Hylands Law Firm

Banking & Finance，Dispute Resolution，Compliance & Government Regulation

Partner

1997-present | Hylands Law Firm | Senior Partner, Member of the Management Committee, Director of Urumqi Branch 1987-1997 | Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning | Deputy Director of Legal Affairs Department Professional Background

Weiyong,Chen graduated from the Law School of Renmin University of China in 1987 with a bachelor's degree in law, and then studied finance at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He was admitted to the Chinese bar in 1989, and was qualified as a securities lawyer in 2000. Mr. Chen joined the Beijing Municipal Planning Commission in 1987 and later served as deputy director of the Legal Department; he started practicing as a lawyer in 1997, and now he is the senior partner, a member of the management committee and the director of Urumqi Branch. Mr. Chen was selected into the database of 1000 foreign-related lawyers of the Ministry of Justice, and has served as a member of the Securities Law Committee of Beijing Lawyers Association, a distinguished expert of National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors, a committee member of filing and inspection center in China Credit Assets Registry&Exchange Co.,Ltd, an adjunct professor of Beihang University Law School, an external independent member of China Development Bank, an independent director of Wuqiao Heavy Industry Group Co., an independent director of Tang shan Guoliang Refractory Co.,Ltd., and the secretary-general of the Association pour le Développement des échanges France-Chine. In 2022, Mr. Chen was also recommended as a "Notable Practitioner" by IFLR1000 in the field of banking and capital markets (structured finance and securitization).

Chinese, English

Chinese Bar Qualification Qualification of Securities lawyer Social Activities

2020-present | Secretary General | Association pour le Développement des échanges France-Chine 2019-present | Member of Professional Committee of Constitutional Administrative Law | All China Lawyers Association

2013–2017 | Chinese Academy of Social Sciences | Graduate Program in Finance 1983–1987 | Renmin University of China | Bachelor of Laws