Audrey
Hong Li on Chinese Law
HONOLULU—For U.S. businesses, China can
often be a mysterious and daunting market especially with the
rapidly growing legal landscape evolving
just within the past 20 years. Audrey Hong Li, partner at Shu
Jin Law Firm, spoke at JAIMS to help clarify recent developments
on foreign investment and dispute resolution in China.
With over 12 years of practical legal
experience in the field, Hong Li covered the history of foreign
investment in China and
cited recent developments in regulations that suggest that now
is an opportune time to enter China. Foreign operations will become
more streamlined, and mergers and acquisitions, both domestic and
cross border, will become enormous, she said.
With her seven years of experience at the China
International Economic & Trade
Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), Hong Li expounded on the intricacies
of dispute resolution and the significant considerations one needs
for arbitrating before CIETAC. She also discussed CIETAC developments
in domain name dispute resolution and financial dispute arbitration
rules.
The discussion was held on February 23 before JAIMS’ China-focused
MBA students as part of their curriculum.
Audrey Hong Li is a Chinese lawyer based in Shanghai with more
than 12 years practical legal experience in international arbitration,
foreign direct investment and international trade, and corporate
transactions. She is a partner of Shu Jin Law Firm and was nominated
as Young Leaders Forum 2003 Fellow by the national committee on
United States-China Relations. Previously, Hong Li worked at the
China International Economic & Trade Arbitration Commission
(CIETAC) then was a partner at Concord & Partners, a top five
Chinese law firm in Beijing and Shenzhen. She received an LL.M
in corporate law from New York University Law School in May 2002,
in addition to an LL.M in international economic law from Wuhan
University Law School in 1997.
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