Professional Experience:
Lawyer Liu Yingying graduated from Southwest University of Political Science and Law with a Bachelor of Laws degree for her undergraduate studies, and obtained a Master of Laws degree in International Commercial Law from the University of East Anglia in the UK for her postgraduate studies. She joined Shandong DeHeng Law Firm in November 2009, serving successively as a practicing lawyer and a co-partner. In April 2019, she joined Beijing DHH(Qingdao) Law Firm, holding positions as Senior Joint Partner and then Equity Partner.
Currently, she serves as a member of the Antitrust and Anti-Unfair Competition Committee of the Shandong Lawyers Association, the Director of the Antitrust and Anti-Unfair Competition Committee of the Qingdao Lawyers Association, the Director of the International Commercial and Maritime Affairs Committee of the Shinan District Lawyers Association in Qingdao, and the Deputy Director of the International Development and Female Lawyers Committee of the Shinan District Lawyers Association in Qingdao.
Representative Cases:
Investment, M&A, and Corporate Matters:
Provided specialized services on equity incentives and equity structure for a toy company in Qingdao;
Conducted legal due diligence for a state-owned enterprise platform in Qingdao investing in a new energy project;
Offered specialized legal services for an Indonesian EPC engineering project of a machinery company in Qingdao;
Issued legal opinions for the New Zealand loan project of China Development Bank Qingdao Branch;
Provided full-process legal services for a Mexican automobile sales company's investment in Qingdao;
Offered full-process legal services for the equity transfer and exit of multiple joint ventures in China of SKF Co., Ltd., an Austrian company;
Conducted due diligence and issued legal opinions for three companies invested in by Russia's YOTA in China;
Provided legal services, including due diligence and legal opinions, for a Chinese company's investment in a tobacco manufacturing enterprise in Laos.
Antitrust and Anti-Unfair Competition:
Notification of Concentration of Undertakings for the Establishment of a New Joint Venture by Shandong Port Group Co., Ltd. and TRAFIGURA HONG KONG LIMITED;
Notification of Concentration of Undertakings for the Establishment of a New Joint Venture by Chongqing Material of AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION(Group) Limited Company, Shandong Hongyi Agricultural Technology Development Co., Ltd., and Shandong Port Group Co., Ltd.;
Notification of Concentration of Undertakings for the Acquisition of Equity in East China (Dongying) Intelligent Network Vehicle Test Field Co., Ltd. by China First Highway Engineering Co., Ltd.;
Notification of Concentration of Undertakings for the Establishment of a New Joint Venture by Shandong Port Group Co., Ltd. and ITOCHU Corporation;
Notification of Concentration of Undertakings for the Acquisition of Equity in Shandong SNTON Steel Cord Co., Ltd. by Shandong Daye Co., Ltd.;
Notification of Concentration of Undertakings for the Acquisition of Equity in Doublestar Group by Qingdao Urban Construction Investment Group and Tus-Science and Technology City;
Notification of Concentration of Undertakings for the Acquisition of Equity in Ningbo Union King Polyester Material Limited by CNOOC Ningbo Daxie Petrochemical Co., Ltd.;
Specialized Antitrust Compliance Services for Qingdao Tobacco Bureau (Company);
Drafting of Antitrust Compliance Risk Warnings for a Marine Chemical Enterprise in Shandong;
Representing a Company in Shanghai in a Trade Secret Infringement Dispute against Companies in Qingdao;
Providing Antitrust Compliance Training for Qingdao Guoxin Group and Guangdong Yuedean Group;
Providing Anti-Unfair Competition Law Compliance Training for a Pharmaceutical Company in Qingdao and a Company under Sinopec.
Commercial Litigation and Arbitration:
Represented a supply chain company in Tianjin in a major trade contract dispute with a commodities company in Qingdao;
Represented a company in Tianjin in a major trade contract dispute with a commodities company in Qingdao (this item is similar to the first one but can be retained if intended to emphasize different aspects or be part of a list with distinct contexts);
Represented a company in Cyprus in an equity transfer dispute with a company in Singapore;
Represented a company in Spain in the trial and enforcement proceedings of an international goods sales contract dispute with a company in Qingdao;
Represented a company in Thailand in a case concerning the recognition and enforcement of an SICOM arbitral award against a company in Ningbo;
Represented SKF Sealing solutions(Qingdao) Co., Ltd. in a series of lawsuits for debt collection regarding purchase and sales contracts with a company in Gansu, a company in Zhangjiakou, a company in Qingdao, and a company in Henan;
Represented a company in Qingdao in debt collection disputes involving loans, including the assessment and auction of collateral during litigation and enforcement proceedings, and achieving debt collection through methods such as debt settlement with goods and assignment of claims.
Current and former perennial legal advisors served:
Serving as the perennial legal advisor to companies or entities such as Qingdao Xianchu Energy Development Group, Zikuang (Qingdao) International Logistics Co., Ltd., Qingdao Dynamic Toys Co., Ltd., Romay New Composite Materials (Qingdao) Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Qingdao Snq Healthcare Co., Ltd., Qingdao Municipal Finance Bureau, Ahlstrom Composites (Binzhou) Limited, Ahlstrom Composites (Longkou) Limited, Qingdao Oriental Eden Cultural Tourism Development Co., Ltd., Qingdao Cross Border E-commerce Incubation Base Co., Ltd., Tsingtao Beer Culture Communication Co., Ltd., Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, SKF Sealing solutions(Qingdao) Co., Ltd., Luthai Textile Group, Shandong Heyou Group, and others.
Publications:
- "The Impact of the Revision of the Antitrust Law on the Determination of Resale Price Maintenance Practices"
- "Illustrated Handling of Dispute Resolution for Principal and Subordinate Contracts in Foreign-Related Commercial Disputes"
- "A Brief Analysis of the Notification Criteria for Concentration of Undertakings"
- "Legal Regulations on Vertical Monopoly Agreements in China"
- "Legal Regulation of Trade Secret Infringement in China"
- "Interpretation of Tax Issues Related to Venture Capital Funds"
- "An Exploration of the Organizational Forms of Venture Capital Funds in China"
- "Legal Risk Prevention for Debts in Corporate Merger and Acquisition Activities"
Honors:
- Outstanding Member of the "Two Specialized Committees" of the Shinan District Lawyers Association, Qingdao
- Third Prize for Excellent Paper by the Shandong Lawyers Association for "Legal Regulations on Vertical Monopoly Agreements in China"
- Third Prize for Excellent Paper by the Shinan District Lawyers Association, Qingdao for "A Brief Analysis of the Notification Criteria for Concentration of Undertakings"
- Outstanding Lawyer at Beijing DHH (Qingdao) Law Firm
- Advanced Worker at Beijing DHH (Qingdao) Law Firm