Practicing areas: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate/Transactional, International Trade, Private Equity Transactions, Private Funds
Tel: 8610-85879199
E-mail: liying@anlilaw.com
Location: Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Qualification: Chinese Lawyer's Practice Certificate, Legal Professional Qualification Certificate, Registered Foreign Lawyer in Hong Kong
· Harvard Law School, J.D., 1994
· Peking University, LL.M., 1987
· Peking University, LL.B., 1984
· External Legal Expert for the Review of Major Projects of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)
· External Legal Expert for the Review of Major Projects of Kunlun Energy
· Independent Member of the Roadshow Review of China Development Bank's Credit Facility Business
· Member of the International Legal Services Committee of Beijing Lawyers Association
· Member of the International Lawyers Panel of Beijing Lawyers Association
· Part-time Supervisor, School of LLM, China University of Political Science and Law
· Special Supervisor of the International Lawyer Training Program, School of LLM, China University of Political Science and Law
· Supervisor of Legal Practice, School of LLM, Renmin University of China
Ying Li is a partner at Beijing Anli Partners. Having been based in New York, Hong Kong and Beijing for 30 years in leading international and PRC law firms, including Proskauer, Heller Ehrman (Venture Law Group), Jones Day, and Allen & Overy, Ying’s practice focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate and transactional, international trade (including export controls and sanctions), private equity (including QFLP and QDLP funds), overseas public and private financing and outbound investments of PRC enterprises. He covers a wide variety of industries, such as energy, natural resources, banking and finance, TMT, medical, entertainment, hospitality and infrastructure.
Ying regularly counsels multinational companies and financial institutions on entering into the China market, structures complex and innovative investments and acquisitions in China involving joint ventures, wholly foreign-owned enterprises, holding companies, partnerships, licensing and other creative vehicles, and advises them on regulatory, compliance, foreign exchange, and financial issues. Additionally, Ying frequently advises international GPs and LPs on setting up and restructuring PRC focused investment funds (including PRC-domiciled QFLP funds) and their fund investments in China. He also represents PRC companies in their onshore and offshore investment structuring, incorporation, financing, restructuring, and exit, throughout the whole life circle.
Formerly a law professor at Renmin University of China, Ying is a frequent speaker onM&A, ODI, corporate finance and private equity, international trade and is quoted extensively by international and Chinese press. Ying received various awards and recognitions from Chambers, Legal 500 Asia Pacific, IFLR1000, China Business Law Journal, LegalBand, Legal Vision and other major lawyers ranking institutions.
· 2025 LEGALBAND Client Choice: Top-15 M&A Lawyers
· 2025 China Business Law Journal: The A-List 2024-25: Growth Drivers
· 2024 LEGAL VISION Brand Star leading lawyer in International Trade & Overseas Investment and Engineering
· 2024 LEGALBAND Special Issue: China Top 15 Lawyers - State-Invested and State-Owned Enterprises
· 2024 LEGALBAND Special Issue: China Top 15 Lawyers Going Global
· 2023 LEGALBAND Client Choice: Top-15 Foreign-related Lawyers
· China Business Law Journal: China’s Elite 100 lawyers (Foreign firm)
· The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: China: Corporate and M&A (Foreign firms)
· The Legal 500 Asia Pacific:Hong Kong: Private Equity
· The Legal 500 Asia Pacific:Hong Kong: Corporate (including M&A)
· IFLR1000
· Chambers: Hong Kong & China
· Merger and Acquisition in China, CCH, 2004
· Annual Review of Global Funds, Proskauer, 2016-2020, a brief introduction in English of PE and hedge funds in worldwide major jurisdictions including China
· New Development of PRC Company Law, Proskauer, 2016
· Data Privacy Law, Proskauer, 2018-2020, a brief introduction in English of data privacy law of worldwide major jurisdictions including China
· The Employment Law Review, Law Business Research, 2016-2020, a brief introduction in English of labor and employment law of worldwide major jurisdictions including China
· An Overview of Safeguard Investigation on Meat of Bovine Animals, Anli lawyer, 2025
· Structuring and identification of FIE’s highest authority, China Business Law Journal, 2025
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