Attorney Li Gang graduated from Waseda University in Japan, specializing in commercial law and maritime law. Since his practice as an attorney, he has already offered numerous legal services for major shipping, insurance, financial and trade companies, mainly dealing with international commercial legal disputes. Meanwhile, he also serves as the legal advisor of a number of foreign-invested companies, handling their daily legal affairs (including shipping disputes, insurance disputes, claim and debt disputes, foreign investment/external investment, mergers and acquisitions and liquidation, etc.).

Attorney Li Gang has a high level of professional expertise and rich practice experience. Up to now, he has undertaken many legal cases involving huge amounts of money, complex disputes and a wide range of issues. In addition, he is proficient in quite a few languages, especially Japanese, which helps to gain him many stable Japanese clients. Committed to providing comprehensive and fast international legal services to clients from different countries, he has been well recognized and supported by them.

Waseda University

Member of Association of China Lawyers in Japan

Member of Japanese Maritime Law Association

Associate member of Association of Average Adjusters of Japan

Special researcher of Waseda University in Japan

2021-to date, SGLA Law Firm,Parnter

2017-2021, Wintell &Co.,Partner

2012-2017, Wang Jing & Co.-Shanghai Office,Lawyer

2011-2012, Yoshida & Partners,Trainee

2003-2004, Agricultural Bank Of China,Accountant

1. A ship was suspected to have its chemical goods leaked while unloading at Zhenjiang Port, which made the local domestic water in Zhenjiang unusable for nearly a week. As a result, Zhenjiang Water Supply Company, Zhenjiang Maritime Safety Administration, Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration, Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau, together with local fishermen and environmental protection organizations, filed a claim against the shipowner, with the amount reaching nearly RMB 200 million. When the shipowner lost the first instance and faced the risk of paying RMB 200 million in compensation, it engaged attorney Li Gang to represent it in the second instance. In the second instance, attorney Li Gang successfully found a loophole in the court judgment of the first instance, thus limiting the compensation to under RMB 6 million;

2. In a case related to a ship colliding with other ships and the wharf in the course of its berthing at Beilun Port, attorney Li Gang negotiated with the port, the owners of other ships and other interested parties, which not only helped the ship to set sail smoothly but also successfully rid the shipowner of the possible risk of paying a huge compensation;

3. In a dispute over a contract for the carriage of goods by sea, the plaintiff was the charterer of the voyage charter and held the original bill of lading. In this case, the goods suffered losses of about RMB 30 million due to the market fall out of NVOCC’s retaining of the goods. Represented the shipowner to participate in the lawsuit, and through various means finally found crucial evidence, which helped to directly reverse the previous situation that was rather unfavorable to the shipowner. In the end, the client successfully defended the case and did not bear any legal responsibility;

4. Represented a foreign trade company in the arbitration proceedings of the Shanghai International Arbitration Center and applied for pre-litigation property preservation. Because of timely handling of the case and accurate application of the law, out of all the 213 creditors in this case, the client of attorney Li Gang became the only one that received full compensation in the end;

5. Devoted to cases concerning domestic recognition and enforcement of overseas arbitration for many years (mainly regarding dispute arbitration of bulk cargo trade contracts), with rich practical experience, having obtained huge due benefits or avoided potential compensation losses for clients many times.

1. Disclaimer Subjects of Carrier under Chinese Law - (Japan: The Quarterly Review of Corporation Law and Society, No.4 Volume 7, Feb 2011 )

2. Generation and Development of Off-hire Clauses under Time Charter Party (Japan: Graduate School Law Review No. 142 (2012))

3. Maritime Lien under the Law of P.R. China (Japan: Ship Finance Law Seibundoh 2014)

4. Announcement on Issuing the Interim Measures for the Tax Administration of Non-resident Enterprises Engaged in International Transportation Business (Translation) (Japan: The Report of the Japanese Maritime Law Association No 225, Nov 2014 )

5. Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Applicable Law of Ships Arrested and Auctioned (Translation) (Japan: The Report of the Japanese Maritime Law Association No 227, May 2015 )

6. Japanese Maritime Law (Translation) (China: Law Press, May 2015)

7. Legal Systems of Ship Arrest in China (Japan: The Report of the Japanese Maritime Law Association No 229, Nov 2015)

8. Jurisdiction of Chinese Maritime Cases (Japan: The Report of the Japanese Maritime Law Association No 231, May 2016)

9. Scope of the Cases Acceptable to the China Maritime Court and Jurisdiction of Maritime Litigation (Japan: The Report of the Japanese Maritime Law Association No 231, May 2016)

10. China Maritime Arbitration (Japan: The Report of the Japanese Maritime Law Association No 234, Feb 2017)

11. Legal Systems Regarding Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims in China (Japan: The Report of the Japanese Maritime Law Association No 237, Nov 2017 )

12. Legal Issues Regarding Bankruptcy of Chinese Shipping Companies (Japan: The Report of the Japanese Maritime Law Association No 242, Feb 2019 )

13. China Private International Maritime Law (Japan: The Report of the Japanese Maritime Law Association No 245, Nov 2019)