Mr Qing Ren > Global Law Office > Beijing, China > Lawyer Profile

Global Law Office
15 & 20F, TOWER 1, CHINA CENTRAL PLACE
NO 81 JIANGUO ROAD, CHAOYANG DISTRICT
BEIJING 100025
China

Position

Qing Ren concentrates his practice on international trade, dispute resolution and anti-trust law.

 

Qing Ren has extensive experience in the field of trade law, including export control, economic sanctions, and supply chain due diligence. He has assisted leading domestic and foreign enterprises in various industries of aerospace, telecommunication equipment, semiconductors, machine tools, automotive, consumer electronics, household appliances, engineering, petroleum, chemicals, new energy, pharmaceuticals, internet, artificial intelligence, banking, insurance, and shipping, for trade compliance matters such as establishment or assessment of compliance program, compliance audit, transactions due diligence, and removal from restrictive lists. He has also advised the Chinese government for FTA negotiations and represented CCOIC in response to the USTR’s 301 investigation against China. Qing Ren has been consulted by legislative and administrative authorities during the legislative process of the Export Control Law and related regulations.

 

Qing Ren is arbitrator of leading arbitration institutions and has arbitrated, or represented clients as counsel in, a large number of domestic and international commercial arbitration cases, relating to, inter alia, sale of goods, construction and engineering, joint venture, equity transfer/repurchase, real estate, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals, insurance, film & television, games, and software. He has also represented clients in several investment treaty arbitration cases, including winning a high-profile investment arbitration case for a host State and assisting two Chinese enterprises pursuing in investment arbitrations with foreign States. He has handled a number of WTO dispute settlement cases as well.

 

Qing Ren has represented international and Chinese companies in dozens of merger control filing cases, across various sectors like minerals, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, machinery, automotive, electrical, telecommunication equipment, food, retail, catering, shipping and logistics. He also represents or advises clients on antitrust investigations, litigations and compliance. Representative cases include: SINOMACH’s acquisition of China Hi-tech Group, II-VI’s acquisition of Finisar, Suning’s acquisition of Carrefour China.

Career

Prior to joining GLO, Qing Ren worked at the Department of Treaty & Law of MOFCOM, during which time he had served at the Chinese Embassy in India and the Chinese Embassy in Belgium. Qing Ren also worked at Zhonglun Law Firm as a partner.

Languages

Chinese,English

Memberships

  • Arbitrator, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (international investment dispute)
  • Arbitrator, China Maritime Arbitration Commission
  • Arbitrator, Beijing Arbitration Commission/Beijing International Arbitration Center
  • Arbitrator, Beijing Arbitration Commission/Beijing International Arbitration Center (international investment dispute)
  • Arbitrator, Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission/Shanghai International Arbitration Center
  • Arbitrator, Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration
  • Arbitrator, Hainan International Arbitration Court
  • Arbitrator, Chongqing Arbitration Commission
  • Arbitrator, Chengdu Arbitration Commission
  • Executive Director, China WTO Law Research Society
  • Expert, Research Base for International Commercial and Investment Arbitration of the Supreme People’s Court
  • Member, Asia-Pacific Arbitration Committee of China Arbitration Law Research Association

Education

2002 – 2004  Renmin University of China, LL.M.

1998 – 2002  Renmin University of China, LL.B.

Lawyer Rankings

China > WTO/international trade: PRC firms

Global Law Office‘s international trade team, headed by Deming Zhao, Qing Ren and Frank Hang, ‘provides excellent legal services, especially those related to trade remedies’. Based in Shanghai, Zhao is well regarded for defending multinational companies in high-value criminal investigations initiated by the Anti-smuggling Bureau of Customs. Ren is experienced in advising Chinese global corporations on sanctions in the US and EU. Hang, who is ‘very good at providing clients with detailed and constructive legal advice’, often represents clients in anti-dumping investigations and US anti-circumvention investigations. Both Ren and Hang are based in Beijing. From Shenzhen, Keyou Wang provides clients with analyses concerning sanctions and export controls in a wide variety of jurisdictions.

China > Antitrust and competition: PRC firms

Global Law Office is known for its ‘exceptional’ ability to handle SAMR merger filings. The antitrust and competition team is under the joint leadership of Qing Ren, Ying Mu, Shujun Liu, and Weiwei Gu. Ren often advises pharmaceutical and financial management clients in preparing their merger control filings before SAMR. Mu’s experience includes advising a global cable manufacturer from Korea in a lawsuit concerning the existence of monopolistic practices in China, and Liu is praised for ‘her perseverance and diligence to get things done in a prompt manner.’