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Yong Zhe LI (CHINA) Foreign Attorney
T. +82-2-3477-8695 F. +82-2-3477-8694 E. yzli@law-lin.com
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Before joining LIN, Mr. Li worked at big law firms in Beijing and Shanghai and a boutique law firm based in Seoul, where he accumulated extensive experience in the fields of cross-border investment, M&A, general corporate, labor and employment, intellectual property rights and dispute resolution. Mr. Li has extensive experience of providing advisory services to clients in various industries, including construction, auto parts, semiconductors, cosmetics, e-commerce, TMT, heavy industry, and entertainment.
With his fluency in Chinese, Korean, and English, Mr. Li provides domestic and foreign clients with professional and customized advisory services for international transactions, particularly business transactions between Korean and Chinese companies.
In September 2022, Mr. Li joined LIN as a senior foreign counsel.
Before joining LIN, Mr. Li worked at big law firms in Beijing and Shanghai and a boutique law firm based in Seoul, where he accumulated extensive experience in the fields of cross-border investment, M&A, general corporate, labor and employment, intellectual property rights and dispute resolution. Mr. Li has extensive experience of providing advisory services to clients in various industries, including construction, auto parts, semiconductors, cosmetics, e-commerce, TMT, heavy industry, and entertainment.
With his fluency in Chinese, Korean, and English, Mr. Li provides domestic and foreign clients with professional and customized advisory services for international transactions, particularly business transactions between Korean and Chinese companies.
In September 2022, Mr. Li joined LIN as a senior foreign counsel.
Profile
Experience
• Past) Attorney, Zhong Lun Law Firm, Beijing
• Past) Attorney, AnJie Broad Law Firm, Beijing
• Past) Senior Foreign Attorney, Law Firm Orne Haneul, Seoul
• Past) Partner, Hiways Law Firm, Shanghai
• Current) LIN
Representative Matters 화살표 화살표
[M&A, Cross-border Investments]

• Advised a Korean optical lens manufacturing company on its acquisition of shares in a Chinese foreign-invested company
• Advised a Korean used car trading company on its acquisition of shares in a Chinese company
• Advised a Chinese listed company on capital increase and shares acquisition of a Chinese subsidiary of a Korean semiconductor company
• Advised a Korean cosmetics company on transfer of shares in a joint venture in China
• Advised on share swap and technology license agreement between a Korean media company and a Chinese BVI company
• Advised a Korean e-commerce company on its business expansion in China (VIE)
• Advised a construction company affiliated with a Korean automotive group on its investment in China
• Advised a Korean food group on the establishment of a holding company in China
• Advised a Korean e-commerce company on its joint venture in China
• Advised a Korean semiconductor company on its joint venture in China
• Advised a Korean hair product company on its joint venture in China
• Advised a Korean plastic surgery hospital on its joint venture in China
• Advised a Korean airship company on the issuance of new shares for a listed company in China
• Advised a Korean S/W development company on the issuance of new shares for a Chinse private equity fund
• Advised a Korean engineering company on its EPC project in Indonesia
• Advised a Japanese digital marketing group on its acquisition of shares in a Korean advertising company
• Advised numerous Chinese companies on their business expansion in Korea 

[General Corporate Matters]

• Advised numerous Korean companies, public institutions, and foreign-invested companies in China
• Conducted due diligence and provided legal advice for Korean subsidiaries relating to paid-in capital increase of numerous Chinese listed companies
• Advised numerous Korean dairy companies and restaurant franchise companies on trademark applications, trademark acquisitions, trademark cancellations, and conducting franchise business in China
• Advised on bankruptcy and liquidation of foreign-invested companies in China
• Advised on general legal matters for a Chinese subsidiary of a Korean construction company, which include reviewing legality for general contracts and subcontract, upgrading licenses, reviewing various types of agreements
• Advised an affiliate of a Korean automobile group on global supply agreements and conducting business in China
• Advised a Korean telecommunications company on general legal matters relating to conducting value-added telecommunications business in China
• Advised a Korean e-commerce company on general legal matters relating to conducting business in China, which include obtaining licenses and permits, drafting bylaws, reviewing contracts.

[International Dispute Resolution]                                                                                                                            
• Advised on litigation regarding copyright infringement of broadcast program formats between a Korean media group and a Chinese broadcasting company
• Advised on litigation regarding a supply agreement between a Korean trading company and a Chinese construction company
• Advised on sales agreement disputes between a Korean cosmetics company and a Chinese and Hong Kong e-commerce companies
• Advised on logistics agreement disputes between a Singaporean e-commerce company and a Chinese logistics company
• Advised on sales agreement disputes between a Chinese seafood processing company and a Korean supplier
• Advised on investment agreement disputes between a Chinese investor and a Korean media company

[Employment]

• Advised numerous foreign-invested companies in China on drafting and reviewing contracts, and handling disputes over contracts
• Advised a German logistics system company on its employment rules and personal information protection policy in Korea
• Advised a Japanese PR company on employment rules and retirement agreements for its branch office in Korea
• Advised on severance pay and labor agreement for a US manufacturing company’s office in Korea
• Advised a Chinese trading company on the personnel management of its branch office in Korea
Activities 화살표 화살표
•  Beijing Entertainment Law Society – Member of China South Korea Cultural and Legal Exchange Center
•  KCAB INTERNATIONAL - Completed "the 12th International Arbitration Specialist Program"
Education
• University of International Business and Economics, School of Law (LL.M.)
• Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, School of Law (LL. B.)
Qualifications
• Attorney at Law (China)
Practice Areas
• China
• International agreements and transactions
• M&A
• General corporate matters
• Foreign investments (In-Bound/Out-Bound)
• Overseas projects
• Arbitration & International Dispute Resolution
Languages
• Korean
• Chinese
• English
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