Ms Yan Gao > Zhong Lun Law Firm > Beijing, China > Lawyer Profile
Zhong Lun Law Firm Offices
23-31/F, South Tower of CP Center, 20 Jin He East Avenue
Chaoyang District
Beijing 100020
China
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Ms Yan Gao
Work Department
Corporate Department
Position
Equity Partner based in Beijing Office
Head of Investment/M&A and Corporate Governance Group
Career
Zhong Lun Law Firm, Equity Partner, 2010 to Present
Jones Day, Senior Lawyer, 2006-2010
Shell (China) Limited, Legal Counsel, 2002-2006
PRC Bar Qualification in 2003
Languages
Chinese, English
Memberships
Member, Association of International Energy Negotiators
Secretary General, Zhong Lun Charity Foundation
Education
LL.M., the Faculty of Law of University of British Columbia, 2002-2003
LL.B., Peking University Law School, 1994-1998
Personal
Ms. Gao has practiced in the areas of energy & natural resources, corporate governance, mergers & acquisitions, foreign investment in the Chinese mainland and compliance for more than 20 years. She focuses on representing foreign and domestic clients, from multinational companies, large state-owned enterprises to private companies, including Fortune 500 companies, in dealing with their cross-border transactions in China and all over the world.
Ms. Gao is retained as legal counsel by many well-known domestic and foreign companies, and is proficient in contracts review, management and compliance in companies’ daily operation. Ms. Gao has also provided procurement, trade and tendering services for a number of clients in the energy and foreign investment sectors.
As a foreign legal counsel for large foreign and Chinese companies, Ms. Gao has extensive experience in the areas of investment and financing in the energy sectors, new energy projects, foreign direct investment projects, full-course domestic and offshore M&A transactions, as well as infrastructure and construction projects, and she is familiar with FIDIC Contract Terms.
Lawyer Rankings
China > Projects and energy: PRC firms
Playing ‘a leading role in coordinating multiple resources for clients‘, Zhong Lun Law Firm handles large numbers of high-profile projects both in China and abroad. The team’s workload covers a wide array of energy resources, such as petroleum, coal and gas, along with thermal, nuclear and hydropower. The firm also houses specialists in photovoltaics, and wind and biomass power, as well as emerging technologies such as hydrogen energy and energy storage batteries. It is additionally active in mining sector projects. The energy and natural resources sector practice is co-led by Jun Cheng and Jihong Wang, while Li Hao is the firm’s energy and power industry group leader, and Zhenhua Wang heads up the mining and natural resources sector team. Other active practice members are new energy deal specialist Julia Zhu and Yan Gao, who has longstanding experience in energy and natural resources, corporate law, M&A and foreign investment in China.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
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- Capital markets: PRC firms
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- Dispute resolution: Arbitration: PRC firms
- Dispute resolution: Litigation: PRC firms
- Fintech: PRC firms
- Investment funds: PRC firms
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- Projects and energy: PRC firms
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- Regional coverage: Guangdong Province: Guangzhou and Shenzhen
- Regional coverage: Jiangsu Province: Nanjing
- Regional coverage: Sichuan Province: Chengdu including Chongqing
- Restructuring and insolvency: PRC firms
- Tax: PRC firms
- TMT: PRC firms
- WTO/international trade: PRC firms