Jie Yang

Practice Areas

Equity design for internet companies, design of incentive mechanisms for employees of internet companies, investment, and financing, pre-IPO coach, corporate governance, and dispute resolution.

Career

Mr. Yang has nearly two decades of experience in Internet law, and has worked for or served as legal director for many large-scale Internet companies. He specializes in data compliance, investment and M&A legal affairs, corporate information security legal affairs, equity incentive legal affairs, intellectual property legal affairs, confidentiality, and non-competition legal affairs, contract legal affairs, corporate legal affairs, litigation legal affairs, etc. Since the establishment of his team focusing on Internet companies, he has been awarded “Rising Stars of 2021” by China Business Law Journal, and his cases have been awarded “Deals of the Year 2020” by China Business Law Journal, “Lingnan Excellent Litigation Case of Intellectual Property”, “Excellent Business Achievement” by Guangzhou Lawyers Association. His team has also been awarded China's “Excellent Litigation Team of Intellectual Property Anti-Unfair Competition”. In addition, Yang is the chief editor of two popular and best-selling books in the industry, Compliance Guide to Online Game Companies and Adjudicatory Opinions in the Typical Cases of Network Games, which has been widely praised.

Professional Memberships

the director of the E-Sports and Online Game Practice Committee of the Guangzhou Lawyers Association

the deputy director of the Informatization Working Committee of the Guangzhou Lawyers Association

the executive director of the Game Law Compliance Research Institute of the Guangzhou Game Industry Association

the young expert of the China Internet Association

the expert of Guangdong Entertainment & Game Industry Association

the expert of Guangzhou Intellectual Property Rights Protection Assistance Association