Chen, James
Chen, James
Director, Senior Partner, Head of Foreign Related Department,
EDUCATION
- From 1990 to 1994; LLB, Sun Yat-sen University
- October 1994; Admitted to the bar
- From 1999 to 2000; LLM in International Business Law, University of Hull, U.K.
- August 2014; Training program of the National Elite of Foreign-related Lawyers of All China Lawyers Association
- From Nov 2014 to Dec 2014; International training program of the National Elite of Foreign-related Lawyers of All China Lawyers Association, Centre de Garrigues, Spain
- From Nov 2017 to Dec 2017; International commercial arbitration training program of the National Elite of Foreign-related Lawyers of All China Lawyers Association, BPP University, the United Kingdom
PRACTICE AREAS
Foreign Direct Investment, Outbound Investment, Corporate and Commerce, Merger and Acquisition, Cross Border Insolvency and Restructuring, International Trade, Litigation and Arbitration
WORKING BACKGROUND
- From 1994 to 1999; Kingson Law Firm
- From 2000 to 2001; Intern in Coudert Brothers LLP L.A. Branch
- From August 2001 to now; Zhuoxin Law Firm
- From July 2003 to August 2003; Exchange program in Charltons LLP HK
LANGUAGE
English, Mandarin and Cantonese
EXPERIENCES
James has been advising numbers of US, European, Australian and Asian companies investing in China by way of setting up RO (Representative Office), JV (Joint Venture), WOFE (Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprise) or merger and acquisition with Chinese companies.
With 20 years of legal experience, James is an expertise in advising clients on commercial and corporate matters, James currently is the legal counsel to numbers of foreign invested companies, including Nestle Guangzhou, Swire Guangdong Coca-Cola, Tyco International, Tupperware China, Coface China, Candy China, Taly China, etc.
James has been involved in a number of large-scale assignments involving cross-border liquidation and restructuring, include GITIC and Guangdong Enterprises (Holdings) Limited (GDE) projects and numbers of insolvency tasks in connection to large companies with Hong Kong or Offshore background, such as Moulin Global Eyecare Holding, Tack Fat Group, Peace Mark, Boto Ltd, Asia Aluminum, Sino-Environment, China Packaging and China Metal Recycling Holding, etc.
James has represented numerous clients on investment or trade dispute cases in different level of Courts and different arbitration centers across China.
HONORS
- Vice President of Guangzhou Lawyers Association
- Vice President of the Lawyer Branch of Guangzhou New Social Stratum Association
- Deputy Director of Guangzhou Digital Finance Association
- Off-campus Tutor of Sun Yat-sen University
- National Foreign-related Lawyers selected by Justice Department of China
- National Elite of Foreign-related Lawyers selected by All China Lawyers Association
- "Belt and Road" Cross-Border Lawyers selected by All China Lawyers Association
- Elite of Foreign-related Lawyers selected by Guangdong Lawyers Association
- Arbitrator of Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration
- Arbitrator of Shanghai International Arbitration Center
- Arbitrator of Shanghai Arbitration Commission
- Arbitrator of Guangzhou Arbitration Commission
- Arbitrator of Wuhan Arbitration Commission
- Arbitrator of ZhuhaiCourt of International Arbitration
- Arbitrator of Ningbo Arbitration Commission
- Mediator of Singapore International Mediation Centre
- Mediator of Guangzhou International Commercial Mediation Center
- Top 10 Great Foreign-Related Lawyers of Guangzhou selected by Guangzhou Lawyers Association
- Top 10 Young and Middle-aged Legal Experts in Guangzhou selected by Guangzhou Law Society
- Outstanding Lawyer (from 2016 to 2019) selected by Guangzhou Lawyers Association
- China's Top 100 Lawyers of 2016 selected by China Business Law Journal
- China's Top 100 Lawyers of 2017 selected by China Business Law Journal
- China's Top 100 Lawyers of 2018 selected by China Business Law Journal
- China's Top 100 Lawyers of 2019 selected by China Business Law Journal
- Top 20 Client Choice Lawyers selected by SSQ Thomson Reuters ALB
PUBLICATIONS
- The Common Problems in Letter of Credit – Guangdong Lawyer, February 2003
- PRC Financial Non-Performing Assets-An Opportunity for Foreign Investors – GC.comm, January 2004
- Case Analysis on Cross-border Liquidation-with regard to Shareholder’s Rights and Provisional Liquidation – Chinese lawyers in Action: Collection of Works by Leading Chinese Lawyers Dealing with Cross-border Legal Affairs, November 2015
- Case Analysis on Sino-Iran Sales Contract Disputes—A Study of Jurisdiction of PRC Court over Foreign-related Arbitration Clause under the Principle of Modesty—Chinese Lawyer in Action: “One Belt and Road” Legal Practice, Special Edition, October 2016
- Iran’s Legal Environment Report—Volume 1 and 2 of Legal Environment Report of the “Belt and Road” Countries, June 2017
- Lebanon’s Legal Environment Report—Volume 3 and 4 of Legal Environment Report of the “Belt and Road” Countries, December 2018
- The Limits on Exercising Shareholder’s Rights on Out-of-control Domestic Subsidiary Companies by Offshore Provisional Liquidators — The Wisdom in Practicing Company Law (2), November 2019
