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Professionals

Xiaoyan Cheng
Position: Branch Director/Senior Partner
E-mail:xiaoyan.cheng@dentons.cn
Office location:Changchun
Phone:86-431-81802906-8809
Fax:86-431-81862299

Education

1986.09-1990.07  Bachelor of International Law, Jilin University 

1998.09-1999.07  School of Oriental and African Studies
1999.09-2002.07  Master of Civil and Commercial Law, Jilin University

2004.09-2008.07  Ph.D of Civil and Commercial Law, Jilin University


Working Experiences

1990.08-1994.04   Jilin Province Employment Service Bureau, Officer;

1994.05-1995.12 Changchun Law Firm, Lawyer;
1996.01-1998.08   Changchun Xinpeng Law Firm, Partner;

1998.09-1999.07 Participated in Training Program for Excellent Young Lawyers of the

 Ministry of Justice of China to the UK and trained in Stephenson Harwood Law Firm;

1999.08-2005.10 Jilin Jialin Law Firm, Senior Partner;
2005.11-2008.09 Beijing Jianyuan Law Firm, Senior Partner;

2008.10-present Dentons' Changchun Office, Senior Partner.


Qualifications

Selected into "Leading Talent Pool for Foreign-Related Lawyers of All China Lawyers

 Association"  in 2019

Selected into the "National List of 1,000 Foreign-related Lawyers" of the Ministry of 

Justice.  in 2018

Awarded as "Changchun Outstanding Contribution Lawyer"  in 2018
Awarded as  "Excellent Lawyer of Jilin Province" in 2015
Awarded as "Outstanding Individual of Five Major Projects"  in 2015

Ranked as “First-Level Lawyer”  in 2011


Practice Areas

Foreign direct investment, Mergers and Acquisitions,

Corporate governance and enterprise risk prevention, Foreign-related litigation and 

arbitration and dispute resolution


Working Language

Chinese, English


Publications

Standing Director of Civil and Commercial Law Society of Jilin Province Law Society

Standing Director of Arbitration Law Society of Jilin Province Law Society
The sixth Vice President of Changchun Lawyers Association
Legal Advisor of Jilin Provincial People's Government
Legal Advisor of Changchun Municipal People's Government
Director of Foreign Investment and Trade Law Committee of Jilin Bar Association

Expert Member of Commercial Legal Services, China Council for the Promotion of 

International Trade

Deputy to the 14th and 15th National People's Congress of Changchun、Member of the 11th

 CPPCC

Supervisor of Jilin Province new social class federation 
President of the Association of Non-Party Intellectuals in the Legal Circle of Changchun
Director of Foreign Investment and Trade Law Committee of Jilin Bar Association
Arbitrator of Changchun Arbitration Commission

Tutor of foreign cooperation in Graduate School of Jilin University


Social Activities

2007, "On the Enforceability of Chinese Company Law", "Contemporary Law"

2008,  "Regulation of Social Insurance Funds from the Perspective of Private Rights", "

Contemporary Law"

2007, "Trust Property Independence and Transaction Security Issues", "Journal of Liaoning

 Radio and Television University"