Yu Yuanliang, Senior Partner of Shanghai K-Insight Law Firm, graduated from East China University of Political Science and Law with a Bachelor’s Degree in Law and Master’s Degree in Economic Law. He has been working as a full-time lawyer of Shanghai K-Insight Law Firm since June 2006.

Main Honors

• Outstanding Pro Bono Lawyer in Jing’an District, Shanghai

Main Works

• Corporate Governance - Judicial Intervention as a Pathway, published in Jing’an Lawyer.
• Co-editor of "Practice of Bankruptcy Procedure", Law Press •China.

Professional Specialty

• Corporate legal advisor

Mr. Yu specializes in providing litigation and non-litigation legal services for enterprises, and serves as the perennial legal advisor of many enterprises. He provides full-process counseling services for enterprises from establishment, operation, settlement and liquidation to cancellation, and provides comprehensive counseling services for enterprises from the level of shareholders, counterparties and employees, effectively avoiding legal risks for enterprises and enhancing their corporate value.

• Private equity and venture capital, foreign direct investment

In the area of investment and financing, Yu Yuanliang is skilled in due diligence, negotiation, preparation of investment agreements, equity restructuring, formulation and amendment of articles of incorporation, etc. He has successfully completed projects for production companies, freight companies, service companies, real estate companies, etc.

• Real estate and construction engineering

In the area of commercial real estate acquisitions, Mr. Yu has extensive experience and completed several large acquisitions.

He is skilled in the development, leasing, operation, transfer and liquidation of real estate projects, and is able to provide professional opinions and solutions for different situations.

• Civil litigation and arbitration

Yu Yuanliang does well in formulating litigation ideas and designing litigation strategies, and has accumulated extensive experience in real estate sales and purchases, rights confirmation, equity transfer, shareholder qualification confirmation, and corporate governance litigation. He has won Su XX's case of disputes over real estate (winning a subject amount of more than RMB100 million), Hu XX's case of holding houses on behalf of others, Shen XX's case of disputes over invalidation of housing sale and purchase contract, Wei XX's case of disputes over that shareholders damage the company’s interests, Peng XX’s case of disputes over that shareholders damage the company’s interests, Chu XX’s case of disputes over shareholders’ qualification confirmation, etc., and recovered huge losses for his clients. Among the first instance cases he has handled, he represented the defendants in a number of cases. With his careful study of the cases and professional trial skills, the courts eventually decided to dismiss the plaintiffs' claims in their entirety. Among the second instant cases he has handled, a number of cases were changed or remanded by the courts of second instance, which turned the tide for the clients and won their appreciation.

• Criminal defense

The solid jurisprudence and careful thinking are the keys for Yu Yuanliang to win the praise of clients in criminal cases. He has handled a large number of criminal cases with good results. For example, Zhao XX was suspected of intentional homicide and received a reduced sentence; Lu XX was suspected of gang rape and was acquitted during the investigation stage; Xu XX was suspected of tax evasion and received a suspended sentence and was released from court; Li XX was suspected of falsifying a very huge amount of VAT invoices, sentenced for unit crime, and received a reduced sentence.

• International trade and maritime business

Mr. Yu represented German company AF, Australian company Toman, Canadian company Northpeak, and Italian company DUPLOMATIC in negotiations and litigation of international trade disputes with Chinese companies.

He provides legal services on ship financing to many shipping companies, and provides legal services on shipbuilding and ship sale & purchase to foreign companies. In a litigation case between a domestic freight forwarder and an international container giant, he won the litigation for the domestic freight forwarder, which was not required to pay any compensation. With his professional and efficient work, and patient and meticulous attitude, Mr. Yu has minimized the risks and maximized the benefits for his clients.