Yu (Bill) Qin

Practice Areas

Partner, Beijing Office, JunHe LLP.

Has been a leading practitioner in energy and infrastructure for many years in the Chinese legal market. His major clients include MNCs like Dow Chemical, EDF, ExxonMobil, Shell, and Universal and major Chinese companies like China Huanqiu Engineering, China Aluminum International Engineering, China Railway Construction, China State Power Investment, PowerChina International, Sinosure, etc. He is an all-round player, advising both inbound and outbound, both contentious and transactional, from project development to implementation, from investment to financing.

Career

Qualified and licensed in China, qualified and registered in New York State

Professional Memberships

Beijing Bar Association

Publications

US Contract Case Laws, China Legal Publishing House, 1996

Clients

International Clients:

· The Dow Chemical Corporation

· Electricite de France (EDF)

· Exxon Mobil

· Shell

· Banpu

· ACWA Power

· Arcelor Mittal

· Universal Parks and Resorts

· Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC)

Chinese Clients:

· China State Power Investment Corporation

· PowerChina International

· China Huanqiu Engineering Corporation

· China Aluminum International Engineering Corporation

· CITIC International Cooperation Corp

· SINOSURE

· China North Industry Corporation

· Beijing Transport Regulatory Commission

Work Highlights

· Advised Dow Chemical as its external PRC counsel for 20 years

· Advised EDF as its external PRC counsel for 26 years

· Advised Exxon Mobil on its mega petrochemical complex project in China

· Advised Shell on its mega joint venture petrochemical complex project in China

· Advised Universal on the development of its Beijing joint venture theme park

· Advised Beijing Transport Regulatory Commission as its external counsel for 12 years

· Advised PowerChina International on its various overseas investment projects for 12 years

· Advised China North Industry Corp on its mega joint venture refinery and petrochemical complex project with Saudi Aramco in China

Industry Sector Expertise

Advised on development, financing, construction and operation and M&A of power plants and renewables, infrastructure facilities and major industrial plants

Expert in these Jurisdictions

People’s Republic of China

Languages Spoken

Mandarin Chinese, native, and English, fluent

Experience

1995-1996, Gray Plant Mooty, visiting lawyer, Minneapolis

1997-2000, Freshfileds, associate, Beijing

2000-2007, Zheng, Liu, Yuan & Zhou, partner, Beijing

2007-to date, JunHe LLP, partner Beijing

Education

Awards