Han Kun Law Offices

Partner

Before joining Han Kun, Mr. Yang was a partner at Clifford Chance and head of its
Financial Regulatory Group of China.
Mr. Yang has over 20 years' experience advising clients on issues relating to financial
services in China, including but not limited to RMB internationalization, banking,
bonds (Panda Bonds and Dim Sum Bonds), securities and insurance, derivatives,
structured products, Bond Connect, Stock Connect, the Shanghai Free Trade Zone,
investment funds (QFII/RQFII, QDII and RMB funds), US Foreign Account Tax
Compliance Act, CRS, cybersecurity and Fintech. He has a particular focus on the
development of financial market regulation in China, and has made significant
contributions over the years in this regard. His clients range from foreign asset
managers and financial institutions to domestic players, including BlackRock, CitiBank,
CME, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, UBS,
Shanghai Futures Exchange, Dalian Commodities Exchange, China Construction Bank,
Export-Import Bank of China, China Life, etc. He is also consulted by Chinese and
foreign regulators. Mr. Yang is included on the CBLJ 2017 China's Top 100 Lawyers
List.
Mr. Yang is a member of NAFMII's Legal Committee, NAFMII's Repo Master
Agreement Drafting Committee and IAMAC's Legal and Compliance Committee. He
is also a specially invited professor for the LLM program at Tsinghua University School
of Law and Schwarzman Scholars.

Mandarin Chinese (native) and English (fluent)

Member of the PRC Bar

Mr. Yang graduated from Peking University with a B.A. degree, and from the New
York University School of Law with an LL.M. degree