Feng(Summit)Chen
Chen Feng Senior Partner
Corporate and M&A
Dispute Resolution
Real Estate, Construction and Energy
Finance
Detailed introduction
Mr. Summit F. Chen is the managing partner of and a senior partner at Dentons Shanghai Office. Summit also serves as a director of Dentons China Region.Summit has extensive theoretical knowledge of and practical experience in law and economics. He is specialized in corporate and M&A, restructuring and insolvency, construction and infrastructure, banking, finance, and manufacturing (automobile/aircraft). In addition, he possesses a wealth of experience in dealing with major tricky commercial litigation cases.
As a seasoned lawyer, Summit has long focused on offering legal services for major business organizations and institutions. Summit has extensive experience in M&A, restructuring, deal structuring, cross-border investment and M&A, equity transfer, risk prevention and control in corporate operation and investment, construction and operation of major infrastructure projects, operation of financing companies, finance, capital markets, and major commercial dispute resolution. Summit has acted as long-term legal advisor to many corporate clients based on retainer arrangements and advised them on quite a number of major M&A and restructuring transactions. In recent years, Summit has also made active contributions to the “Belt and Road” initiative by delivering a wide range of legal services for many “Belt and Road” projects.
- 1997 - 1999 M.Ec., University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
- 1990 - 1994 LL.B., Anhui University
- Senior Partner, Managing Partner,Director of Dentons China Region and Dentons Shanghai Office
- Partner, Deputy Managing Partner of Shanghai Hengtai Law Offices, LLP
- Attorney at Law of Shanghai Libao Law Offices, LLP
- PRC lawyer license (No.: 13101200210796418), 2002
- A Complete Volume on the Laws and Regulations on the Automotive Industry, Editor, Law Press, April 1, 2014
- Practical Analysis and Rational Regulation on Applying Enforcement Measures on Enterprises' Senior Executives, Shanghai Journal of Law
- TOT Financing Pattern in Urban Infrastructure Construction, Capital Shanghai
- Issues relating to Government Guarantees in BOT Projects, Capital Shanghai
- On the BOT Financing Pattern and Legal Countermeasures for the Implementation of the BOT Financing Pattern in China, Shanghai Investment
- Hidden Hazards of Non-performing Financial Assets, Capital Shanghai
- “Technical Barriers” in International Trade and China's Legal Countermeasures, Social Science
- How Should China's Foreign Trade Industry Take Countermeasures to Deal with the Far-reaching Impacts of Southeast Asian Financial Crisis, Shanghai Investment
- An Analysis of the Legal Issues Concerning the Contracting of International Building Projects in the “Go Abroad” Strategy of State-owned Enterprises, Capital Shanghai
- An Analysis of the Defects in Legislation on China's Defective Car Recall System - Reflections on Jinhu's Recall of Defective Tires, Capital Shanghai
- Member of the Fifteenth People's Congress of Shanghai (2018 - 2023)
- Member of the Eleventh CPC Congress of Shanghai (2017 - 2022)
- Member of the Sixth CPPCC Committee of Shanghai Pudong New Area (2017 - 2022)
- Deputy head of the “Belt and Road” Committee of Shanghai Law Society
- Executive director of the Center for Study of Wealth Management Law of Shanghai Law Society
- Adjunct professor at Koguan School of Law, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Tutor for part-time students seeking a master's degree at Fudan University Law School
- Distinguished professor at East China University of Political Science and Law Lawyers Institute
- Tutor for part-time students seeking a master's degree at the Graduate School of East China University of Political Science and Law
- Arbitrator at China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission
- Arbitrator at Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission
- Arbitrator at Shanghai Arbitration Commission
- Mediator at Shanghai Commercial Mediation Center
- Director of the Tenth Shanghai Bar Association
- Director of the Law Firm Regulation and Development Committee of the Tenth Shanghai Bar Association
- Legal Counsel to the United Front Work Department of the CPC Shanghai Committee
- Member of the Legal Counsel Team of the Insurance Association of China
- Recognized as the “Transportation Lawyer of the Year-China” by UK-based Finance Monthly (2017)
- Received the “Deal of the Year” award from China Business Law Journal (2016)
- Selected as a key legal talent for China Insurance Industry's 1000 Talents Program (2015 - 2016)
- Named “National Outstanding Lawyer” (2011 - 2014)
- Named “Shanghai Outstanding Lawyer” (2011 - 2015)
- Received the third-class merit from Shanghai judicial and administrative system (2013)
- Received Shanghai “May 1st Labor Medal” (2012)
- Named “Model Lawyer” by the Ministry of Justice (2011)