In October 2020, the well-known international legal publication, Who's Who Legal officially announced its WWL 2020 experts bank list. With solid professional knowledge and the wealth of practice experience, Llinks partners David Yu, David Wu and David Pan have been named as leading practitioners in the who's who legal 2020 experts list.
David Yu
Recommended: M&A and Governance
Mr. Yu has been engaged in legal services for more than 20 years and has participated in many groundbreaking transactions in China. He is well known for his rich practicing experience and innovative services in corporate law, M&A, private equity, restructuring and bankruptcy. Throughout his legal career, Mr. Yu has represented a number of large-scale Chinese enterprises and listed companies, in cases involving cross-border investment, M&A, corporate finance, etc. He possesses in–depth legal knowledge and practical experience in the following industries: automotive, energy, infrastructure, equipment manufacturing, medicine, education, media and entertainment, chemical, natural resources, pharmaceutical and healthcare, real estate and TMT. He has assisted the clients on some creative projects in these business sectors.
Mr. Yu currently is the president of Shanghai Arbitration Commission, the chief director of Foreign Affairs Committee, the director of Foreign-related Legal Services Committee, an arbitrator of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission and Shanghai Arbitration Commission. He also acts as a member of Shanghai Municipal Administrative Review Committee, vice-chairman of the Commercial Law Research Council of Shanghai Law Society, an adjunct professor of East China University of Political Science and Law, etc. Mr. Yu is consistently recommended as a leading lawyer, a "Hot Lawyer" and a "Client Choice Lawyer" by major legal publications. Mr. Yu was also named one of the "Top 10 Lawyers in Shanghai" by the Shanghai Bar Association and as one of the "National Outstanding Lawyers" by the All China Bar Association.
David Wu
Recommended: Sports and Entertainment
David was then appointed as arbitrator of CAS ad hoc division for Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014. The appointment made him the only Chinese arbitrator with arbitration experience in the Olympics at present, meantime the second Chinese arbitrator appointed for the Winter Olympics in history. He participated in the 2017 reform program of China Basketball Association and CBA League, was invited to join one of the teams for revision of the Sports Law of the People's Republic of China which is responsible for the subject of sports arbitration and participated the revision of the Regulation for the Protect of Olympic Symbols in the State Council draft, provided legal opinions for China Volleyball League as well as China Baseball Association. So far, David and his colleagues have made long-term contribution to reform of associations, leagues for sport projects including football, basketball, volleyball, e-sports, yachting, cycling and baseball etc.
David now acts as Director at Research Committee of Shanghai Bar Association, Arbitrator of Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), China Ambassador of Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), Director of the CBA League Disciplinary and Dispute Resolution Committee, Arbitrator of Shanghai International Arbitration Center (SHIAC), Vice-Director of Shanghai Law Society Sports Law Research Group, Member of the Chinese Basketball Association Disciplinary and Ethics Committee and Chinese Basketball Association Arbitration Committee, Executive Member and Head of Legal Committee of Chinese Yachting Association, Consulting Member of the CAS Shanghai Alternative Hearing Centre, Council member and Head of Legal and Arbitration Committee of the China Baseball Association, "Specially-Appointed Expert" of the Sports Law Research Center of Shanghai University of Sport.
David Pan
Recommended: Competition
Dr. Pan obtained his LL.M. from Harvard Law School, and his Doctor of Jurisprudence from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Dr. Pan is admitted to practice law both in China and in New York State, U.S. Dr. Pan has practiced law in China and in the U.S. over 19 years. He gained in-depth knowledge on Chinese and international commercial culture and legal systems. Before joining Llinks, Dr. Pan worked for two well-known Chinese law firms, and most recently worked for a Fortune 500 Company as its APAC General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer.
Based on his thorough understanding of business operations, Dr. Pan also specializes in providing clients with practical solution-oriented compliance services in anti-corruption, antitrust, and anti-unfair competition. Dr. Pan is listed as a recommended antitrust and competition lawyer by Legal 500, and a recommended corporate and compliance lawyer by Chambers and Who's Who Legal.
