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)
Languages Spoken
English
Chinese
Education
Law School Peking University
LL.B
