Education

1999 | the East China University of Political Science and Law | LLB | Law

Work Experience

1999-2006 | Zhenghan Law Firm | Senior Associate

2006 | Junhe Law Offices Shanghai Office | Associate

2007-2010 | Mayer Brown Shanghai Office | Associate

2011-2012 | Air Products and Chemicals (China) Investment Co., Ltd. | Legal Counsel

2012-2013 | HaoLiWen Partners Shanghai Office | Partner

2013-2018 | Zhong Yin Law Firm Shanghai Office | Partner

2019 - | Hylands Law Firm Shanghai Office | Partner

Professional Qualification

2000 | Admitted to practice the law of P. R. China

2000 | Member of the All-China Lawyers’ Association

Mr. Eric Dong is also a seasoned litigation lawyer. He has represented numerous foreign, multinational and domestic companies in resolving through litigation or arbitration the large-scale or complex commercial disputes, before the courts at various levels in Beijing, Shanghai and other provinces, CIETEC, Shanghai Arbitration Commission and other major domestic arbitration institutions. He has handled lots of commercial litigation or arbitration cases. Mr. Dong has extensive experience particularly in dispute resolution in areas of banking, securities, real estate, commercial contracts and international trade.

Mr. Dong also has extensive experience in the corporate practice. He has advised numerous well-known foreign, multinational and domestic companies on foreign direct investment, M&A projects, regulatory compliance, commercial bribery, and other general corporate matters. He has spanned such business sectors as infrastructure, real estate, finance, chemical, machinery, food and light industry. Mr. Dong also advises clients on operational matters, such as labor, industrial and commercial regulations, investment, foreign exchange, financing, import and export transactions.

In the area of real estate, Mr. Dong has regularly advised and assisted many real estate funds, developers, contractors, governmental entities, landlords and tenants relevant to a full range of development, construction, management and leasing regionally and nationwide in all phases, including pre-project legal analysis, deal structuring, financing, land use right bidding, compensation for expropriation/demolition, construction, pre-sale & sale, property management, mortgage and transfer. He is always positioned to offer the clients services in terms of due diligence investigation, structuring the deals, drafting, reviewing and finalizing various project documents, leading and participating negotiations, issuing legal opinions, fulfilling relevant procedures and processes.