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Yong Bai
Position
Yong Bai is a partner in the Antitrust Group of Clifford Chance.
He specializes in antitrust and competition issues and has more than 10 years of experience advising Chinese and multinational corporations on merger control, foreign investment regulatory matters and investigations across a range of industries.
Yong joined Clifford Chance in 2010 and became a partner since 2018. Prior to joining Clifford Chance, he worked at the PRC’s Ministry of Commerce.
Yong is admitted in New York and also holds a PRC legal professional qualification certificate (currently not a PRC practising lawyer).
Yong is a native Mandarin speaker and fluent in English.
Career
Shanghai International Studies University (LLB) 2003
Obtained PRC legal professional qualification certificate (non-practising) 2006
Tsinghua University (LLM) 2007
Columbia University (LLM) 2010
Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in New York 2011
Partner since 2018
Lawyer Rankings
China > Antitrust and competition: foreign firms
(Next Generation Partners)The antitrust practice at Clifford Chance LLP advises both multinational and national clients on a range of issues such as high-profile, global joint acquisitions, Asian regional deals, and restructuring and mergers. Yong Bai leads the practice, utilising his previous experience at MOFCOM to advise clients on the full spectrum of antitrust issues. Foreign legal counsel Dayu Man (New York qualified) joined the Hong Kong office in 2022, so strengthening the team’s expertise in global merger control practices. Zibo Liu acts as counsel on merger controls, antitrust investigations, and mock dawn raids.
Lawyer Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: foreign firms China
- Next Generation Partners China > Antitrust and competition: foreign firms
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: foreign firms
- Banking and finance: foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A: foreign firms
- Dispute resolution: Litigation: foreign firms
- Fintech: foreign firms
- Investment funds: foreign firms
- Private equity: foreign firms