JingLi
Consultant
International Corporate and Commercial
jli@seyfarth.com
Jing is a multitalented corporate and tax attorney as well as a trust and estate practitioner with significant experience in the Greater Bay Area of China, Japan, and Southeast Asia.
More About Jing
Today's international clients are facing more legal challenges in the turbulent political and economic macro-environment and the evolving set of tax planning and compliance in the context of cross-border merger and acquisitions. Clients look to Jing for practical corporate and tax advice relating to their cross-border business plan in the region.
Jing is dual-qualified as an attorney in Hong Kong and mainland China, as well as a Hong Kong-certified tax advisor. She is well-equipped to handle complex legal and tax matters in cross-border business and transactions.
Jing has practiced law in London, Beijing, Melbourne, and Hong Kong for more than a decade. She has advised Chinese and foreign companies on various outbound and inbound investment and global restructuring projects. These include greenfield, merger and acquisition, joint venture, pre-IPO investments and business restructuring, tax planning, family trust, ESOP, and general corporate and commercial legal matters, with a focus on the Greater Bay Area of China, Japan, and Southeast Asia. As a trust and estate practitioner (TEP), she has provided many family office clients with full legal services, including tax planning, structure set-up, trust arrangement and subsequent investments.
Jing believes that effective communication is always the key to the quality of legal services. She helps clients overcome various obstacles due to legal and cultural differences, especially in complex transactions involving multiple jurisdictions.
Jing enjoys working alongside Seyfarth US and international offices to bring truly global, seamless legal services to international clients.
Seyfarth’s Hong Kong office is a local law firm registered with The Law Society of Hong Kong, with lawyers licensed to practise in multiple jurisdictions including Hong Kong, Mainland China, Australia, Scotland, Ireland, England & Wales, and Italy.
Jing is dual-qualified as an attorney in Hong Kong and mainland China, as well as a Hong Kong-certified tax advisor. She is well-equipped to handle complex legal and tax matters in cross-border business and transactions.
Jing has practiced law in London, Beijing, Melbourne, and Hong Kong for more than a decade. She has advised Chinese and foreign companies on various outbound and inbound investment and global restructuring projects. These include greenfield, merger and acquisition, joint venture, pre-IPO investments and business restructuring, tax planning, family trust, ESOP, and general corporate and commercial legal matters, with a focus on the Greater Bay Area of China, Japan, and Southeast Asia. As a trust and estate practitioner (TEP), she has provided many family office clients with full legal services, including tax planning, structure set-up, trust arrangement and subsequent investments.
Jing believes that effective communication is always the key to the quality of legal services. She helps clients overcome various obstacles due to legal and cultural differences, especially in complex transactions involving multiple jurisdictions.
Jing enjoys working alongside Seyfarth US and international offices to bring truly global, seamless legal services to international clients.
Seyfarth’s Hong Kong office is a local law firm registered with The Law Society of Hong Kong, with lawyers licensed to practise in multiple jurisdictions including Hong Kong, Mainland China, Australia, Scotland, Ireland, England & Wales, and Italy.
- PCLL, University of Hong Kong
Distinction
- GDL, The College of Law, London
- MSc, The London School of Economics and Political Science
Law and AccountingMerit
- LLB, Fudan University
Certified Tax Adviser
- China
- Hong Kong
Related Services
Related Key Industries
Related Regions
- Represented a state-owned group as the white knight investor in the debt restructuring and investment of a Hong Kong mainboard-listed company subject to multi-jurisdictional insolvency proceedings.
- Represented a fin-tech company in its business joint venture in the UK and Southeast Asia.
- Represented a Japanese listed company in its investment in fin-tech business in the Asia region.
- Represented a Nasdaq-listed worldwide human resource company in its Hong Kong and China restructuring.
- Represented a state-owned property developer in the takeover of a Hong Kong mainboard-listed company by the way of general offer.
- Represented the Hong Kong mainboard-listed property developer group in its acquisition of a large property complex in Beijing for a consideration of RMB1.29 billion.
- Represented a state-owned energy group in respect of its purchase of 100% interest in a national chain of gas suppliers from the US for US$237.7 million.
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Jun 26, 2024
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Named a “Rising Star” by Asian Legal Business (Thomson Reuters) (2023)
- Tencent Certified Tax Advisor Award (2018)
- The Law Society of Hong Kong
- Lawyer’s Society of The People’s Republic of China
- A member of Legal Committee, Tax Policy Committee and Disciplinary Tribunal, Taxation Institute of Hong Kong
- A full member of The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
- Author, "Hong Kong’s Foreign-Sourced Income Exemption (FSIE) Regime Refined," Legal Update, Seyfarth SHaw LLP (June 26, 2024)
- Co-Author, "US-China Trade: Outbound Investment Control Regime in Sensitive Technologies," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (October 11, 2023)
- Co-Author, "Proposed enhancement of Hong Kong’s climate-related disclosures under the current environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) framework," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (July 12, 2023)
- Co-Author, "Further Guidance on Enhanced ESG Disclosures in Hong Kong Financial Markets," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (April 11, 2022)
- Co-Author, "China’s New Data Security Law," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (July 8, 2021)
- Co-Author, "Overview of Technology and Data Privacy Issues Arising from COVID Passports," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (April 26, 2021)
Jing is a multitalented corporate and tax attorney as well as a trust and estate practitioner with significant experience in the Greater Bay Area of China, Japan, and Southeast Asia.
