Chonghua Yao，Lawyer Chonghua Yao, a senior partner, graduated from Kyoto University of Japan with a PhD of Law. After Mr. Yao achieved a qualification of international law in Japan and registered in Japan Federation of Bar Association, he worked as a principal in Chinese-Japan Co-effort Law Firm in Osaka Japan. Mr. Yao’s professional fields involve in international commercial arbitration, international investment law and laws of Japan. Since Mr. Yao mainly provides legal service in international commercial arbitration affairs, he successfully, as a first Chinese lawyer who has a qualification of international law in Japan, acted as an agent in an arbitration case between enterprises from China and Japan in Japan Commercial Arbitration Association in 2003. After that, he successfully acted in a case accepted by a court in Fujian which was a first case in China that foreign arbitration adjudication was recognized and implemented and also acted in a quite rare litigation case in which laws of Japan were held as the proper law in a Chinese court.

Chenguang Ma，Lawyer Chenguang Ma, a senior partner, graduated from Dalian Maritime University and Law School of Tsinghua University (Postgraduate Class). Ms Ma is expert at the legal service in real property and finance and is the legal counsel of many real property investment corporations, development companies, finance organizations and listed companies. In the field of legal service in real property, lawyer Ma is familiar with real property investment, projects acquisition, projects construction, sales, estate management and such kinds of legal practices, concerning all kinds of litigation and non-litigation disputes in the term of development. Ms Ma successfully has provided legal service in the risk estimation of real property items, investigation of ownership relationship of lands, ownership acquisition of lands, construction projects conveyance and merger between items companies, which contributes real property development companies to work out a financing plan, legally acquire floatation of loan, supervise the funds use and help development companies to have a long-term and sustainable development. In the filed of finance service, Ms Ma, uniting banking and non-banking finance organizations, helps companies to make financing plans, supervise funds use, acquire floatation of loan, protect the investment security of finance organizations and the investment interests of investors. Moreover, Ms Ma cooperates with many domestic and foreign finance organizations to meet the needs and legal interests of companies, investors and finance organizations as much as possible.

Wei Wang，Lawyer Wei Wang, a senior partner who owns a qualification for lawyers involving in securities legal field, graduated from Nanjing University. Mr. Wang has a certification of Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 1. Mr. Wang had worked a and now he is one of chief principals of investment and trade law center in Co-effort Law firm. Until today, Mr. Wang has been recruited by Chinese-Japanese Co-effort Law as a foreign laws researcher from August 2006. Mr. Wang’s professional fields involve in investment concerning Japan, trade and investment law and civil law. Mr. Wang successively provides legal service for hundreds of Japanese listed companies concerning investment in China, including the establishment, merger and legal prudence and investigation of foreign investment companies, in which there are more than 100 cases of items establishment (including produce items, service trade items and so forth) of foreign investment companies and more than 50 cases of merger and legal prudence and investigation.

Ping Li，Lawyer Ping Li, graduated from Law School of Shanghai University (Bachelor Degree) and Law School of Fudan University (Master Degree), is a senior partner and director of the firm who owns a qualification of property rights broker. Mr. Li’s professional fields involve in technology financing trade, company law, bankruptcy and liquidation and criminal law. During more than ten years lawyer career, Mr. Li traditionally began with criminal and civil cases that the number of which is more than 1,000 that he has held. In the aspects of acting in litigation cases, Mr. Li has something on the ball. After successfully acting as an agent in the first case of mental compensation of cosmetology and many profound cases, he has been reported by “Jiefang Daily”, “Xinmin Evening Post”, “Shanghai Legal System News” and “Real Estate Daily”. From 2000, Mr. Li began to develop new fields, such as technology transfer, technology financing, company investment and real estate industry. Mr. Li places emphasis on the combination of theory research and legal practice.

Yueping Zhou，Lawyer Yueping Zhou, a senior partner, is the director of www.build-lawyer.com and chief editor of “Build-Lawyer” who is graduated as Master of Law from Fudan University. Lawyer Yueping Zhou was once awarded as “Excellent Lawyers in the Field of Construction Industry”. Lawyer Yueping Zhou was recruited as a columnist by “Construction Daily” in 2006. Lawyer Yueping Zhou’s professional field is construction in real-estate industry. Lawyer Yueping Zhou has engaged in legal service, research and practice in construction of real property industry for a quite long time. Lawyer Yueping Zhou successfully acted as an agent many cases for a lot of large companies, such as China Construction Second Engineering Bureau, China Construction Third Engineering Bureau, Greenland Group, Shanghai East-Asia Construction Group, Cosco Khi, during which Ms Zhou gathers much practical experience.

Lanping Zhou，Lawyer Lanping Zhou, a senior partner graduated as a Master of Law at Fudan University, is a vice director of www.build-lawyer.com, a columnist of “Construction Daily” and is invited as a lawyer by a hotline of “Construction”. Ms Lanping Zhou has invited to attend the real-estate programs made by “Lawyers of the Orient” program team many times. Ms Zhou’s professional fields involve in real estate and civil & commercial law. In lawyer Lanping Zhou’s lawyer career, she has provided litigation and non-litigation legal service for many famous companies and industry associations, such as China Construction Third Engineering Bureau, The fifth Metallurgical Construction Corp. Ltd. Shanghai, Greenland Group, Long Yuan Construction Group Co., Ltd., The Thirteenth Metallurgical Construction Corp. Ltd. Shanghai, Shanghai East-Asia Union Construction Industry (Group) Co., Ltd., Shanghai Kaitian Group, Shanghai Baosteel Engineering & Construction Corp, Shanghai COSCO Kawasaki Heavy Industries Steel Structure Co., Ltd. (SCK), Far East Steel Structure Engineering Co., Ltd., Shanghai Sansheng-Hongye Investments Group and its subsidiaries, Info-Highway Holdings (HK), China Orient Asset Management Corp, Shanghai Metal Construction Association, Nanhui Lingang Development Zone.

Minjian You，Lawyer Minjian You, a senior partner graduated as Master of Law at East China University of Politics Science and Law, is the president of general committee of Shanghai Co-effort Law Firm. Mr. You, awarded the name of “Lawyers of the Orient” in 2007, is an adjunct professor of Shanghai Normal University and a senior researcher of Shanghai Intellectual Property Academe. Mr. You’s professional field is intellectual property rights. During Mr. You’s lawyer career, he has undertaken thousands of cases and so that gathers quite a lot practical experience. As Mr. You places emphasis on theory research and has intensive and original views in the intellectual property field, he has issued many professional essays and establishes www.iprlawyers.com and “Co-effort IPR Report” which are well-known in the industry. Mr. You has been invited to join the discussion and drafting activities of many legislation and judicial interpretation, such as Copyright Law of P.R.C., Protection for The Computer Software, Administrative Protection of Copyright on the Internet Procedures and Regulations on the Protection of Communication Right through Information Network.

Qi Zuo，Lawyer Qi Zuo, a partner, works in Co-effort Law Firm after graduating as Bachelor at International Economic Law Department of Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade. Ms Zuo went to Doshisha University Japan to study Japanese on March 2002 and passed Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 1 on December in the same year. In April 2003, Ms Zuo went back and became a partner of the firm. Lawyer Zuo’s professional fields involve in international trade law, contract law and labor law. During her career, Ms Zuo deals with many civil economic litigation cases and gathers quite a lot practical experience. Especially as a female lawyer, Lawyer Zuo is famous in her sharp mind and meticulous thoughts. Ms Zuo is well reviewed and trusted by clients through her consideration to clients and high efficiency.