Summary
Steve Yang is a Senior Partner and an experienced lawyer of Beijing (Shanghai) Dentons Law Offices,LLP. He got his Master degree from the University of Sydney and L.L.B of East China University of Political Science and Law, and then graduated from EMBA program which is jointly provided by Washington-Fudan University. Mr. Yang has a solid legal background and extensive social resources.With more than 20 years of experience in foreign direct investment and foreign trade, financial and securities business, corporate business, Mr.Yang has provided strategic professional legal services to clients in these fields.

Mr. Yang has extensive experience in corporate business, mergers and acquisitions and asset restructuring.He has provided professional legal services to a number of listed companies and industry leaders, including but not limited to Sumsung Group,Pingan Group, China Eastern Airlines, Pfeiffer Vaccum and MKS.In addition, Mr. Yang has dealt with many large scale restructuring cases including Disneyland Shanghai, JOT, Ningbo Xianfeng New Material Group, Shanghai Yuyuan Tourist Group as well as plenty of well-known enterprises. In addition, Mr. Yang has represented many well-known companies in dispute resolution and has served as a perennial legal counsel for many large cross-border companies such as Heineken and Pingan Group.

In the field ofBanking and Finance, With his expertise in project finance, Mr.Yang also has provided legal service for countless real estate corporations, where he covers the entire process of development and acquisition of projects finance.

In the field of PrivateEquity and InvestmentFunds, Mr.Yang has a profound understanding of the practice and operating procedures of venture capital and private equity investment related to investment and financing of unlisted companies. CBRE Group, Secco Technologies Ltd. (Finland) are keyclients of Mr.Yang.

Experience
Corporate and M&A
• Advising on the acquisition of Tongliao Dahua Grain Depot and Logistic Center in Jilin Province China by China Jinmao Investment Group.
• Advising on the acquisition of Shanghai Hemei Furniture Company together with its Logistic Center and Warehouses by Shenzhen Vanke Logistics Management Company.
• Advising on the acquisition of Shanghai Songjiang Industrial Park by a PE fund established by investors from Shanghai Fudan University
• Advising on JOT Automation Oy sell shares of overseas companies to a Suzhou company.
• Advising on the assets acquisition program of Meters\bonwe in India and the Middle East.
• Providing legal services for the program between the FOSUN PHARMA and Oxford University.

Private Equity and Investment Funds
• Issued special legal opinions on the major changes of private equity fund managers for CB Richard Ellis Overseas Investment Fund Management (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
• Providing comprehensive legal services such as issuing legal opinions for the registration of private equity fund managers for Shanghai Fujing Investment Management Co., Ltd., Shanghai Mengkuang Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Spruce Huijin Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd., and Qingyu (Shanghai) Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd.
• Providing comprehensive legal services on the equity transfer project of Saike Technology Co., Ltd. (Finland)

Languages
Mandarin
English
Shanghai Dialect

Education
EMBA of Washington-Fudan University, U.S,
L.L.M. of the University of Sydney,
L.L.B of East China University of Political Science and Law

Employment
January 2005-present Beijing Dentons (Shanghai) LawOffices,LLP
January 2004-January 2005 Beijing(Shanghai)Deheng Law Offices,LLP
September 1999-January 2004Shanghai Pan-Asia Law Offices,LLP.
September 1994-September 1999 Shanghai Pudong New District Administration Committee

Other professional qualifications
PRC legal professional qualification certificates

Publications
Lawyer Affairs in Real Estate Loans
Legal Research on the Risk of the Financial Derivatives