Li Ya

Mr Li Ya has been practicing as a Chinese lawyer for nearly 20 years.

Mr Li Ya focuses his work on private equity funds, investment and acquisition, and other capital market related transaction and compliance matters, and has solid experiences in high-tech manufacturing, TMT and entertainment, real estate, energy and natural resources industries.

Mr Li Ya advises many well-known names in the market and knows the different legal and compliance requirements of the different kinds of clients, e.g., state-owned enterprises and private-owned enterprises, private companies and public companies, and foreign investors and Chinese investors. Mr Li Ya has successfully handled many projects and cases that are worthy for reference in the market and has protected or acquired interests that are hard to protect or acquire in common eyes. In 2012, Mr Li Ya was awarded the “Client Choice Top 20 Lawyers in China” by Asian Legal Business, in 2016 and 2018 the “Deal Maker of the Year” by Finance Monthly, and in 2019 the recommended Chinese M&A Lawyer by Global Legal Expert.

Besides advising corporate clients, Mr Li Ya was also invited to advise legislation matters and related projects by governments, e.g., China National Health Commission and China Ministry of Commerce, and lecture on law topics concerned by college students, e.g., Denmark Aarhus University, China Politics and Law University, and China Southwestern University of Finance and Economics.

Additionally, Mr Li Ya is also the author of the Private Equity Fund – Investment VAM Terms and Judicial Case Review (the first book on this topic in China), the Government Approval, a Prerequisite of the Validity of Share Transfer in the Area of Foreign Direct Investment (an article on Chinese government’s supervision on foreign-owned shares transfer from the view of USD funds), the Legal Analysis on Chinese Enterprises’ Financing in the RMB Bond Market in Hong Kong, and etc.

Mr Li Ya can work in both Chinese and English and is good at offering legal solutions that are feasible and practicable in complex context. As commented by his clients and fellow lawyers, Mr Li Ya is a “very experienced and energetic expert” and a “very business minded and highly skilled lawyer”.