996 - A Practitioners'
Guide. , 1996
The Jersey Law of Trusts (3rd edition).
, 1994
The Jersey Law of Property. ,
1991
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 Anthony
Connerty
consultant
EDUCATION
MA, International and Comparative Business
Law, London Guildhall University
Post-graduate Diploma in International
Commercial Arbitration, Queen Mary and
Westfield College, London University
Post Graduate Certificate in International
Energy Law, London Guildhall University
Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of the
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
WORK EXPERIENCE
Barrister in Lamb Chambers since 1974
MEMBERSHIP
Member of the Panel of Arbitrators of:
the China International Economic &
Trade Arbitration Commission, Beijing;
the UN's World Intellectual Property
Organization, Geneva; Cairo Regional
Center for International Commercial
Arbitration; the Hong Kong International
Arbitration Center; lawyer member of
the Academy of Experts; panel member
of ADR Chambers International and ADR
Chambers UK; ACI and CBA, London.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Mr. Connerty specializes in International
commercial arbitration, international
trade law and enforcement of foreign
awards in English courts.
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
*Natural Gas in China
*Trade with China: How and Where Disputes
can be Resolved
Many other articles related to arbitration
EXPERIENCE RELATED
TO CHINESE COMPANIES
* instructed by Chinese lawyers in PRC
on behalf of a Chinese corporation sued
in the Commercial Court in London: international
sale of goods, letters of credit, conflict
of laws, jurisdiction dispute
* Counsel in ICC arbitration: instructed
by a Chinese law firm in Beijing on
behalf of a group of Chinese companies.
Dispute involved international trade
law, know-how licensing, trademarks
and governing law. Hearings in London
and Beijing
* Instructed by Chinese and UK law firms
on challenge in English courts to multi-million
US$ ICC arbitration award in FIDIC case
(Commercial Court and Court of Appeal)
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Cunxiu
Gao
consultant
telephone:
Email:
MEMBERSHIP
Senior Engineer, Patent agent, Trademark agent,
Trustee of Intellectual Property Research Society.
LANGUAGES
English
EXPERIENCE RELATED TO
CHINESE COMPANIES
* Dispute on Taiwan ‘xineng’ “矽能” trademark
*Quashing “Guineng” “硅能”trademark
* Dispute on Singapore ‘Quanjin Ltd’ trademark
* Ascertainment of ‘Jinhetian’ “金河田”as famous
trademark
Ya Gao
consultant
telephone:
Email:
MEMBERSHIP
Attorney, Trademark agent.
LANGUAGES
English
EXPERIENCE RELATED TO
CHINESE COMPANIES
* Dispute on Taiwan ‘xineng’ “矽能” trademark
*Quashing “Guineng” “硅能”trademark
* Dispute on Singapore ‘Quanjin Ltd’ trademark
* Ascertainment of ‘Jinhetian’ “金河田”as famous
trademark
*Analysis for the dissent on Belgium “HENCO”trademark
Zhifeng
Zhang
consultant
telephone:
Email:
MEMBERSHIP
Attorney, Member of AIPPI(International Association
for the Protection of Intellectual Property).
LANGUAGES
English
EXPERIENCE RELATED TO
CHINESE COMPANIES
* Dispute on inner Mongolia ‘little sheep’ “小肥羊”
*Infringement on ‘Yulin chuanchuan xiang’ “玉林串串香”
trademark
* Infringement on ‘Shalala’ “珊拉娜” trademark
* Dispute on Taiwan ‘xineng’ “矽能” trademark
*Quashing “Guineng” “硅能”trademark
Chee Foong Young
consultant
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Mr. Young is our senior consultant in banking
and mergers and acquisitions. He is a qualified
UK and Singapore lawyer based in Singapore.
He has practiced for more than 18 years in banking
and mergers and acquisitions areas. His financing
work covers international financing and restructuring.
His regulatory and advisory work covers licensing
and regulatory compliance and advice for banks
and financial institutions. His M&A practice
covers mergers and acquisitions in the region
including China, India and South East Asia.
Mr. Young has won many accolades for his banking
& finance expertise. He has been recognized
as a leading lawyer in banking & finance
since 2001. He has been recommended in leading
publications, including Asia Law Leading Lawyers,
PLC Which Lawyer?, Asia Pacific Legal 500, Chambers
Global and Global Counsel.
Jek
Hong Lim
consultant
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Mr. Lim is our consultant in corporate and
commercial transactions and is based in Singapore.
He is a UK and Singapore qualified lawyer and
specializes in M&A and other commercial
transactions in Asia, including China and India.
His corporate finance practice includes the
listing of the securities of Chinese companies
on the Singapore exchange. He has extensive
experiences in Chinese transactions, including
those relating to due diligence.
