Ying LI graduated from Peking University (LLB & LLM) and Harvard Law School (JD)and is a senior partner at Anli Partners. Having been based in New York, Hong Kong and Beijing for 30 years in top-tier international and PRC law firms, including Proskauer, Heller Ehrman, Jones Day and Allen & Overy, Ying is one of the few seasoned lawyers who remain actively practicing at the frontline in the market, with solid expertise and extensive experience in both Chinese and international law. Ying has built a practice focusing on international trade and sanctions, corporate and compliance, private equity, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, foreign public and private financing, and outbound investments of PRC enterprises. He covers a wide variety of industries, such as automotive, industrial manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, banking and finance, TMT, medical, entertainment, infrastructure, and energy, having spearheaded numerous influential and complex transactions within the industries and provides long-standing legal services to renowned domestic (including SOEs) and international corporations and institutions.
Ying regularly counsels multinational companies and financial institutions on entering the China market. He structures complex and innovative investments and acquisitions through various vehicles and advising on regulatory, compliance, foreign exchange and financial issues.
Additionally, Ying frequently advises both international GPs/LPs and PRC enterprises on cross-border investment funds, including cutting-edge fund structures like QFLP and QDLP funds and secondary transactions, and onshore and offshore investment structuring, incorporation, financing, restructuring, and exit, throughout the whole life cycle.
Formerly a law professor at Renmin University Law School, Ying is a frequent speaker on China M&A and PE. Ying has been recognized and awarded by leading legal directories including Chambers, Legal 500, IFLR1000, Legalband and China Business Law Journal and Legal Vision, etc., and highly remarked and recommended by clients.
Provide legal services for :
- Daifuku Logan Ltd
- China Huaneng Group Co., Ltd.
- Luoyang Composites New Material Technology Co., Ltd.
- China National Petroleum Corporation,
- China Development Bank
- Beijing Hyundai Auto
- Great Wall Motor
- Lumentum
- Amap
- Harvard Law School, J.D., 1994
- Peking University, LL.M., 1987
- Peking University, LL.B., 1984
- External Legal Expert for the Review of Major Projects of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)
- External Legal Expert for the Review of Major Projects of Kunlun Energy
- Independent Member of the Roadshow Review of China Development Bank's Credit Facility Business
- Member of the International Legal Services Committee of Beijing Lawyers Association
- Member of the International Lawyers Panel of Beijing Lawyers Association
- Part-time Supervisor, School of LLM, China University of Political Science and Law
- Special Supervisor of the International Lawyer Training Program, School of LLM, China University of Political Science and Law
- Supervisor of Legal Practice, School of LLM, Renmin University of China