Jincheng Tongda & Neal

CROSS BORDER INVESTMENT ,ANTI-MONOPOLY ,INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND WTO ,CROSS-BORDER DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Managing Partner/Director

Chen YANG is the Managing Partner and Director of Jincheng Tongda & Neal (JT&N). Prior to commencing his legal practice in 2001, Mr. Yang worked in the PRC national ministries.

Mr. Yang has specialized in handling major commercial disputes and has led teams in numerous high-profile domestic and international cases involving immense sums of money and exerting significant social influence. He has represented both domestic and international companies in arbitration or mediation proceedings before several renowned arbitration institutions, including the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA). His areas of expertise encompass construction engineering, real estate development, investment cooperation, international trade, and healthcare, among others.

Mr. Yang has frequently served as lead counsel in assembling cross-border legal teams to participate in litigation or investigation cases related to international trade, cross-border investment, product quality, antitrust, and intellectual property in foreign courts or quasi-judicial institutions. He is well-versed in common law practice such as evidence disclosure, expert witness, large-scale litigation and class action procedures. He was among the first Chinese lawyers to represent Chinese enterprises in foreign antitrust and class action cases. His work spans various areas including but not limited to international trade, antitrust, product liability, taxation, and intellectual property, with involvement in jurisdictions such as the United States, the European Union, India, Brazil, Malaysia, and more.

Mr. Yang is also highly active in the field of cross-border investment. He has represented PRC governments, central state-owned enterprises, and private companies in numerous benchmark overseas investment projects and excels at integrating compliance and risk assessment for foreign investment with companies’ global trade strategies. In the context of shifting international relations, Mr. Yang has provided comprehensive services related to investment, trade, customs, export controls, data compliance, and dispute resolution for many Chinese enterprises engaged in cross-border transactions. Mr. Yang has been recommended by Asialaw Profiles as a “Leading Lawyer” in the field of corporate/M&A, and the Pakistan Gwadar Port Project and the China Rail Cons’ UAE Railway Phase II Project in which he participated have been rated as one of the top ten legal service case in the “Belt and Road” investment by Legal Daily.

Cases represented by Mr. Yang have been selected as “Top Ten Events/People in the Chinese Legal Industry” by the Ministry of Justice and the All China Lawyers Association three times. His team has also been ranked “Band 1” International Trade and WTO practice by Chambers and Partners as well as Legal 500 for 14 consecutive years, and has been awarded the “China International Trade Law Firm of the Year” by well-known organizations such as the Asian Legal Business and the China Business Law Journal.

Qualifications and Admissions

Licensed Attorney in China Singapore International Commercial Court, Registered Foreign Lawyer, Full Registration

Mandarin English

LAWASIA, Director One Belt One Road Subcommittee of LAWASIA, Committee Foreign Legal Service Commission of All China Lawyers Association, Deputy Director One Belt One Road Lawyers Alliance, Director Beijing Lawyers Association, Vice President Beijing International Commercial Dispute Resolution Center, Director Legal Advisory Committee on Economic and Trade Frictions of CCPIT, Expert Committee International Trade Dispute Settlement and Coordination Committee of CFIE, Expert Committee International Trade Friction Working Group of Zhejiang Province, Panelist International Trade Friction Committee of Fujian Province, Legal Consultant WTO Center of Shenzhen, Distinguished Legal Expert Thinktank of Foreign-related Commercial Legal Services in Taizhou, Member Third-Party Supervision and Evaluation Mechanism for the Compliance of Enterprises Involved in Cases of Beijing, First Batch of Professionals Expert Committee of CCCMC, Committee Legal Service Branch of China Association of Social Welfare and Senior Service, Vice President CNECC, Director Renmin University of China, LLM Practice Tutor Hong Kong International Arbitration Center, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, Shenzhen International Arbitration Court, Shanghai International Arbitration Center, Shanghai Arbitration Commission, and Hainan International Arbitration Court, etc., Arbitrator

Tsinghua PBCSF, EMBA Chicago-Kent College of Law, LLM University of International Business and Economics, LLM University of International Relations, LLB