Wei YANG

Representative Matters

• M&A
• Advising a Chinese large major energy conglomerate regarding its equity transfer project
• Advising a Fortune Global 500 state-owned conglomerate regarding its acquisition of controlling stakes in a listed pharmaceutical enterprise
• Advising a Guangxi electricity power enterprise regarding its acquisition of equity in a Sichuan power company
• Advusing a Guangxi cultural tourism state-owned enterprise reagrding its acquisition of equity in a theme park in Guilin, Guangxi. The transaction was valued at 30 million RMB ( about USD 4.3 million)
• Corporate Compliance
• Advising a Guangxi large digital state-owned enterprise for building its digital compliance system
• Providing a Guangxi agricultural state-owned enterprise with drafting compliance and legal risk guidance for M&A, Mixed Ownership Reform, etc.
• Providing regular legal counsultance for large enterprises, government departments, and public institutions
• Litigation
• Successfully Defending a pharmaceutical regulatory authority in a administrative lawsuit
• Defending a Guangdong construction state-owned enterprise from a Guangxi administrative authority (procedures include retrial by the Higher People's Court of Guangxi and protest to the People's Procuratorate of Guangxi)
• Defending a Guangxi construction investment company against 200 million RMB (about USD 30 million) claim
• International Engineering
• Advising a Guangxi leading smelting enterprise regarding its overseas EPC project of a 2 million tons/year alumina plant and supporting power plant. The EPC project was valued at USD 2 billion
• Advising a Guangxi leading smelting enterprise regarding its overseas installation construction project of a 1 million tons/year alumina project. The installation construction project was valued at USD 24 million

Education Background

• Southwest University of Political Science and Law (1987 - 1991) Bachelor of Laws
• Southwest University of Political Science and Law (1991-1994) Master of Laws
• University of New Haven, USA (2000-2001) Master of Public Administration (M.P.A)
• Indiana University, USA (2006-2007) Master of Laws (LLM)

Professional Qualifications

• Bar admission in P.R. China

Professional Background

• Director of the Regulatory Department, Head of the Office for Government Lawyers, of Guangxi Administration for Industry and Commerce (1994-2013)
• Assistant General Manager, General Legal Counsel, General Manager of Risk Control Legal Department, Head of the Corporate Legal Office, of a Fortune 500 Company (2014-2020)
• Lawyer of a Guangxi Law Firm (2020-2021)
• Deputy Director, Managing Partner, Lawyer, Director of the Foreign-Related Legal Services and M&A Expertise Committee, of Deheng Law Offices (Nanning) (2021-Present)

Recognitions and Affiliations

• Mediator of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade/China Chamber of International Commerce Guangxi Mediation Center
• Arbitrator of Hainan International Arbitration Court
• Mediator of Guangxi International Civil and Commercial Mediation Center
• Legislative Expert (Civil and Commercial Law) of Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Guangxi
• Named in the "The A-List 2023-24: Legal leaders and influential lawyers in China's legal market" by China Business Law Journal in 2023
• Selected for the Thomson Reuters ALB "Annual Female Corporate Counsel of the Year" award in 2020
• Selected into the Ministry of Justice's National Talent Pool of Foreign-related Legal Lawyers in 2019
• Attended the All China Lawyers Association’s 7th batch of Leading Foreign-related Lawyers training program in the UK, themed in International Commercial Arbitration
• Selected into the Guangxi Talent Pool of Foreign-related Lawyers in 2022
• Certified as a Lawyer with Expertise in Foreign Affairs and Corporate Law in Guangxi in 2021