Profile
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Position
Partner
Career
Bill Yu Qin joined JunHe in 2007. Before that, he worked at the China CITIC Group, Gray, Plant & Mooty (Minneapolis, USA), Freshfields, Electricite de France and Beijing Junyi Law Office.
He is very experienced in handling cross-border legal services, having had extensive international exposure in advising clients in contentious and non-contentious matters in China and the Asia Pacific region, Africa, Europe, North America and South America.
He is also active in advising the government and providing legal education. He was the legal advisor to the Beijing Municipal Transport Commission, and the legal advisor to the People’s Government of Dongcheng District, Beijing. He served as a tutor for the Master’s Degree of Law program at Tsinghua University School of Law.
His major publications include US Contract Law, Case Studies (co-author, China Legal Publishing House, 1999, in Chinese), International Franchise Disclosure Laws, China Chapter (co-author, American Bar Association Forum on Franchising, 2006-2015), and Civil Liability in Nuclear Incidents: the State Council’s Reply and Beyond (China Law & Practice, July/August, 2005).
He is ranked as a leading lawyer in Chamber’s Asia-Pacific (Energy and Resources/Project and Infrastructure), IFLR (Energy and Infrastructure) and Who’s Who Legal (Franchise). He was awarded one of the “Top 10 Beijing lawyers who studied abroad and returned to China” by the Beijing Lawyers’ Association (2012).
Languages
Memberships
Education
LL.B., International Law, Peking University, 1990
LL.M., Civil Law, Peking University, 1993
LL.M., Harvard Law School, 1995
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Testimonials
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- '‘High degree of specialisation with international service capabilities.’
- ‘Good reputation in the industry, able to achieve recognition and coordination in various aspects.'
‘Has rich experience in international arbitration practice and is well-versed in mainstream international law.'
'They can efficiently advance the proceedings and effectively achieve various milestone goals.’
‘A professional energy sector team, skilled in overseas investment and financing merger projects. The team members are high quality.’
‘Our main contact is partner lawyer Yi Fang - stable and reliable service quality, able to provide timely feedback, and overall good service quality.’
'The team has significant influence in the industry, with arbitrators and lawyers meeting the qualifications and a deep accumulation of expertise.'
‘Elvis Zhou is the lead partner. He has a strong foundation in engineering and infrastructure, with very rich industry experience and an arbitrator's perspective, allowing him to fully understand the client's perspective.'
'Excellent in all aspects, making them our first-choice law firm.’
'The team's performance is exceptional.’
Key clients
- Shell (China) Limited
- Taiping Life Insurance Co.,Ltd.
- Central Enterprises Poor Regions Industry Investment Fund Co., Ltd.
- Green Development Fund Private Equity Investment Management (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- China Merchants Energy Shipping Co., Ltd.
- Antong Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Hainan Drinda New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
- Huai'an Jietai New Energy Technology Co., Ltd
- Ningbo-Zhoushan Port Co., Ltd.
- Jiangsu Suzhou Port Group Co., Ltd.
- The Export-Import Bank of China, Sichuan
- China CITIC Bank Sichuan Branch
- Yuexiu (China) Transportation Infrastructure Investment Co., Ltd
- Ningxia Taiyangshan Huasheng Wind Power Co., Ltd.
- Gansu Shenhe New Energy Co., Ltd.
- Bank of China Shanghai Branch
- Laohekou Highway Construction Co., Ltd
- China National Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.