Practice areas

Cross-border dispute resolution; Cross-border investment; Cross-border trade

Introduction

David Li is senior partner at the Shanghai office of Landing Law Offices, and also director of the firm’s Department of International Trade & Investment. With a Bachelor of Economics from Nankai University and a Juris Master from East China University of Political Science and Law, David was selected in the first batch of “Shanghai Foreign-Related Legal Talent Pool” of the Shanghai Law Society. He is also admitted as an “international lawyer” by the Shanghai Bar Association, a part-time Professor of East China University of Science and Technology, and an arbitrator with the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission, Hainan International Arbitration Court and Nanchang Arbitration Commission.

A practising lawyer since 2006, David participated in lawyer training in the UK and US, equipping himself with English-language proficiency. He represents overseas and domestic clients with issues including international trade, trade agency, investment, financial settlement and maritime disputes.

He also handles many cases before courts of various levels in China, and deals with procedural issues between Chinese courts and foreign arbitration institutions or courts. As such, he has handled many arbitration cases in the CIETAC, SHIAC and other international arbitration centres as a representing attorney. Adept at negotiation and reconciliation, he has successfully facilitated many cases to reach reconciliation. Owing to his team’s outstanding work, China Business Law Journal awarded Landing Law Offices the Award of International Trade in 2021.

David’s clients include AECC Commercial Aircraft Engine, Shanghai Textile Group, Oriental Golf Group, SBW Electro-mechanics Import & Export Corporation, Besttone Holding, Sinochem Pharmaceutical and PARCO (Japan).

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