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Li Lan

Senior Partner
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Professional Experience

Alan Li focuses his practice on international commercial arbitration, investment arbitration, cross-border litigation and cross-border compliance investigation. He also has extensive experience in assisting Chinese companies dealing with trade, investment, and compliance-related legal matters in going global. He is a committee member of the FDI Moot Global Case Review Board and an adjunct professor at School of Law at Renmin University of China.

Representative Performance

  • International arbitration
    • Investment disputes between the Chinese government and the foreign investors (investment arbitration)
    • Exclusive distribution agreement disputes between a Chinese manufacturer and an overseas distributor (SIAC arbitration)
    • Manufacturing and supply agreement disputes between a Chinese manufacturer and an overseas purchaser (SIAC arbitration)
    • Construction agreement disputes between a Chinese contractor and an overseas owner (SIAC arbitration)
    • Share purchase agreement and JV agreement disputes between a Japanese manfacturer and a Chinese manucfacturer (SIAC arbitration)
    • Supply agreement disputes between a Chinese company and a European purchaser (HKIAC arbitration)
    • Share purchase agreement and JV agreement disputes between Chinese companies and a European company (HKIAC arbitration)
    • Construction agreement disputes between a Chinese contractor and a Middle East owner (settled prior to intitiating Dubai arbitration)
    • Construction disputes between a subcontractor and a general contractor(SCIA arbitration)
  • Cross-border litigation
    • A proposed mass tort class action and multi-district litigation lawsuit agaisnt a Chinese manufacturer in the United States (New Jersy)
    • A proposed mass tort class action against a Chinese manufacturer in the United States (Pennsylvania )
    • A potential consumer class action against a Chinese manufacturer in the United States (California)
    • A proposed anti-discrimination class action in the United States (New York)
    • A defamation case agaisint a Chinese media company in the United States (New York)
    • A product liability case related to personal death against a Chinese manufacturer in the United States (Washington)
    • A product liability case related to personal death against a Chinese manufacturer in the United States(Florida)
    • A product liability case related to personal death against a Chinese manufacturer in the United States(Texas)
    • A trademark infringement case against a Chinese manufacturer in the United States (Illinois)
    • A product liability case related to property damage against a Chinese manufacturer in the United States (Nevada)
    • A supply agreement dispute case between a Chinese manufacturer and a US purchaser in the United States (Indiana)
    • A service agreement dispute case between a Chinese Media company and a US service provider in the United States (Colorado)
    • Corporate disputes between overseas shareholders and Chinese companies and individuals (court in British Virgin Islands)
    • Infrastructure construction agreement disputes between a Chinese contractor and a foreign government
    • A joint venture agreement dispute between a Chinese manufacturer and a Thai comany (Thai court, pre-litigation settlement)
    • A distribution agreement dispute between a Chinese manufacturer and Austrilian distributor (Australian court and Singapore arbitration, pre-litigation settlement)
    • An international sale of goods dispute between a Thai purchaser and a Chinese manufacturer(court in Shandong province, China)
    • An international sale of goods dispute between a Chinese manufacturer and an Israeli purchaser (court in Guangdong province, China)
    • “Liuliu LIUM” against “Suanliu Lium” in a trademark infringement lawsuit (court in Guangdong province, China)
    • An international sale of goods dispute between a Danish purchaser and a Chinese company (court in Shanxi province, China)
  • Compliance program and Investigation
    • A voluntary product recall program conducted by a Chinese company in both the United States and Canada (consumer product)
    • U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's compliance investigation agaisnt a Chinese company and a related voluntary product recall in the United States (vehicle product)
    • A voluntary product recall program conducted by a Chinese company in the United States (vehicle product)
    • A voluntary product recall program conducted by a Chinese company in Australia(consumer product)
    • U.S. Department of Energy 's compliance investigation agaisnt a Chinese company regarding energy efficiciency (consumer product)
    • An EU government department's compliance investigation agaisnt a Chinese company regarding product safety
    • A Chinese company's global sanctions and export control compliance program
    • A Chinese company's global product energy efficiency compliance program
    • A Chinese company's anti-trust compliance program in the U.S. market
    • Chinese customs' compliance investigation against a Chinese company regarding trademark infrigement
    • Chinese government's compliance investigation against a Chinese company regarding violation of quality standard
    • A Chinese company's privacy and data protection compliance program under PRC law
    • A Chinese company's e-signature compliance program under PRC law
    • A Chinese company's privacy and data protection compliance program in multiple jurisdictions for an APP
    • A Chinese company's privacy and data protection compliance program in multiple jurisdictions
  • Cross-border investment
    • A Chinese-Italian automobile joint venture project in China
    • A Chinese, Canadian and Brazilian mining M&A project in Brazil
    • A Chinese-German industrial equipment joint venture project in China
    • A Chinese-German commercial product joint venture project in China
    • A Chinese contractor's EPC construction project in Cambodia

Social Status

  • Committee Member, FDI Moot Global Case Review Board
  • Adjunct Professor, Renmin University of China Law School
  • Adjunct Professor, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies School of Law
  • Committee Member, Guangdong Consumer Right Protection Committee

Honorary Titles

  • Asian Legal Business(ALB), South China Rising Lawyer (non-local law firm), 2023
  • China Business Law Journal,“China's Elite Lawyers (PRC Firms)” of the A-List 2022
  • Top 10 Outstanding Young Lawyers in China, CLECSS, 2017

Working Experience

  • Aug. 2018 - Present, Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm
  • Apr. 2012 - Jul. 2018, Midea Group International Legal Department
  • Feb. 2009.2- Mar. 2012, Guangdong D&S Law Firm
  • Jul. 2007 -Jul. 2008, Lecturer at the Open University of China, Faculty of Law

Education Background

  • University of Miami School of Law, International Arbitration LLM
  • City University of Hong Kong , LLM in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution
  • South China Normal University, LLB

Publications

  • Investment Treaty Arbitration Review, 7th edition, August 2022
  • Lexology GTDT: Complex Litigation China Chapter, 2022
  • Lexology GTDT: M&A Litigation China Chapter, 2022
  • Investment Treaties and Their Role in Protecting Chinese Investors, Regulation Asia, March 2020