Ms. Bo YANG was qualified as a lawyer of the People’s Republic of China in 2005. She has since then been engaged in foreign-related law practice in a leading law firm in the country, and joined Jingtian & Gongcheng as a partner in early 2020.

Ms. Yang has rich experience in foreign-related legal affairs, covering international trade, international shipping, overseas engineering construction, foreign-related commercial disputes, international arbitration and other fields.
Ms. Yang has rich experience in practice of international trade. She has assisted a number of domestic and foreign enterprises to deal with a number of international trade-related litigation and arbitration cases, especially specializing in commodity trade disputes. She is also good at trade related export control, economic sanctions and trade compliance, and provides compliance review services related to international trade for many enterprises. She was awarded by The Legal 500 as “Recommended Lawyer in WTO/ International Trade” in Mainland China in 2023.
Ms. Yang also has professional knowledge and years of experience in maritime industry, and has for years represented P&I clubs, shipowners and shipping enterprises to deal with various types of maritime, air transport, international logistics, maritime and marine insurance disputes. She also has extensive experience in ship buying and selling, construction, special vessel finance leasing, offshore platform construction, terminal and coastal facility construction/transaction. She was ranked in “Greater China Region 2023: Shipping: Southern China (PRC Firms)” by Chambers and Partners.

Ms. Yang is good at dealing with foreign commercial disputes, especially international arbitration cases. She has handled a large number of international arbitration cases in Hong Kong, Singapore and London, including FOSFA and GAFTA industrial arbitration cases in London. She has been continuously recommended by The Legal 500 and Benchmark Litigation in the field of international arbitration.
Ms. Yang has also been honored by the Ministry of Justice of the PRC as one of “Nation’s Top 1000 International Business Lawyers” and honored by National Bar Association, Guangdong Bar Association and Guangzhou Bar Association as “Leading International Business Lawyer”.

University College London, Master of Law/ International Business Law；Shanghai Maritime University, Master of Law/ Maritime Law；Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Bachelor of Law/General Law

Hornors received:

*“Nation’s Top 1000 International Business Lawyers” by the Ministry of Justice of the PRC 

*“Leading International Business Lawyer” by National Bar Association, Guangdong Bar Association and Guangzhou Bar Association

*“Client Choice: Top 15 Female Lawyers in China” by Legalband in 2023

*“Recommended Lawyer: Dispute Resolution: Arbitration: PRC Firms” by The Legal 500 Asia-pacific 2022, “Recommended Lawyer: WTO/International Trade: PRC Firms” & “Next Generation Partner: Guangdong Province: Guangzhou & Shenzhen” by The Legal 500 Asia-pacific 2023, “Recommended Lawyer: Dispute Resolution: Arbitration: PRC Firms”, “Recommended Lawyer: Shipping” & “Next Generation Partner: Guangdong Province: Guangzhou & Shenzhen” by The Legal 500 Mainland China 2024

*Ranked in “Greater China Region 2023 & 2024: Shipping: Southern China (PRC Firms)” by Chambers and Partners

*“Litigation Star in Commercial Disputes and International Arbitration” by Benchmark Litigation China 2022 

*Nominated as “Women in Business Law Awards 2021 Asia - Best Female Lawyer in International Trade” by Euromoney

*Nominated as “Women in Business Law Awards 2023 – Lawyer of the year in International Trade” & “Lawyer of the year in Shipping & Maritime” by Delinian

Representative cases:

International Trade/Trade Dispute

Retained by an American enterprise to handle several cases over soybean trade disputes with Chinese buyers—acted on behalf of the enterprise in FOSFA arbitration in London (with a total amount of more than RMB600 million involved), and obtained a winning arbitral award;

Retained by a domestic enterprise to deal with a dispute over international trade with American sellers (with about USD23 million involved), and finally assisted the enterprise in successfully recovering compensation;

Entrusted by a Hong Kong freight forwarding company to handle a dispute over trade and transportation of bulk commodity, and won the judgments for the client;

Assisted an American company in dealing with a dispute over international commodity trade with a Chinese company, brought a lawsuit and won the judgment.

Assisted a domestic company to deal with a dispute over sales contract on rapeseed with a Canadian enterprise; initiated FOSFA arbitration on behalf of the client, assisted in commercial negotiation, and finally obtained compensation for the client;  

Retained by a domestic enterprise to deal with a dispute over bulk commodity trade with an Australian trader—acted on behalf of the enterprise in GAFTA arbitration in London and obtained a winning arbitral award;

Assisted a domestic enterprise in handling contract disputes on imported coal and conducted arbitration in Hong Kong; 

Entrusted by a private enterprise to deal with a dispute against the Australian buyer over sales contract of epidemic prevention materials; 

Trade Compliance/Export Control/Economic Sanctions

Entrusted by a large state-owned enterprise to provide legal advice on project compliance related to Sino-U

(86-20）8573 2518；yang.bo@jingtian.com