In November 2024, LEGALBAND, a globally recognised legal ranking agency, unveiled its first-ever "Best of Best" (BOB) list, featuring the "Top 30 Law Firms in China" and "Top 30 Lawyers in China". Llinks earned a spot on the "Top 30 Law Firms in China" list due to its strong professional capabilities, impressive market performance, and excellent industry reputation. Concurrently, Llinks partner Mr. Peiming Yang was recognised as one of the "Top 30 Lawyers in China" for his exceptional professional expertise and market standing.
Peiming Yang, Partner
Mr. Peiming Yang is a graduate of the International Economic Law program at Fudan University Law School, where he received his Bachelor of Laws degree. He has been practicing law since 1997 and joined Llinks as a partner in February 2012. In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Yang serves as an arbitrator for several arbitration institutions, including the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, and the Shanghai and Nanjing Arbitration Commissions. He is also a mediator at the Shanghai Economic and Trade Commercial Mediation Centre, Secretary-General of the Arbitration and Lawyer Mediation Professional Committee of the All China Lawyers Association, and Deputy Director of the Financial Business Research Committee of the Shanghai Arbitration Association.
Mr. Yang is a distinguished commercial dispute resolution lawyer, known for his representation in civil and commercial litigation, arbitration, and enforcement proceedings. He has handled hundreds of cases for multinational corporations, foreign-invested enterprises, large state-owned enterprise groups, and private enterprise groups, covering a wide range of traditional civil and commercial disputes such as investment disputes, shareholder disputes, distribution agreement disputes, real estate transactions, leasing disputes, and international sales of goods.
Moreover, Mr. Yang has a particular expertise in resolving financial disputes, including those between asset management firms and investors arising from asset management contracts, and he has represented nearly a hundred financial consumer rights protection disputes on behalf of various asset management institutions. Additionally, he has represented financial institutions in various standardized and non-standard debt recovery disputes and bond default disputes on behalf of bondholders and trustees.
Mr. Peiming Yang has been named a "Litigation Star" by Benchmark Litigation China for six consecutive years and has been recognised as a recommended lawyer in dispute resolution by Chambers Asia-Pacific for ten years running (2015-2024). He has also been listed as one of the "Top 15 Litigation Lawyers in China" by Asian Legal Business five times and is recommended as a leading lawyer in dispute resolution by Asialaw Leading Lawyers and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. Furthermore, Mr. Yang has been awarded the title of "Shanghai Outstanding Lawyer" for the years 2019-2022.
The 2024 LEGALBAND "Best of Best" selection process heavily weighs self-nominations from law firms, client feedback, and market intelligence, complemented by LEGALBAND's China team's deep insights and ongoing monitoring of the Chinese legal services market. The aim is to identify and recommend to corporate clients the 30 top-performing Chinese law firms and 30 outstanding Chinese lawyers with exceptional business performance and stellar client reputation for the year 2024.
