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Zhiyi Ren

Zhiyi Ren

Greater China Region 2026

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Fangda Partners
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Ranked in 1 practice area

Financial Services Regulation (PRC Firms)

China

1 year ranked

About

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Greater China Region

Practice Areas

Zhiyi is a leading regulatory lawyer in China, specializing in regulatory, financial markets, fund products and m&a transactions in the financial sector. Since 2003, he has provided legal services to multinational financial institutions and multinational asset managers in such areas as entity establishment, products, compliance, regulatory investigations, crisis management and cross-border transactions.

Career

Prior to joining Fangda Partners, he worked as head of compliance in an internationally renowned investment bank's domestic subsidiary on all its China investments. His work dealt with securities, futures, funds, commodities, trusts, guarantees, special opportunity group and quant research. He gained an abundance of experience handling the legal and compliance affairs of financial enterprises. He also worked in an international law firm for many years.

Professional Memberships

Admitted to practice in the PRC

Admitted to practice in New York

Publications

China Chapter of The Asset Management Review (Fifth Edition)

China Chapter of The Hedge Funds — A Practical Global Handbook to the Law and Regulation (Second Edition)

China Chapter of FINTECH — International Comparative Legal Guides (Six Edition)

China Chapter of Digital Business 2023 — International Comparative Legal Guides

ASIFMA’s 2023 Capital Markets White Paper — China’s Capital Markets: A Market in Transition

The Anti-Money Laundering Law Review: China — Lexology

PANORAMIC Financial Services M&A China 2024 — Lexology

Personal

Honors and Awards

2021 China Top 15 Lawyers (Asset Management) (LEGALBAND)

Special report of China Business Law Journal on 16 March 2021

2022/2023/2024 Deal Maker of the Year Award (FINANCIAL MONTHLY)

2023/2024 Digital Business Law Firm of the Year (Corporate LiveWire Global Awards)

2024 Regulatory Lawyer of the Year in China (Corporate INTL Magazine Global Award)

2024 Compliance Lawyer of the Year in China (Corporate INTL Magazine Global Award)

2024 Asset Management Lawyer of the Year in China (Corporate INTL Magazine Global Award)

The Legal 500 2024 China Key Lawyer (FINTECH/Insurance)

2024 Regulatory Lawyer of the Year in China (Global Law Experts Annual Award)

2024 Compliance Lawyer of the Year in China (Global Law Experts Annual Award)

2024 Asset Management Lawyer of the Year in China ((Global Law Experts Annual Award)

Education

Law School Peking University

LL.B

Columbia Law School

LL.M

Languages Spoken

English

Chinese

Chambers Review

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Chambers Greater China Region

Financial Services Regulation (PRC Firms) - China

Band 1
Individual Editorial

Ren Zhiyi stands out with his wealth of experience advising on regulatory and compliance matters in relation to M&A transactions and market entry mandates in the financial services sector. He is also equipped to assist clients with setting up compliance framework and systems. His impressive clientele includes many leading international banks, financial institutions and asset managers.

领先律师

任志毅律师凭借其在金融服务行业并购交易和市场准入授权相关的监管和合规事务方面的丰富经验脱颖而出。他还具备协助客户建立合规框架和系统的能力。他令人印象深刻的客户包括许多领先的国际银行、金融机构和资产管理公司。

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Strengths

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  • Zhiyi has a deep understanding of China’s financial institution regulations.

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  • Ren Zhiyi is efficient in his work and provides quick responses. He is also resilient.

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  • 任律师对中国金融机构监管法规有着深刻的理解。

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  • 任志毅律师工作效率高，反应迅速，而且抗压性强。

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