Jack Li

Jack Li, a partner in the Beijing office of Fangda Partners, has been named Joint Ventures Lawyer of the Year in China at the 2024 Corporate INTL Global Awards. The recognition reflects his standing as a corporate practitioner at one of China's premier commercial law firms and his experience structuring collaborations between Chinese and international parties.

Fangda Partners was established in 1993 and is regarded as one of China's leading commercial law firms, providing legal services across mainland China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The firm concentrates on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, commercial litigation and arbitration, bankruptcy and the capital markets, and has been recognised repeatedly as a China Law Firm of the Year and a leading China law firm. It describes itself as being at the forefront of Chinese commercial law and is known for handling complex, cross-border transactions.

As a partner in Fangda's private equity and mergers and acquisitions team in Beijing, Jack Li advises on the corporate arrangements through which companies invest and cooperate together. Joint ventures are a natural extension of this transactional practice, requiring the same command of corporate structuring, negotiation and Chinese regulatory requirements that underpins the firm's M&A and private equity work. His practice supports clients in establishing and governing shared enterprises with domestic and foreign partners.

Advising on joint ventures in China involves more than drafting an agreement. It calls for careful structuring of ownership, governance, control and exit, alongside an understanding of the foreign investment rules that shape how Chinese and international parties can combine their resources. Working at a firm known for market-leading corporate work, Jack Li helps clients align commercial expectations with a workable legal framework, anticipating the issues that can arise over the life of a jointly owned business.

Being named Joint Ventures Lawyer of the Year in China at the 2024 Corporate INTL Global Awards places Jack Li among the country's recognised corporate lawyers and affirms the reputation he has built at Fangda Partners. It reflects the trust that Chinese and international clients place in senior counsel when they set out to build and govern collaborative ventures in the Chinese market.