Li Junyan
Lawyer
Areas of practices

Corporation and Investment, Finance Trust, Civil and Commercial Dispute Resolution,

Practice experience
Lawyer Li Junyan holds the qualifications to practice law in China and the state of New York in the United States, as well as the qualifications to practice in the fund industry. Lawyer Li Junyan has over 15 years of professional experience, mainly engaged in overseas mergers and acquisitions, overseas investment and financing, and foreign-related civil and commercial dispute resolution services for enterprises. I have represented large domestic energy companies and overseas multinational mining companies in the acquisition, sale, investment, financing, and dispute resolution of oil and gas fields, iron mines, coal mines, copper cobalt mines, and their supporting infrastructure in Canada, Australia, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and other places.
Lawyer Li Junyan also has extensive experience in direct and indirect financing both domestically and internationally, assisting clients in building the framework and compliance for overseas listings. He has led the privatization process of overseas listed companies and assisted them in obtaining privatization financing.
Work experience
Lawyer Li Junyan will join Gaopeng Law Firm in April 2025. Prior to joining Gaopeng, he worked at Beijing King&Wood Mallesons, Beijing Jingtian Gongcheng Law Firm, large state-owned enterprises, and foreign companies.
Educational background
Undergraduate program at South China Normal University
Graduate student at the University of International Business and Economics
University of Wisconsin LLM
Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance, Cornell University FMBA
Social positions
Member of Guangzhou Overseas Chinese Federation
Member of the Legal Advisory Committee of Guangzhou Overseas Chinese Federation
Member of Tsinghua University MBA Alumni Association
Member of the University of Wisconsin Beijing Alumni Association
Representative cases
Dispute resolution both domestically and internationally / Capital market business / Overseas investment and financing / Overseas mergers and acquisitions of enterprises /
  • Representing a multinational oil and gas company in negotiations with foreign parties regarding the distribution of equity funds in a certain oil and gas block in Australia;

  • Representing a multinational oil and gas company in negotiations regarding the remittance of its investment income in Argentina under foreign exchange controls;

  • Representing a Chinese client in pursuing investment funds for their US EB-5 investment immigration project;

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  • Participated in the structural design and implementation of privatization financing and refinancing plans for Focus Media, Giant Group, and AsiaInfo;

  • Participated in the listing of Siyuan Real Estate, XINYA Apparel, Liantuo Group, and Yisheng Biopharmaceutical on the New York Stock Exchange/Hong Kong Stock Exchange;

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  • Representing a multinational mining enterprise in leading the financing of its $6 billion iron ore, railway, and port integration project in Brazil in China;

  • Represented a multinational mining enterprise in leading its investment and financing work in Mozambique with a total investment of 1.8 billion US dollars, a 2 * 300000 kilowatt coal-fired power plant, and a transmission and transformation line spanning the copper cobalt mining belt in Mozambique, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo;

  • Participated in a Series B financing of $30 million for Jumei Youpin by a French private equity fund and $10 million for a luxury goods trading platform enterprise;

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  • Representing a multinational mining enterprise in negotiations and establishing a joint venture with a Chinese central enterprise regarding the HBI project in Central Asia;

  • Participated in CFIUS approval and public relations negotiations for CNOOC's $16 billion acquisition of Canadian company NEXEN;

  • Participated in the design and implementation of financing plans for Bank Group in projects such as Wanda's acquisition of Yingfang Group and Riyadh Broadcasting Co., Ltd.'s acquisition of PLANAR. Inc;

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Thesis and books
Guangdong People's Publishing House publishes' Gender Equality Talks! '
Working language
  • Chinese、English
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