Partners & Senior Consultants

Sharon Li is the Managing Partner of the firm.. She graduated from Jiao Tong University in 1983 and received further education from Shanghai University Law School, Fudan University and Shanghai University of Technology. She obtained her qualification in 1988. She is a licensed patent lawyer and company registration lawyer, and also qualified to practice securities law. She practiced law at Shanghai No. 1 Law Firm and Bei Lin Law Firm before joining Wyselead. Her focus of practice is on general corporate law, foreign direct investment, mergers and acquisitions, securities, IPOs, intellectual property, real estate, construction and international trade.
E-mail: sharonli@wyselead.com

 

Shuliang Wang is a senior consultant of the firm. He obtained his LL.B from East China University of Political Science and Law in 1984 and LL.M. from Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences in 1987. He received further legal training from University of Washington in St. Louis, U.S.A. His focus of practice is on general corporate law, contract law, real estate, security law, aviation torts, foreign direct investment, employment and civil litigation and arbitration. He is also an associate research fellow of the Law Institute of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.
E-mail: wangshuliang@wyselead.com

 

David Jianping Cheng a partner of the firm. He obtained his LL.B from Shanghai Maritime Institute in 1983 and LL.M. from Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences in 1989. He received further legal training from University of Toronto Law School. He worked for the Bank of Communications and China Pacific Insurance Company in New York, Stephenson Harwood & Lo and Allen & Overy in Hong Kong and the China Headquarters of APP in Shanghai before joining Wyselead. He is specialized in general corporate work, foreign direct investment, banking, insurance, capital market, real estate transactions, project finance and transportation.
E-mail: dcjp@wyselead.com

 

Bin He is a partner of the firm. He obtained his LL.B and LL.M from Fudan University in 1991 and 1999, respectively. He received further legal education from SOAS Institute in London and had his placement with the London and Hong Kong offices of a major UK solicitors’ firm and barristers’ chambers in London. He obtained his qualification in China in 1994. He is specialized in general corporate law, foreign direct investment, mergers and acquisitions, franchising, venture capital, e-commerce, intellectual property, and civil and commercial litigation and arbitration.
E-mail: hebin@wyselead.com

 

Hongliang Liu is a partner of the firm. He obtained his LL.B from Shanghai University Law School in 1992 and LL.M from Macquarie University in Australia in 1997. He became qualified in China in 1992. He practiced at Li Guo Ji Law Firm in Shanghai and Hunt & Hunt, an Australian firm, before he joined Wyselead in 2001. He was listed as a leading lawyer by Asia Law & Practice in 2001. He is specialized in general corporate law, foreign direct investment, public listings, international trade, technology transfer and aviation torts. He also possesses securities law qualification certificate.
Email: hongliang_liu@wyselead.com

 

Bill Shouyun Tong is a senior consultant of the firm. He was formerly a legislative official of the PRC National People's Congress. He obtained his Juris Doctor degree in 1990 and became qualified in the United States in 1991. Following his qualifications in the U.S., He practiced with a U.S. firm in the United States for five years. He thereafter spent six years with Allen & Overy, the last three years as the head of Allen & Overy's Beijing Office. He has extensive experience in foreign direct investment, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, infrastructure projects, employment, property, dispute resolution and regulatory matters.
E-mail: bill-tong@wyselead.com

 

Luca Maina is a senior consultant of the firm. He has experience in many different legal fields. He started practicing as a lawyer in Italy in the litigation area handling complex judicial disputes regarding contracts, torts and labour. Subsequently, he worked as an in-house counsel of a major Italian company, and he widened his experience in corporate law, licensing and distribution matters, as well as international transactions focused on outsourcing projects (Middle East area), and acquisitions of state owned enterprises in East Europe. In 1996 he joined Brosio, Casati e Associati, a major Italian law firm which was merged with Allen & Overy in 1998. Since then, he has been focusing on foreign investment projects in China, where he served as Chief Representative of Brosio, Casati e Associati – Beijing Office for almost five years. He has substantial experience in China related matters, including foreign direct investment, M&A, intellectual property, labour and tax.
E-mail: lucamaina@wyselead.com

 

Bo Zhu is a partner of the firm. He obtained his LL.B. from East China University of Political Science and Law in 1990 and LL.M. From Fudan University in 1999. He became qualified in China in 1993. He practiced at Shifang Law Firm and Kaili Law Firm before he joined Wyselead in 2005. He is specialized in civil and commercial Litigation and arbitration (especially in civil and commercial Litigation and arbitration involving foreign element, intellectual property, and maritime and commercial litigation), general corporate law, corporate investment, mergers and acquisitions.
E-mail: zhubo@wyselead.com

 

 

With PRC qualifications and years of international experience, we are uniquely positioned to advise clients on all China-related transactions and add value to the clients’ business from the first day of our involvement.