YU Xiaoqiang

Professional Experience

　　Attorney Yu Xiaoqiang is a Senior Equity Partner at Beijing DHH Law Firm, serving as the Executive Managing Partner of the DHH Shanghai Office, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, and Director of the ECUST-DHH Criminal Law Research Center.

　　Attorney Yu Xiaoqiang's practice focuses on defending major criminal cases, corporate risk prevention and control, integrated resolution strategies for criminal-civil cross-over cases, and criminal accusations. As lead counsel, he has handled nationally prominent cases, including a personal information infringement case supervised by the Ministry of Public Security, Shanghai's first criminal case where sexual groping on public rail transit led to a criminal conviction, an organized mafia-style gang case in Guilin, Guangxi, an organized mafia-style gang case in Zhoukou, Henan, the "Tang Xiao Seng" illegal public fundraising case, a case of a state-owned enterprise executive accused of negligence in signing and performing contracts leading to fraud, and a warehousing company involved in a fraud case. His cases have been widely covered by media outlets such as People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency, CCTV, Ziguangge (an official platform of the Chinese Communist Party), Communist Youth League Central Committee, The Beijing News, Global Times, The Paper, Beijing Youth Daily, Southern Metropolis Daily, Shanghai Legal Daily, and Dragon TV.

　　Attorney Yu holds multiple professional and public service roles, including Member of the Supervision and Judicial Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the Pudong New Area People's Congress in Shanghai; Vice Chair of the Shanghai Lawyers Association's Committee for Safeguarding Lawyers' Professional Rights; Vice Chair of the Shanghai Lawyers Association's Committee for Building a Legal Professional Community; Deputy Secretary-General of the Pudong Lawyers Working Committee; Secretary-General of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Global Innovation Network Project; Director of the Legal Affairs Department of the Shanghai Association of Experts with Outstanding Contributions; Off-Campus Mentor for the Law School of East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST); Instructor at the Practical Training Center of the East China Normal University (ECNU) Law School; Career and Entrepreneurship Mentor for Shanghai University of Political Science and Law (SHUPL); and Council Member of the Pudong New Area Young Lawyers Federation.

Representative Cases

　　• Shanghai's first criminal case of sexual groping on the metro (resulting in a lenient sentence).

　　• The "7-15" case of infringement of citizens' personal information in Nanshan, Shenzhen, supervised by the Ministry of Public Security (case dismissed due to insufficient evidence).

　　• A P2P company suspected of illegal absorption of public deposits (not guilty plea, case not accepted for investigation).

　　• A company executive suspected of theft (mitigation defense, charge successfully changed to misappropriation of office during the procuratorial phase, sentence reduced from over five years to ten months).

　　• Zhou Mou suspected of operating a gambling den and gambling (not guilty plea, acquitted and released).

　　• An entrepreneur suspected of fraud (not guilty plea, released after over 30 days in detention).

　　• A major case of organizing and leading a criminal syndicate in Guilin, Guangxi (defended the primary defendant, resulting in a lenient sentence).

　　• A major case of organizing and leading a criminal syndicate in Zhoukou, Henan (defended the primary defendant, resulting in a lenient sentence).

　　• A senior executive of a nano-new material high-tech enterprise suspected of fundraising fraud (not guilty plea, case withdrawn by the public security organ).

　　• The "Tang Xiaoseng" platform illegal absorption of public deposits case (mitigation defense, resulting in a suspended sentence).

　　• A senior executive of a wealth investment management enterprise suspected of illegal absorption of public deposits (mitigation defense, resulting in a suspended sentence).

　　• The "Maizi Jinfu" platform illegal absorption of public deposits case (resulting in a reduced sentence).

　　• A senior executive of a Chongqing payment platform suspected of infringing citizens' personal information (not guilty plea, case withdrawn by the public security organ).

　　• A criminal case involving a particularly huge amount of off-site financing (mitigation defense, resulting in a lenient sentence).

