“Shanghai CILS Law Firm was born in this flourishing spring! Looking back, we had experienced sweat, hard work and so much joy. Looking forward, we are expecting both challenges and opportunities. All CILS team members, united and with great confidence, are ready to set out for our mission and vision - to become the most trustful and reliable legal service provider for enterprises and enhance value for our customers through legal solutions.”
To become the most trustworthy and reliable legal service provider
To add value to our customer through legal solutions
Provide appropriate and precise legal solutions through deep understanding of clients’ business environment from both commercial and legal perspectives
On-site high-value and tailor-made legal services at clients’
Practice Area:
Rich experience on FDI and M&As; and deep understanding of legal practice of agricultural and food products processing, commodity trading, trade structured financing.
Work Experience:
2010-present Lawyer, Senior Partner
1992-2010 China Legal Counsel of a MNC, Asia Chief Legal Officer of a Fortune 500 MNC
Education:
Bachelor of Law of China University of Political Science and Law
LLM of University of Minnesota Law School
Practice Area:
Rich experience on lawsuit and arbitration,Company Law and Economic Law
Work Experience:
2007-2009 Assistant Lawyer, Lawyer
2009-present Lawyer
Education:
Bachelor of East China University of Political Science and Law in Economic Law
Practice Area:
Elaine's practice areas involve commercial dispute resolution, foreign investment, international arbitration, etc. She focuses on the areas of commodity trading and legal compliance for foreign-invested enterprise, and has rich legal practice experience and the ability to help clients dealing with legal challenges in complex cross-border trades.
Elaine provides comprehensive legal counseling services for many domestic and foreign world-leading commodity trading enterprises, and provides clients with multi-dimensional legal service support including internal corporate governance, contract drafting and review, trade structure compliance, and commercial negotiation, etc. in daily operation and international trade in the field of energy, minerals, hazardous chemicals and other commodities.
Elaine is familiar with international conventions and international arbitration rules, and has represented a number of foreign-invested enterprises in handling import and export trade disputes, cross-border sale of goods disputes, equity disputes and other litigation and arbitration cases, and has determined claims and safeguarded the rights and interests for clients. Elaine has represented a number of enforcement cases involving the equity freezing, seizure of land and properties, and has recovered losses for the clients by realizing the claims.
The clients Elaine provides legal service include: TRAFIGURA Group, HENRY SCHEIN, WPIC, CHS (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. and other world-leading global companies.
Work Experience:
China Business News (SMG)
People's Court of Yangpu District in Shanghai
Shanghai CILS Law Firm Legal Assistant,Attorney
Education:
Bachelor of Management, Tongji University
Master of Laws, Tongji University
Work Experience:
2002-2010 Legal Counsel of domestic real estate development company, domestic well-known network company, online production including Medical, Education and Cultural industry, Multinational film, television and entertainment company.
2010-Present Attorney, Senior Partner
Professional Qualification:
Independent Director in Public Companies, Corporate counsel,
Teacher Certification of the Science of Law
Practice Area:
Corporate Compliance and Disputes Resolution, Capital Market and Securities Business
Education:
Master of Law
Practice Area:
Rich experience on lawsuit and arbitration, Company Law
Work Experience:
2012-2014 Assistant Lawyer, Lawyer
2015-Present Lawyer
Education:
Bachelor of Law, Dalian University of Technology University
Practice Area:
Foreign investment, corporate compliance, corporate governance, commodities trading
Work Experience:
Shanghai CILS Law Firm
Education:
East China University of Political Science and Law
Practice Area:
Foreign investment, corporate compliance, commerial arbitration
Work Experience:
Shanghai CILS Law Firm
Education:
German Studies, Tongji University
Juris Master, Fudan University
LL.M, Boston University
Practice Area:
Civil and commercial litigation,Contract disputes,Corporate legal affairs
Work Experience:
Shanghai CILS Law Firm
Education:
Shanghai University of Political Science and Law