Weiguo Yang
Global Guide 2024
Band 5 : Dispute Resolution: Litigation (PRC Firms)
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About
Provided by Weiguo Yang
Practice Areas
William specializes in commercial litigation and arbitration, liquidation of companies and funds, and disposal of non-performing assets. The primary scope of his practice include: complex contract disputes, investment disputes, M&A and company control disputes, financial disputes concerning fund, securities and asset management, international trade disputes, real estate and construction engineering disputes, and product liability disputes.
Landmark Cases
●Represented Wahaha in its disputes against Danone, which was China’s largest series of joint venture and corporate control disputes, involving more than 50 litigation and arbitration proceedings across 7 jurisdictions with an amount in dispute exceeding USD 5 billion
●Represented a limited partner of a private equity fund (LLP) in China’s first “derivative” arbitration case initiated by a limited partner against a third party outside the LLP, creating a new precedent and marking an innovative and influential step in expanding the scope of arbitration agreements in China
●Represented a large securities company in China’s first case initiated by subscribers against managers of asset-backed securities for their alleged negligence