　　• A state-owned enterprise employee suspected of drug smuggling (not guilty plea, case dismissed due to insufficient evidence).

　　• A case involving a sales team of a VPN software suspected of providing tools for illegal intrusion into computer information systems (not guilty plea, discretionary non-prosecution).

　　• A typical case of illegal business operations during the Shanghai pandemic lockdown involving price gouging (not guilty plea, discretionary non-prosecution).

　　• A case involving a senior executive of a Shanghai pharmaceutical listed company suspected of trade secret infringement (criminal accusation, successful claim for compensation).

　　• A case of contract fraud involving the general manager of the Shanghai branch of a Guangdong warehousing state-owned enterprise (criminal accusation, risk prevention and control).

　　• A case involving the co-manager of a large five-star hotel in Kunshan implicated in illegal fundraising, misappropriation, and forgery of company seals (criminal accusation, case accepted for investigation and accountability).

　　• A private fund custody business criminal compliance project for a Qingdao bank joint-stock company (criminal compliance, risk prevention and control).

　　• A case involving a high-tech enterprise in Chongming suspected of falsely issuing special VAT invoices (criminal compliance, case withdrawn by the public security organ).

　　• A case involving a manufacturer attracted by investment in Nanping, Fujian, involved in major environmental pollution (criminal compliance, obtaining bail).

Social Activities

　　• Recorded programs for CCTV's "Rule of Law: In Depth" column.

　　• Granted multiple interviews to media outlets including the Shanghai Legal Daily.

　　• Gave an exclusive interview to the Pudong TV Station's legal news program.

　　• Was featured in an interview by the legal media outlet "Law Square Cube Figures".

　　• Participated, as a member of the Supervision and Judicial Affairs Committee of the Pudong New Area People's Congress Standing Committee, in various official activities, including: the solicitation forum for opinions on the trial regulations for third-party supervision and assessment of corporate compliance involving enterprises under investigation, jointly held by the Committee and the Pudong People's Congress Standing Committee; discussion sessions on the government's "Three Rates, Two Increases, One Reduction" initiative (a local government performance metric) across various Pudong government departments; the public representative forum on the implementation draft for building an international legal center, organized by the Pudong Justice Bureau; the Procuratorate Open Day event hosted by the Pudong People's Procuratorate; the promotion meeting for online case filing hosted by the Pudong People's Court; the pilot work forum for the "One-Network Administration" system held by the Municipal Supervision Corps; the symposium on the pluralistic dispute resolution mechanism organized by the Zhangjiang Town Government.

　　• As Vice Chair of both the Shanghai Lawyers Association's Committee for Safeguarding Lawyers' Professional Rights and the Committee for Building a Legal Professional Community, organized and participated in: the Forum on Safeguarding Lawyers' Practice hosted by the Third Branch of the Shanghai Municipal People's Procuratorate,the Forum on Protecting Lawyers' Professional Rights hosted by the Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Procuratorate and the 12th Lawyers' Representative Congress of the Shanghai Lawyers Association.

　　• Organized and participated in several joint training sessions on criminal practice for ten Shanghai law firms.

　　• Organized dozens of forums and lectures in the criminal defense series.

　　• Organized dozens of forums and lectures in the series for young lawyers.

　　• Delivered numerous practical lectures and coached multiple moot court sessions at various universities, including Shanghai Jiao Tong University, East China Normal University, East China University of Political Science and Law, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, and Anhui University of Finance and Economics.

　　• Co-organized public welfare legal events with Fudan University, the Shanghai "March 8th Red-Banner Pacesetter" Association, and the Shanghai Lily Legal Center.

　　• Served as a member of the lecture team for laws, policies, and management measures, organized by the Pudong New Area Justice Bureau.

　　• Served as a lecturer for the "Youth Setting Sail, Legal Classroom" program, organized by the Pudong New Area Justice Bureau.

　　• Served as an Off-campus Legal Escort for the Pudong New Area.