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Yueying Dong
Dong Yueying Partner
Corporate and M&A
Dispute Resolution
Capital Markets
Finance
Detailed introduction
Yueying Dong is a partner of the company department. With her solid professional foundation and serious and responsible professionalism, she had accumulated rich experience in the fields of company merger and acquisition, finance, data security and compliance, post-investment management and intellectual property rights. Besides, she had handled several important cases with influence in the industry.
Lawyer Dong had participated in financing negotiations with Capitals such as IDG and Huaxin on behalf of the new domestic retail leader and designed the restructuring of the company's listing structure with a transaction amount of nearly 2 billion yuan; Provided strategic planning consultation, investment bank selection, due diligence, transaction structure design and other legal services for Emma Technology (603529) Group Co., Ltd. cross-border investment in Europe and Indonesia; Represented EAGTOP participating in Sequoia Fund Financing Projects, with financing limit 40% higher than that of the corresponding period in the market; Purchased a Singapore listed company on behalf of a state-owned company; Provided full legal services for the transfer and liquidation project of Cambodia Balong Airlines under ABC; Participated in the project restructuring and financing of well-known domestic enterprises such as October Mummy and Longfeng Mattress. Lawyer Dong is a lawyer with rich experience and cross-border integration ability in the field of corporate and merger and acquisition. In recent years, her team has won high praise from customers in the compliance business of listed companies, and she was the leading lawyer of Vico's China M&A section project. In 2020, she was selected as the warehousing lawyer of Guizhou Maotai Group and Anhui Publishing Group. For four consecutive years, 2018-2021, she won the Annual Best Trading Award in the investment and financing field of Dentons (Shanghai) and the Annual Best M&A Lawyer Prize in 2021. For the third year in a row, she was selected on chambers' Asia-Pacific list and named as Band 3 lawyer of eastern commercial.
As the only lawyer interviewed in the country at the 2017 Central Political and Legal Work Conference, Ms. Dong assisted the country's Belt and Road Strategy by providing full legal services to members of the Silk Road Industry and Financial International Alliance.
Lawyer Dong is good at strategic and resource integration and communication with government departments. She was also the perennial legal adviser and project lawyer of various government departments, and was then the legal adviser of Nanjing Broadband Wireless Communication Research and Development Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. She has participated in the industrial planning of Jing 'an government and became its expert think tank. Nine articles on advice and suggestions were adopted by the ‘Zero News’ of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and approved by the deputy state leaders. In 2018, entrusted by the Shanghai Municipal Committee of Economic Information, she was responsible for the legislative research project of ""Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on Promoting the Development of the Aviation Industry"", which was a key legislative planning project of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress for five years. In 2020, entrusted by the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, by investigating the development status of key industries in the United States and Canada and organizing China International Import Expo(CIIE) exhibitors to negotiate investment projects, a report on ""Providing high-quality foreign investment project information consulting services"" was formed, which will provide directions and suggestions for the Shanghai government in connection with foreign investment projects in the future.
Lawyer Dong has a forward-looking perspective and is good at capturing cutting-edge financial and legal information. In February 2022, lawyer Dong was invited by the Xinhua News Agency to write an internal reference on the legal risks that should be paid attention to in the Meta Universe, and was instructed by Vice Chairman China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission to immediately issue relevant documents to give public warnings on the four situations in the Meta Universe. Her article Yueying Dong: Six Issues in the Development of the Meta-universe from a Legal Perspective was read by more than 1 million people after the publication in shanghai securities news within only 8 hours.
Lawyer Dong has also made great achievements in the field of data security compliance and the cross-cutting areas of domestic and overseas digital asset financial policies and legal supervision. In the market of encrypted digital assets with different levels of development at home and abroad, Ms. Dong conducted in-depth comparative research on data security and compliance, regulatory logic of domestic and foreign government agencies and financial policies. Her ‘Comparison of National Encryption Digital Assets Supervision Policies and Analysis of China's Supervision Trends’ was published on official platforms such as WeChat official account of Dentons Shanghai Office and WeChat official account, a financial observer, and was unanimously approved by the industry.
