Simmons & Simmons — China

George Chan

George is a partner in our Dispute Resolution Group in China and serves as the head of the Simmons & Simmons (Beijing) Intellectual Property Agency. In this capacity, George is a leading authority on intellectual property (“IP”) for Mainland China and leads a veteran team that specialises in securing and enforcing IP rights, as well as advising on commercial IP and regulatory IP matters. He is also at the forefront of the rapidly changing field of online branding for China, and his online branding strategies have been adopted by various governments. George is known for his bespoke, creative legal solutions for his clients’ matters, and often finds solutions to legal problems that others had overlooked. In addition, he is regularly consulted by industry experts and commentators for his views on developing IP issues in China. George joined Simmons & Simmons as a Partner in 2014, when he led the successful launch of the Simmons & Simmons (Beijing) Intellectual Property Agency. The Intellectual Property Agency has since been featured as a leading IP service provider by many prominent legal rankings, including World Trademark Review, Managing IP, Chambers, and Legal 500. · Intellectual Property

Jingyuan Shi

Jingyuan is our head of Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) practice group in Greater China. She is a PRC-qualified lawyer and a practising solicitor in England and Wales. Jingyuan is specialised in data and technology laws. She has supported a large number of TMT companies, life science companies, strategic and financial investors, asset managers, financial institutions and fintech companies on an impressive selection of mandates, including without limitation data compliance, PE/VC and M&A transactions, regulatory and intellectual property. She has been based in Shanghai, Beijing, London, Hong Kong and Shenzhen for her practice. Jingyuan is regularly invited to speak at industrial events. She is also a regular contributor to the Simmons & Simmons website and WeChat account, and for the China chapters of Lexology Getting The Deal Through – Fintech (2017–2024) and Lexology Panoramic Next (formerly known as Market Intelligence) – Privacy and Cybersecurity (2021-2024). Ranked and quoted by Legal 500 Asia and Chambers Asia from 2017 throughout 2023 clients have quoted Jingyuan as being “very strong executive ability, sense of responsibility and great experience”, “super smart, very knowledgeable and proactive”. Jingyuan has lead team to be awarded as the “International TMT Firm of the year” (China Law and Practice Awards 2021). Jingyuan is shortlisted as the Data Privacy Lawyer of the year (Asia Legal Awards 2023); and as leading the M&A Deal of the Year (ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2024).

Richard Li

Partner · Healthcare and Life Sciences

Yongmei Cai

Yongmei specialises in cross-border finance and financial regulatory work. She has more than 25 years’ experience of advising major international and local financial institutions, commercial corporations and equity investors on corporate finance, real estate finance, commodity and trade finance, project finance, acquisition and leverage finance, asset finance and restructuring. Uniquely dual qualified in China and England and having practiced extensively in both jurisdictions, Yongmei is extremely knowledgeable and experienced in security on PRC assets and China foreign exchange regulatory issues. Her team is reputed in advising clients on China related cross-border transactions by combining its experience on international business standards with PRC local laws and regulations and practice. Yongmei has also built up a leading PRC financial regulatory practice which focuses on providing international investors with cross border China financial markets regulatory advice. She also has been developing China related ESG advisory and transactional work. Recently she has been assisting Chinese fintech companies in their international expansions by providing regulatory advice, corporate structuring and transactional legal assistance. · Cross-border Finance

Yuying Wang

Yuying Wang specializes in private investment fund formation and regulatory affairs. She has successfully advised numerous leading global asset managers on their entry into the Chinese market through QFI, QDLP, QFLP/QDIE, and PFM regimes. Her experience also includes assisting prominent global fund managers in launching securities investment funds and private equity funds in China, as well as providing compliance advice during fund operations. For domestic managers venturing into the global market, Yuying has enabled PRC asset managers to launch investment funds offshore, carry out group restructuring, and manage fund interest secondary transactions. · Private Investment Fund Formation