More About Jing
Today's international clients are facing more legal challenges in the turbulent political and economic macro-environment and the evolving set of tax planning and compliance in the context of cross-border merger and acquisitions. Clients look to Jing for practical corporate and tax advice relating to their cross-border business plan in the region.
Jing is dual-qualified as an attorney in Hong Kong and mainland China, as well as a Hong Kong-certified tax advisor. She is well-equipped to handle complex legal and tax matters in cross-border business and transactions.
Jing has practiced law in London, Beijing, Melbourne, and Hong Kong for more than a decade. She has advised Chinese and foreign companies on various outbound and inbound investment and global restructuring projects. These include greenfield, merger and acquisition, joint venture, pre-IPO investments and business restructuring, tax planning, family trust, ESOP, and general corporate and commercial legal matters, with a focus on the Greater Bay Area of China, Japan, and Southeast Asia. As a trust and estate practitioner (TEP), she has provided many family office clients with full legal services, including tax planning, structure set-up, trust arrangement and subsequent investments.
Jing believes that effective communication is always the key to the quality of legal services. She helps clients overcome various obstacles due to legal and cultural differences, especially in complex transactions involving multiple jurisdictions.
Jing enjoys working alongside Seyfarth US and international offices to bring truly global, seamless legal services to international clients.
Seyfarth’s Hong Kong office is a local law firm registered with The Law Society of Hong Kong, with lawyers licensed to practise in multiple jurisdictions including Hong Kong, Mainland China, Australia, Scotland, Ireland, England & Wales, and Italy.
Jing is dual-qualified as an attorney in Hong Kong and mainland China, as well as a Hong Kong-certified tax advisor. She is well-equipped to handle complex legal and tax matters in cross-border business and transactions.
Jing has practiced law in London, Beijing, Melbourne, and Hong Kong for more than a decade. She has advised Chinese and foreign companies on various outbound and inbound investment and global restructuring projects. These include greenfield, merger and acquisition, joint venture, pre-IPO investments and business restructuring, tax planning, family trust, ESOP, and general corporate and commercial legal matters, with a focus on the Greater Bay Area of China, Japan, and Southeast Asia. As a trust and estate practitioner (TEP), she has provided many family office clients with full legal services, including tax planning, structure set-up, trust arrangement and subsequent investments.
Jing believes that effective communication is always the key to the quality of legal services. She helps clients overcome various obstacles due to legal and cultural differences, especially in complex transactions involving multiple jurisdictions.
Jing enjoys working alongside Seyfarth US and international offices to bring truly global, seamless legal services to international clients.
Seyfarth’s Hong Kong office is a local law firm registered with The Law Society of Hong Kong, with lawyers licensed to practise in multiple jurisdictions including Hong Kong, Mainland China, Australia, Scotland, Ireland, England & Wales, and Italy.
- PCLL, University of Hong Kong
Distinction
- GDL, The College of Law, London
- MSc, The London School of Economics and Political Science
Law and AccountingMerit
- LLB, Fudan University
Certified Tax Adviser
- China
- Hong Kong
Related Services
Related Key Industries
Related Regions
- Represented a state-owned group as the white knight investor in the debt restructuring and investment of a Hong Kong mainboard-listed company subject to multi-jurisdictional insolvency proceedings.
- Represented a fin-tech company in its business joint venture in the UK and Southeast Asia.
- Represented a Japanese listed company in its investment in fin-tech business in the Asia region.
- Represented a Nasdaq-listed worldwide human resource company in its Hong Kong and China restructuring.
- Represented a state-owned property developer in the takeover of a Hong Kong mainboard-listed company by the way of general offer.
- Represented the Hong Kong mainboard-listed property developer group in its acquisition of a large property complex in Beijing for a consideration of RMB1.29 billion.
- Represented a state-owned energy group in respect of its purchase of 100% interest in a national chain of gas suppliers from the US for US$237.7 million.
Related News & Insights
-
Legal Update
Jun 26, 2024
Hong Kong’s Foreign-Sourced Income Exemption (FSIE) Regime Refined
-
Seyfarth Event
Apr 26, 2024
Tax Planning and Asset Protection for Foreigners in the US
-
Legal Update
Oct 11, 2023
US-China Trade: Outbound Investment Control Regime in Sensitive Technologies
-
Legal Update
Jul 12, 2023
Proposed enhancement of Hong Kong’s climate-related disclosures under the current environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) framework
-
Named a “Rising Star” by Asian Legal Business (Thomson Reuters) (2023)
- Tencent Certified Tax Advisor Award (2018)
- The Law Society of Hong Kong
- Lawyer’s Society of The People’s Republic of China
- A member of Legal Committee, Tax Policy Committee and Disciplinary Tribunal, Taxation Institute of Hong Kong
- A full member of The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
- Author, "Hong Kong’s Foreign-Sourced Income Exemption (FSIE) Regime Refined," Legal Update, Seyfarth SHaw LLP (June 26, 2024)
- Co-Author, "US-China Trade: Outbound Investment Control Regime in Sensitive Technologies," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (October 11, 2023)
- Co-Author, "Proposed enhancement of Hong Kong’s climate-related disclosures under the current environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) framework," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (July 12, 2023)
- Co-Author, "Further Guidance on Enhanced ESG Disclosures in Hong Kong Financial Markets," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (April 11, 2022)
- Co-Author, "China’s New Data Security Law," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (July 8, 2021)
- Co-Author, "Overview of Technology and Data Privacy Issues Arising from COVID Passports," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (April 26, 2021)