Practice areas

Customs and international trade; Commercial litigation; Financial dispute resolution; Administrative law and government legal affairs

Introduction

Tang Meng graduated from East China University of Political Science and Law in 1998 with a bachelor’s degree in law, and graduated from Fudan University with a master’s in law degree in 2007.

Tang worked in Shanghai Customs for 18 years and became one of the first public customs lawyers in 2003 and one of the first “customs legal experts” in 2016. He has participated in several high-level designs related to customs affairs reform, including the amendment of Customs Law in 2000, the legislation of Provisions on the Classification and Administration of Customs in 2007, as well as the draft and release of a series of rules under General Administration of Customs and Shanghai Customs, in charge of reviewing and issuing more than 20 public announcements and operation instructions in the reform of customs supervision in the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone.

Since Tang became a social lawyer in 2016, he has dealt with a wide range of legal affairs such as foreign-related trade disputes, cross-border intellectual property protection, import and export tax disputes, real estate, mortgage and lease contract disputes, defence of economic crimes, administrative review litigation, and provided legal services for foreign enterprises from the US, Japan, France, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Singapore, and Canada. At the same time, Tang is proficient in financial dispute resolution including factoring, trusts and futures, and is able to provide all-round legal services that overlap civil, administrative and criminal law.

In addition, Tang has also authored numerous research articles and conducted internal and external training on the reform of customs clearance innovation, IP protection for import and export, international transfer pricing and customs valuation, the nature of smuggling, e-commerce law and cross-border trade, the basis of claim rights in civil and commercial litigation, and the guarantee system under the civil code.

All in all, Tang is a professional lawyer with both theoretical accomplishments and practical experience.

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