Jia Yan
Global Guide 2024
Band 2 : Corporate/M&A: China-based (International Firms)
Band 2
About
Provided by Jia Yan
Practice Areas
Jia Yan is a partner of our Corporate Department and a Co-Chair of our Shanghai and Beijing offices.
Mr. Yan primarily represents clients in cross-border M&A and financing, Hong Kong and U.S. IPOs, corporate restructuring, fund formation and private equity investments. Mr. Yan also has significant experience in real estate transactions and international dispute resolutions.
Mr. Yan is admitted to practice law in New York. He also passed the bar in China in 1994, but does not hold a current practicing certificate.
In addition to his role at Paul Hastings, Mr. Yan currently serves as an executive director of the China Venture Capital & Private Equity Association; an advisor of the Law and Compliance Committee of the Insurance Asset Management Association of China; and an instructor for master students of the Faculty of Law at Fudan University.
EDUCATION
City University of Hong Kong, Ph.D. 2003
Yale Law School, LL.M. 1999
Fudan University School of Law, LL.M. 1996
Fudan University School of Law, LL.B. 1993
Chambers Review
Global
Yan Jia brings to bear over 20 years' experience advising on corporate transactions and is trusted by a number of PRC and international clients. He has considerable experience handling cross-border acquisitions, investments and joint venture arrangements.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"His commercial awareness and experience make him an outstanding lawyer whose intuitive advice is sometimes more valuable than those in black and white."
"His commercial awareness and experience make him an outstanding lawyer whose intuitive advice is sometimes more valuable than those in black and white."