Practice areas

Banking; Internatinal trade; Litigation and arbitration; M&A

Introduction

Li Leiyong is a senior partner at Beijing Lantai Partners with two master’s degrees, an LLM and MBA, and more than 16 years of legal practice experience. Li’s primary focus is on dispute resolution, with which he has extensive practical experience and knowledge.

In the field of international commercial arbitration and litigation, Li’s work highlights include: handled the first international D&O dispute in China; handled an investment dispute that suits Finnish law; represented Chinese parties in arbitration or litigation cases involving international sales, international settlement, international transportation, and international investment; served as counsel in cases concerning the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards in different jurisdictions pursuant to the New York Convention.

As an experienced PRC lawyer, Li has handled major, complex cases in the Supreme People’s Court or Higher People’s Court within China, covering industries including banking, insurance, futures, trusts, factoring, mining, IT, telecoms, real estate, healthcare, energy and manufacturing. The causes of litigation include contract disputes, property right disputes, and infringement disputes. In other fields, Li served as counsel for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), representing on more than 200 cases regarding government information disclosure, administrative licensing, administrative reconsideration, administrative duty, and administrative penalties.

Li worked as deputy head of the international law committee of the Hebei Lawyers Association, and deputy head of the law firm management committee of Chaoyang Lawyers Association. He is a member of the arbitration law committee of Beijing Lawyers Association. Besides a PRC lawyer’s Licence, Li has obtained the licence of international trade risk management and AIE senior internationally certified legal counsel.

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