Ying Cheng Partner
Beijing
010-58137799
ying.cheng@dentons.cn
  • Banking & Finance
  • Cross-Border Investment and Trade
  • Compliance and Risk Management
  • Criminal Law
  • Working Language:
  • Chinese
  • English

Introduction

Ms. Ying Cheng is licensed to practice law in China and the State of New York, USA. She has practiced cross-border law at top-tier international law firms, and has extensive experience in handling cross-border transactions, foreign direct investment, corporate law, compliance, investment, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, international trade, and export control.

Admissions and Qualifications

  • PRC Licensed Lawyer
  • Overseas Lawyers Qualification Certificate 1

Representative Projects/Matters

China Datang: RMB 68.5 billion debt restructuring of coal chemical segment (debtor's counsel), involving 19 subsidiaries and 14 financial institution creditors;

China Association for Public Companies (CAPCO): standing legal counsel; member of Compliance Commission of Listed Companies; proposer of group standard for compliance management system of listed companies;

Beijing Fashion Holdings (BFHC): effectiveness evaluation and improvement of the risk management systems of the company and four major subsidiary groups;

Beijing Fintech Institute (FBI): standing counsel; major developer and lecturer of financial data compliance series training project;

A-share company: advising on international trade, export control, sanction rules, and international intellectual property matters related to lithium-extraction EPC projects located in North and South America and Europe;

Skyworth Group: compliance consultancy concerning international trade, sanction, and export control regulations;

A-share company: handled a series of film and TV investment, production, broadcast licensing, and dispute resolution matters;

Duke University: legal advice regarding the school's application for Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFII) qualification in China;

A Chinese major university: PE fund formation, registration and filing with the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC);

Huaxia Happiness (SH600340): Taiku PE fund formation, registration and filing with AMAC;

China Development Bank: project financing of the contemplated acquisition of a Canadian nickel mine by Gene Nickel (SH600432);

Dongshan Precision (SZ002384): Series D investigation and investment in SolFocus, Delaware, USA;

China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation (CPECC): FDI in Iraq and Kurd areas;

Tellhow Technology (SH600590): bankrupt reorganization of Siping Steel (creditor's counsel);

Cameco: China antitrust review in acquiring Nukem;

ADM Corporation: China antitrust review in the contemplated joint venture with Marubeni Corporation;

Evergreen Medical Devices: equity-and-debt series C financing by CITIC Capital under VIE structure;

Origo Partners: onshore RMB fund formation with a Chinese local government guidance fund and offshore parallel USD fund formation;

Innovation Works: Series A PE investment from WI Harper Group and 14 other foreign entities;

HK BaoHam Marine Engineering: insolvency liquidation (debtor's counsel);

Xi'an Yincheng Real Estate Development Co.: bankruptcy and liquidation (in charge of the liquidation committee);

Shaanxi Investment Consulting Co.: bankruptcy and liquidation (in charge of the supervisory committee).

Activities and Affiliations

  • Academy for International Business Officials (AIBO) of Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) , Guest professor
  • Private Banking and Wealth Management Professional Committee of China Banking Association , Member of the expert pool
  • Asia-Pacific Rist Professionals Association (ARPA) , International Certified Compliance Professional (ICCM)

Academic Achievements

  • Lectured on export control and international trade compliance in the first Listed Companies Trade Compliance Workshop jointly held by China Listed Companies Association and China Customs Management Cadre Institute, 2023
  • Major course developer and lecturer in the Financial Data Compliance series training program of Beijing Fintech Institute, 2021~present
  • Lecturing the financial compliance course of the Senior Wealth Manager certificate training program held by China Banking Association (CBA), 2022 ~ present
  • Lectured on China's Legal Framework for Foreign Investment for the Academy for International Business Officials (AIBO), Ministry of Commerce, 2017~2020
  • China Policy: the roadmap for electric vehicles, American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), 2012
  • Return of Chinese Investment in the Foreign Exchange Management System, Akin Gump Legal Review, 2012

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