Lawyer ZHANG You is honored one of the “Top 1,000 PRC Elite Lawyers on Foreign Legal Services” by the PRC Department of Justice, “Excellent Consultant on Civil & Administrative Cases” for the PRC Supreme People's Procuratorate and “Guangdong Leading Lawyer on Foreign-related Legal Services”. He is providing legal services to many multinational companies, state-owned enterprises and private enterprises. He is familiar with the risk control system of enterprises and his expertise includes company compliance, data protection, legal negotiation, M&A, foreign litigation/arbitration. He is also qualified as legal expert on the Chinese law for foreign litigation/arbitration cases.

Lawyer ZHANG You graduated from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and was majored in Foreign Economic Law.

Lawyer ZHANG You was honored as:

• Top 1,000 PRC Elite Lawyers on Foreign Legal Services honored by the PRC Department of Justice;

• Elite Consulting Expert on Civil & Administrative Cases of the PRC Supreme People's Procuratorate in Year 2021;

• One of the first batch of Guangdong Leading Lawyers on Foreign Legal Services and Guangzhou Leading Lawyers on Foreign Legal Services;

• Elite Committee Member of Guangdong Lawyers Association from Year 2017 to Year 2020, and in Year 2022;

• One service case was awarded the 2nd Prize by Guangdong Lawyers Association as a typical foreign legal service case from Year 2014 to Year 2018;

• One service case was selected by Guangdong Lawyers Association as a typical legal service case in Year 2019;

• Guangzhou Elite Lawyers on Foreign-related Legal Services (nominated in 2023)

• Elite Committee Member of Guangzhou Lawyers Association in Year 2017 and Year 2019, and Elite Committee Director of Guangzhou Lawyers Association from Year 2020 to Year 2022;

• Elite Mediator for Guangzhou International Commercial Mediation Center in the Year 2021;

• Two service plans were awarded the Award of Merit in the Guangzhou Lawyers Legal Service Product Competition held by the Guangzhou Lawyers Association in Year 2021;

• One article was awarded the 3rd prize in Protecting Chinese Overseas Rights and Interests, Guangzhou Lawyers in Action Contributions Solicitation Event held by the Guangzhou Lawyers Association in Year 2021;

• One mediation case was selected as one of the Top 10 mediation cases of Guangzhou Courts in Year 2021.

Typical Cases Lawyer ZHANG You handled in the recent years include:

• Provided legal consultancy service to the Guangzhou government for hosting World Routes.

• Provided legal services to a national-owned enterprise in Guangdong for a major project with a famous company in the U.S. and participated in the business negotiation, protecting client’s rights and interests.

• Engaged as an expert witness on the PRC law and provided depositions for a civil case in a federal court of California, U.S., and all expert opinions expressed have been accepted by the judge.

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