James Chen

Introduction

James Chen graduated from Sun Yat-sen University with a bachelor of law degree in 1994, and has endeavored in the legal profession for more than 28 years, working and studying in countries like the UK, the US and Spain. He specialises in various areas, including mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investment, overseas investment, cross-border liquidation and foreign-related litigation and arbitration. In addition, Chen has provided legal services to several Sino-foreign joint ventures, WFOEs and other PRC enterprises regarding their establishment, daily operations and M&A. Chen is also adept at providing professional legal opinions to clients in terms of commercial activities and business operations. He is currently the legal consultant of many well-known foreign-invested enterprises.

Chen has actively participated as the leading counsel in many large-scale cross-border liquidation and reorganisation projects for overseas- and Hong Kong-listed enterprises. Besides, he is experienced in representing clients in many large-value commercial arbitration and litigation cases regarding investment or trade disputes between foreign and PRC enterprises. Chen has also been selected as among the National Foreign-Related Lawyers by the Ministry of Justice, the National Elite of Foreign-Related Lawyers and the “Belt and Road” Cross-Border Lawyers by the All China Lawyers Association, the Elite of Foreign-related Lawyers by the Guangdong Lawyers Association, the Top 10 Great Foreign-Related Lawyers of Guangzhou by the Guangzhou Lawyers Association and the Top 10 Young and Middle-aged Legal Experts in Guangzhou by the Guangzhou Law Society. In addition, Chen practices as an arbitrator in many arbitration commissions, such as the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission, the Nanjing Arbitration Commission, the Shanghai Arbitration Commission, theWuhan Arbitration Commission, the Xi’an Arbitration Commission, the Xiamen Arbitration Commission, the Shanghai International Arbitration Center, the Shenzhen International Arbitration Center and the Zhuhai Court of International Arbitration.

Apart from his rich experience in legal practice, Chen also has several important social positions, including but not limited to serving as vice president of the Guangzhou Lawyers Association, vice president of the Guangzhou New Social Stratum Association, deputy director of the Guangzhou Digital Finance Association and an off-campus tutor at Sun Yat-sen University, etc.