Legalservices in investment and mergers and acquisitions
In the financing and merger and acquisitionbusiness, Ms. Dong is good at deepening the core competitiveness of theenterprise. Always be able to assist customers to complete businessnegotiations with satisfactory financing targets. Representative examplesinclude:
- Providing strategic planning consultation, investment bank selection,due diligence, transaction structure design and other legal services for EmmaTechnology (603529) Group Co., Ltd. cross-border investment in Europe andIndonesia;
- For a Singapore listed company (the subject matter of which is USD1.33billion) being acquired by a state-owned company outside the PRC, formulatingan acquisition plan and participating in negotiations;
- Participating in pre-listing financing negotiations (IDG investment) fora new domestic retail giant (the subject matter of the project is RMB1.6 billion)and restructuring and designing the listing structure of the company;
- Providing architectural design for ""Good Rice Bowl"" APPproject of Ali's affiliated company;
- Providing full legal services for the transfer and liquidation projectof Cambodia Balong Airlines;
- Providing full legal services for a central enterprise in the equitytrading project of Hawaiian aviation school;
- Providing special financing services (Sequoia Fund and Risen Capital)for Shanghai Yingfeng, with the financing limit 40% higher than that of thecorresponding period in the market;
- Providing legal services for investment and financing projects ofseveral financial enterprises such as China Orient Asset Management Company;
- Currently providing legalservices throughout the merger negotiation between TDK Group and a domesticcompany.
- Providing investment and financing consultancy and strategic planningservices for the projects of Qinheyuan in the Yangtze River Delta region.
Compliancearea and post-investment management legal services
In the compliance business, Ms. Dong is goodat systematically sorting out the complicated events to find out the truth andprovide customers with value-for-money compliance and risk control reports.Representative examples include:
- Providing an overall solution to the pre-listing equity disputes andtrademark disputes of the shareholders of Sanyou Lianzhong Group;
- Providing guarantee and litigation scheme design services for WeihaiShares (002586) and its more than 30 subsidiaries and affiliated companies;
- Providing perennial legal advisory services for Happy Airlines HoldingsLimited, providing special legal services for airport approval, transfer ofaircraft property rights, passenger and cargo modification projects, andtransfer of equity interests of airlines in the aviation sector;
- Providing perennial legal advisory services to the Shanghai CulturalProperty Exchange, sorting out the legal relationship on the issues left overfrom the postal money card transactions under the Exchange, providing legal andcompliance advice on the transactions of digital copyrights and digitalcollections under the Exchange and legal and compliance analysis in thefrontier business areas;
- Providing legal and compliance consulting services for Shanghai OctoberMummy Network Co., Ltd.;
- Providing legal compliance consulting services to Lezhuo NetworkTechnology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. on a permanent basis;
- Provide perennial legal advisory services on legal compliance forBeijing Orange Music New Entertainment Culture Media Co., Ltd.
LegalServices in Intellectual Property
In the intellectual property project, Ms.Dong is good at integrating government resources and providing all-round legalservices to customers. Representative examples include:
- Providing special legal services on intellectual property rights forPACC Literature Innovation Project (a key project of the Heritage Department ofthe Ministry of Culture and Tourism) of Shanghai University;
- Providing intellectual property legal services for Beijing orange musicnew entertainment culture media co., ltd;
- Providing pre-listing IP compliance legal services for Beijing SpotlightPicture Technology Co., Ltd. Investment and Dot Motor (Shanghai) NetworkTechnology Co., Ltd.;
- Carrying on the trademark rights protection for the well-known maternityclothing brand ""October Mummy"", and finally won the well-knowntrademark protection;
- Providing rights protection services for the series of films and TVdramas of ""the invincible"" of Ali film. Finally, the court ruled thatthe amount of compensation much higher than the same type of cases in theindustry and won high praise from customers.
- Providing rights protection services for the""Super Power Front"" game of Lezhuo Network Technology (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd.
LLB, Heilongjiang University
DBA, Zhejiang University
2002-2007
Beijing YueCheng Law Firm(Shanghai)
2007-2016
Shanghai Shenda Law Firm
2016-
Beijing Dentons Law Offices, LLP (Shanghai)
In 2021 and 2022, chambers eastern commercial "Band 3 lawyers"
In 2020, Chambers East Commercial "Certified Lawyers"
In 2021, Dentons Best M&A Lawyer of the Year
From 2018 to 2021, she won theDentons Best Transaction Project Award (in the field of mergers andacquisitions/investment and financing) for four consecutive years.
