Summary
Nancy qualified as a Chinese lawyer in 2000.  Prior to joining Dentons Shanghai, Nancy worked as an in-house counsel of an HKSE listed company and one of Australia's top law firms.

She has extensive experience in advising Chinese and international clients on both inbound and outbound transactions.  She specializes in cross border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, setting up new businesses, capital raising, project finance, syndicated loan, leveraged acquisition finance, trade finance, carbon trade, labor relation and corporate governance, etc.  In addition, Nancy has a deep knowledge of Energy and Nature resource in connection with plenty of project experience, as the Head of Dentons China Energy Practice & Sector.

The representative clients and projects for which Nancy and her team have provided service include BASF, Air Liquide, Shell, Total, Shandong Energy Group Co., Ltd., Sinopec, China Coal, AUX Group, EGA, Dümmen Orange, Zhongfu Group, Boill Group, China Animal Husbandry Group, Yancoal, Shandong Gold, Beidahuang Fengyuan Group Co Ltd, COFCO Group, Guotai Junan Securities etc. for overseas finance and acquisitions, and Western Australia government, Mizuho Bank Ltd, China Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Export-Import Bank of China, China Financial Futures Exchange, and many other companies.

Nancy's strength is in negotiating and implementing client-driven solutions to complex legal problems. Her approach is to gain a full understanding of the client's legal and business objectives and provide value-added advice to achieve the desired outcome. Her premium services have gained wide compliments by clients.

Awards
Nancy and the projects she worked on won the following awards: · The Legal 500—Corporate and M&A PRC Firms named lawyer 2019, 2020， 2021
· The Legal 500—Project and Energy PRC Firms named lawyer 2019
· Best Lawyer—2020 named Lawyer in PRC Corporate law
· Chambers and Partners—Energy & Natural Resources (PRC Firms) Leading Lawyer 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022
· Chambers and Partners—Corporate & Commercial lawyer 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Asia-Pacific Guide
· Asia Legal Business (ALB)—Top Chinese Female Lawyers 2016
· Financial Times—Shortlisted for the Company Law Innovative Deal of the Year 2015
· China Business Law Journal (CBLJ)—The Deal of the Year 2015
· China Law and Practice (CLP)—Energy Resources Deal of the Year 2013

Languages
· Mandarin
· English

Professional qualifications
· P. R. China Lawyer (2000)
· Singapore Registered Foreign Lawyer (2013)

Practice Areas
· Energy
· Natural Resources and Environment
· Corporate and M&A
· Cross-Border Investment and Trade
· PE&VC

Education
· MBA, University of California, Los Angeles, National University of Singapore, 2016
· LLM, East China University of Political Science and Law, 2016
· Bachelor of Law, Northeast Forestry University, 1999

Publications

1. Get Ready for GDPR in the Carbon Field – Accelerated Legislation of EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism，Wolters Kluwer, Mar 14, 2022
2. Data Compliance in the Fields of Energy and Chemical Industry - Article 2, Lexis Nexis, Feb 18, 2022
3. Data Compliance in the Energy and Chemical Industries (Ⅰ), Wolters Kluwer, Feb 14, 2022
4. Data Security Considerations in the M&A Transaction – Going Ahead of "Compliance" Article 4 Data Protection Compliance Requirements in the Process of Closing and Post-closing Integration in M&A Transactions, Wolters Kluwer, Jan 14, 2022
5. Negative List for Foreign Investment Slimmed Down as Opening Up Continues——Analysis on Highlights of the New Negative List for Foreign Investment Access, Lexis Nexis, Jan 4, 2022
6. Going Left or Going Right? Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law Brought Challenges to Multinational Corporation, Wolters Kluwer, Jun17, 2021
7. Carbon Emission Joins Environmental Impact Assessment: MEE Raises the Threshold for "Two High" Projects, Wolters Kluwer, Jun 17, 2021
8. Carbon Emission Joins Environmental Impact Assessment: MEE Raises the Threshold for "Two High" Projects, Lexis Nexis, Jun 16, 2021
9. MEE Promulgated Rules for the National Carbon Market, Lexis Nexis, May 31, 2021
10. Annual Review of China’s ETS 2020, Wolters Kluwer, May 22, 2021
11. Introduction of Two New Rules on National Carbon Emission Trading (Draft for Comment), Wolters Kluwer, May 17, 2021
12. Negative List for Foreign Investment Access, Wolters Kluwer, Jul 21, 2020
13. Negative List for Foreign Investment Access, Lexis Nexis, Jul 22, 2020
14. SAFE issues rules to facilitate cross-border trade & investment, Wolters Kluwer, Mar 24, 2020
15. SAFE issues rules to facilitate cross-border trade & investment, Lexis Nexis, Mar 20, 2020
16. First Mutual Judicial Preservation Arrangement with HK, Wolters Kluwer, Jul 19, 2019
17. Who Shall Be Held Liable for the Restoration of the Polluted Soil?--Commentary on the PRC Soil Pollution Prevention and Control Law, Lexis Nexis, Jun 11,  2019
18. Update on the legislation of China ETS, Lexis Nexis, Apr 26, 2019
19. China adopts the unified Foreign Investment Law, Wolters Kluwer, Mar 22, 2019
20. China adopts the unified Foreign Investment Law, Lexis Nexis, Mar 21, 2019
21. Draft Regulation on the Administration of the Consumer Goods Recall released for public comments, Lexis Nexis, Feb 19, 2019
22. China issues guidelines for compliance management of Chinese domestic enterprises going global, Lexis Nexis, Feb 1, 2019
23. 2018 Annual Review of Carbon Emission Trading in China, Lexis Nexis, Jan 22, 2019
24. Comments on Current Status of Implementation and Development of Electric Power Spot Market, Lexis Nexis, Jan 4, 2019
25. First Anniversary Review of the Environmental Protection Tax Law, Lexis Nexis, Jan4, 2019
26. Overseas Traders Participating in China Crude Oil Futures Trading, Dentons Client Alert, Feb 13, 2018
27. Opportunities and Challenges of the Establishment of a National Carbon Emission Trading Market on the Development of China’s Carbon Finance, Dentons Client Alert, Jan 23, 2018
28. Study on the Green Bonds, Dentons Client Alert, Jul 31, 2017
29. New Opportunities of Soil Pollution Abatement and Remediation Industry, Wolters Kluwer, Jun 29, 2016
30. Carbon Emission Trading, Legal Studio, Jun 1, 2016
31. E-commerce fully opens to foreign investors Are you ready? Legal Studio, Mar 27, 2015
32. New Administrative Measures of the Financial Leasing Companies—new opportunities for the development of financial lease industry, Legal Studio, Apr. 18, 2014
33. Interim Provisions on Labor Dispatching, Legal Studio, Mar. 26, 2014
34. More open market and new investment opportunities – Shanghai Free-Trade Pilot Zone, Westlaw China, Dec 10, 2013
35. China State Council Propelling Registration System Reform of Corporation Registered Capital, Legal Studio, Nov 6, 2013