Our people

Frank Liu

Head of Shanghai Pacific Legal
Partner, Intellectual property, Antitrust and competition

With 20 years of experience, Frank Liu is a senior IP lawyer who heads the Intellectual Property practice of Shanghai Pacific Legal.

Bin Qi

Partner, Labour

Bin Qi is a labour lawyer with over 20 years of experience, and heads the firm’s labour practice.

Benson Tang

Partner, Corporate and M&A

Benson Tang is a corporate and M&A lawyer, and heads the firm’s corporate and M&A practice.

Joy Gao

Partner, Banking and finance

Joy Gao leads Shanghai Pacific’s banking and finance practice, advising banks and borrowers on financing matters.

Rongxin Huang

Partner, Disputes and Investigations

Rongxin Huang is a dispute resolution lawyer, focusing on litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in the financial and corporate fields. He also covers a broad range of complex regulatory investigations and compliance matters.

Guozhen Tong

Partner, Corporate and M&A

Guozhen Tong is a partner working mainly on corporate and M&A.

Henry Zhang

Counsel, Labour

Henry Zhang has wide experience in the labour and employment aspects of investments and operations in China as well as cross-border transactions.

Xiaodi Ding

Senior Associate, Intellectual Property, Antitrust and Competition

Xiaodi Ding is a senior member of the Intellectual Property and Antitrust and Competition teams. As well as experience in representing clients in both contentious and non-contentious intellectual property affairs he also acts as PRC local counsel representing multinational companies in merger control matters.

Johnny Liu

Senior Associate, Corporate and M&A, Data Privacy, Data Compliance and Cybersecurity

Johnny Liu is a senior corporate lawyer. He has significant experience in a wide variety of corporate matters. He also works with multinational companies on a range of data privacy compliance matters.

Jerry Huang

Senior Associate, Intellectual Property

Jerry Huang advises on trademark, patent, copyright, unfair competition, trade secrets, and other intellectual property related matters.

Nelson Li

Associate, Litigation and disputes

Nelson Li focuses on litigation and arbitration in the commercial fields.

Owen Lin

Associate, Corporate and M&A

Owen Lin’s main areas of practice include legal services in general corporate affairs, commercial compliance, labour law matters, commercial litigation, and arbitration.

Shirley Liu

Associate, Litigation and disputes

Shirley Liu is a compliance investigation and dispute resolution lawyer, specialising in conducting comprehensive investigations and providing whole course solutions for civil, criminal, labour and other disputes.

Yuan Peng

Associate, Banking and finance

Yuan Peng has worked on various financing projects including cross-border bilateral and syndicated finance, cross-border real estate finance and acquisition finance.

Vernon Shen

Associate, Labour

Vernon Shen provides customised legal services in all fields of labour and employment law.

Joanna Wang

Associate, Corporate and M&A

Joanna Wang mainly focuses on foreign direct investment in the PRC, mergers and acquisitions and commercial compliance.

Qi Wang

Associate, Corporate and M&A

Qi Wang provides legal services to foreign-invested companies and domestic companies in international trade and industrial manufacturing.

Rujie Wen

Associate, Banking and finance

Rujie Wen has worked on various financial projects including real estate finance, acquisition finance and corporate lending.

Julie Xie

Associate, Corporate and M&A

Julie Xie is a capital markets lawyer with a focus on Hong Kong IPOs.

Francis Xu

Associate, Data Privacy, Data Compliance and Cybersecurity

Francis Xu focuses on personal information protection compliance, cross-border data transfer, cybersecurity and data incident response.

Ellen Zhang

Associate, Litigation and disputes

Ellen Zhang focuses on general litigation and alternative dispute resolutions.

Sophia Zhang

Associate, Banking and finance

Sophia Zhang advises banks and borrowers on a wide range of financings, especially real estate finance and acquisition finance.

Vincent Yuan

Paralegal

Vincent Yuan is a paralegal focusing on equity capital markets and fundraisings in Hong Kong.