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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

• Assist companies with cross-border and United States-domestic corporate and commercial transactions. • Assist clients with cross-border trade- and regulatory-related inquiries. • Advise clients on PRC-related legal inquires of all kinds.

Beijing, China

• Teamed with AI (LegalSifter) and document automation (HotDocs) technologies to create China-inbound and China-outbound automated service offerings for reviewing and drafting contracts.• Prepared dozens of cross-border corporate and commercial agreements (e.g. share purchase agreement, joint venture agreement, company articles, OEM agreement, distribution agreement, and employment agreement) then directed the automation work and advised on PRC localization and translation into… Show more • Teamed with AI (LegalSifter) and document automation (HotDocs) technologies to create China-inbound and China-outbound automated service offerings for reviewing and drafting contracts.• Prepared dozens of cross-border corporate and commercial agreements (e.g. share purchase agreement, joint venture agreement, company articles, OEM agreement, distribution agreement, and employment agreement) then directed the automation work and advised on PRC localization and translation into Chinese.• Prepared automated online service solution for China FDI work. Show less

Beijing City, China

• Advised many companies on their existing or contemplated business operations in a wide variety of industries, such as: healthcare, film, education, automotive and airplane OEM, aviation training, TMT (including cloud-based services), event hosting, consumer electronics, HVAC manufacturing and oil and gas.• Assisted many local Chinese investors in their contemplated overseas direct investments in countries such as Cameroon, Canada, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Africa and the… Show more • Advised many companies on their existing or contemplated business operations in a wide variety of industries, such as: healthcare, film, education, automotive and airplane OEM, aviation training, TMT (including cloud-based services), event hosting, consumer electronics, HVAC manufacturing and oil and gas.• Assisted many local Chinese investors in their contemplated overseas direct investments in countries such as Cameroon, Canada, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Africa and the US. Show less

Hong Kong

• Drafted and negotiated legal documentation for debt and equity capital markets transactions.• Prepared offering and listing materials on behalf of a Malaysian healthcare chain-clinic operator, a Chinese specialty chemical company, several Chinese property developers, Chinese industrial companies, a Hong Kong chain-restaurant operator, Filipino gaming and Japanese pachinko companies, an Indian telecom company, and China’s largest home furnishings mall operator, among others.

Salt Lake City

• Handled all aspects of tort litigation in an insurance-related practice.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Briefed, outlined, and charted the PRC industrial regulatory model and its methods of producing legislation, regulations, rules and orders.

Salt Lake City, Ut

• Drafted and filed pleadings and motions in Federal Court for a securities fraud case. • Performed legal research on securities laws, corporate law, insurance law, and gas and oil laws and regulations in Utah.• Prepared for and participated in jury trial in State Court.

• Relevant coursework: Corporations, Contracts, Corporate Finance (Academic Award), Business Planning, Int’l Business Transactions, Bankruptcy, Federal Income Tax.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Researched trafficking-in-persons (TIP) in China and Chinese anti-trafficking laws.• Performed in-depth research on assigned countries and organizations; produced briefing books for U.S. diplomats on Brunei, East Timor, Laos, Palau, Vietnam and the Asian Development Bank.• Helped prepare and train Foreign Service Officers in the China Area Studies program and assisted East Asia Chair when needed.

Shanghai City, China

• Wrote legal memoranda on Chinese and U.S. corporate law.• Researched and wrote briefings on domestic Chinese steel companies as well as MNCs in the steel industry.• Helped prepare acquisition agreement for a multi-million dollar transaction between U.S. and Chinese companies.• Helped translate Chinese documents on complex subject matter, such as the Shanghai Government’s policy regarding subsidization of local innovation and patents.• Wrote legal memoranda for Chinese… Show more • Wrote legal memoranda on Chinese and U.S. corporate law.• Researched and wrote briefings on domestic Chinese steel companies as well as MNCs in the steel industry.• Helped prepare acquisition agreement for a multi-million dollar transaction between U.S. and Chinese companies.• Helped translate Chinese documents on complex subject matter, such as the Shanghai Government’s policy regarding subsidization of local innovation and patents.• Wrote legal memoranda for Chinese companies outlining U.S. law regarding foreign direct investment including the creation and operation of subsidiaries in the United States. Show less

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Law

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Chinese

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Literature