In 2015, the 5th Shanghai Excellent Female Lawyers
In 2015, she was awarded the "Women's Model Award" by the ShanghaiWomen's Federation
From 2015 to 2017, it won the "Cooperation Contribution Award"of Shanghai Design Week for three consecutive years.
In 2013, she won the Innovation Award of the Year for Female Lawyers inPudong New Area
In 2012, she won the first place in the second round of Shanghai LegalWorks Performance Competition.
In 2009, she won the third prize in the speech contest for femalelawyers in Shanghai.
In 2008, she won the first Shanghai Women Lawyers SpeculativeCompetition.
Special Legal Adviser of Shanghai Economic and Information Commission
Vice-President of Shanghai Pudong New Area Adviceand Suggestions Association
Director and Deputy Secretary-General of Shanghai Pudong New AreaKnowledge Association
Vice President of Lujiazui New Financial and Trade Zone Association
- Thoughts and Suggestions on Conducting M&A Legal Due Diligence Using Virtual Data Rooms (VDR) in the Context of the Pandemic, Dongfang Lawyer Network, 2020
- A Brief Discussion on the Value of Legal Services in Company Mergers and Restructuring, Shanghai Lawyer, 2019
- Interpretation of the New Regulations on the Standards for Identifying 'Market Manipulation', Shanghai Lawyer, 2019
- The Value of Lawyers in Protecting State Assets from the Perspective of Investment Exit of State-Owned Enterprises in Cambodia, Peking University Law Treasure, 2019
- Practical Analysis of the Implementation of Buyback Agreements by Companies Listed on the New Third Board, Dacheng Practice Guide, 2019
- As the Annual Reports of Listed Companies Are Disclosed, Let's Talk About Non-Standard Audit Opinions, Dacheng Practice Guide, 2019
- The Successful Path of the King of Capital Lecture, Invited by Zhang Peigang Development Economics Research Foundation, Hubei Banking Association, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2021
- Reflection on the Independent Director System Seminar, Peking University HSBC Business School, Peking University HSBC Financial Research Institute, 2021
- Exploring the Optimization Path of China's Independent Director System, Journal of Singapore Management University, 2022
- Dong Yueying: Six Issues on the Development of the Metaverse from a Legal Perspective, Shanghai Securities Journal, Sina Finance, Westlaw China, etc., 2022
- Comparison of Regulatory Policies for Cryptographic Digital Assets in Various Countries and Analysis of China's Regulatory Trends, Dacheng Strategy Analysis, Financial Observer, 2022
- In 2021 and 2022, recognized as a "Band 3 Listed Lawyer" by Chambers East Asia.
- In 2020, recognized as a "Recognized Lawyer" by Chambers East Asia.
- In 2021, awarded the Annual Best M&A Lawyer by Dacheng.
- From 2018 to 2021, awarded the Best Transaction Project Award (M&A/Investment and Financing) by Dacheng for four consecutive years.
- In 2015, recognized as an Outstanding Female Lawyer in Shanghai.
- In 2015, awarded the "Model Woman Award" by the Shanghai Women's Federation.
- From 2015 to 2017, awarded the "Cooperation Contribution Award" at Shanghai Design Week for three consecutive years.
- In 2013, awarded the Annual Innovation Award for Female Lawyers in Pudong New District.
- In 2012, won first place in the semifinals of the Shanghai Legal Works Performance Competition.
- In 2009, won third place in the Shanghai Female Lawyers Speech Competition.
- In 2008, awarded in the first Shanghai Female Lawyers Debate Competition.
Expert Consultant for Civil and Administrative Cases at the Supreme People's Procuratorate
Vice Chairman of the Mergers and Acquisitions Research Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association
Deputy Secretary-General of the DENTONS China Regional Company Professional Committee
Independent Director at Minsheng Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
Expert Mentor at ifFP Swiss Financial Planning Business School
CPPCC Member of Pudong New District
PhD Student in Management at Zhejiang University (also serving as an MBA Mentor)
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