Educational Background

Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Master of International Economic Law

Working Experience

2006 Present  Zhonglun W&D Law Firm, Assistant, lawyer, partner and Senior Partner

Professional Qualification

Chinese Lawyer Certificate

Working Language

Chinese and English

In 2009, he was employed to provide special legal services for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC and was highly recognized.

Mr.Yao focuses on the legal areas of banking, trust, insurance, funds, corporate securities, construction engineering and real estate. He has provided legal services to numerous companies and institutions and handled hundreds of litigation and arbitration cases. His major clients include China Development Bank, China Everbright Bank, China Development Finance Corporation, CITIC Trust, Xinhua Trust, Beijing Trust, Minmetals Trust, Ping An Trust, Dinghui Investment, EBP Capital, SAIF Fund, Legend Capital, IDG Capital, TusStar Venture Capital, Sequoia Capital, Sinopec, China National Petroleum Corporation, China Mobile, China Minmetals, China People's Insurance, Chenming Paper, BTG, Minmetals Construction, Cinda Real Estate, China Construction, Zhengda Group, Microsoft China, Sony Ericsson, Baidu, Sohu Changyou, McDonald's, Hyundai Group, Samsung Group, Temasek, Mr. Guohao Real Estate, HNA Group, Fortune Real Estate, LVC Group, Taihe Real Estate, Tianan Group, Hanrun Investment, Runfeng Group, Yuanda Honglue, Dilin Weiye, Longkexing, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Land and Resources and Beijing Land Consolidation Reserve Center.

He specializes in finance, engineering real estate, company listing, merger and acquisition and antitrust legal affairs, which include bank credit, project guarantees, bills, payment and settlement, funds, trusts and financial leasing, insurance fund investment; construction projects, real estate development, project transfer, financing, post-sales services, as well as construction projects, real estate, finance; merger and acquisition, equity transfers and corporate bond issuance.

       BANKING AND FINANCE

       TRUST

       INSURANCE

       PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENT

       CAPITAL MARKETS / SECURITIES

       FINANCIAL INDUSTRY

       REAL ESTATE

Director of the Labor and Personnel Professional Committee of Zhonglun W&D Law Firm

Deputy director of the Financial Committee and the Construction Engineering and Real Estate Professional Committee

Guest counsel of Central University of Finance and Economics and University of International Business and Economics

Guest lecturer at Xinzejin Business School and Jinku.com

Mr.Yao has also written many articles on real estate and financial law, and made great contribution to compiling the books such as the Legal Guarantee for Chinese Enterprises Going Global under the Belt and Road Initiative, the High-end Business of Real Estate Lawyers, High-end Business of Financial Lawyers, Corporate Securities Lawyers high-end Business and Legal System of Chinese and Foreign Capital Markets. Some of his published articles include:

Analysis of the Legal Effect of the Nature of Contract Transfer in Construction--Taking a Dispute over Construction Transfer as an Example

Analysis of Legal Issues of Construction Projects Joint Bidding

Analysis of Legal Issues of Economic Redundancy of Cool 6 Network

A Summary of Legal Issues on Foreign Investment in Real Estate from 2006 to 2011;

Can the employer terminate the labor contract without signing a non-fixed-term labor contract after two consecutively signing of labor contract

His representative practical paper Legal Analysis and Suggestions on Farmers' Collective Property Rights Mortgage Financing--from the Perspective of the Reform of Chengdu Farmers' Collective Property Right System , which has a great influence in the industry