Ms. Rene YANG has practiced as a PRC lawyer since 1999 and registered as a foreign lawyer with the Law Society of Hong Kong (SAR) since 2007. From June 2004 to June 2005, as a participant of the British Lord Chancellor's Training Scheme for Young Chinese Lawyers (LCTS), Ms. Rene Yang worked as a visiting lawyer in Hogan Lovells London, Brick Court Chamber (Middle Temple Inn, London) and Hogan Lovells Hong Kong. Ms. Rene YANG specializes in legal service of corporate, securities, cross-border affairs and dispute resolution, and has rich experience in providing legal service for listed companies, state-owned companies and government.
Ms. Rene Yang is committed to promoting the construction of foreign-related rule of law. She is the deputy director of the 'Belt and Road' International Lawyers Association Guangzhou Centre, as well as the director of the Guangdong 'Belt and Road' Legal Service Research Center. She has been awarded with prizes such as Top 1,000 PRC Elite Lawyers of Foreign Legal Service by the Ministry of Justice of the PRC, Leading Lawyer of Foreign Legal Service by of Guangdong Provincial Level, Top Ten Lawyers of Guangzhou for Cross-border Legal Service.
●The A-List 2023-2024: Growth Drivers of legal elites of China Business Law Journal
●Legal Vision 2024 Brand Stars in Dispute Resolution
●Selected as Talent of Foreign Rule of Law by Guangdong Department of Justice, 2023
●Awarded Top Ten Lawyers of Guangzhou for Cross-border Legal Service, 2023
●Awarded 20 Years of Practice Award by Guangzhou Lawyers Association, 2023
●Awarded Award for Maintaining Social Stability for 2022 by Guangzhou Lawyers Association, 2023
●Awarded Excellence Awards in the field of 'Structured Finance and Securitization' of China Business Law Journal, 2024
●Awarded the Theory Achievement Award for 2021 by Guangzhou Lawyers Association, 2022
●Selected as Leading Lawyer of Foreign Legal Service by Guangzhou Department of Justice, 2022
●Awarded the second prize for distinguished papers at the 2021 Annual Academic Conference of the Association of Constitutional Law of the Law Society of Fujian Province, Guangdong Province and Shandong Province , 2021
●Awarded the Active Member of the Anti-epidemic Lawyers Volunteer Service Group by the Guangdong Federation of Industry and Commerce, 2020
●Awarded the third prize of excellent paper at the 2020 Annual Academic Conference of the Association of Constitutional Law of the Law Society of Fujian Province and Guangdong Province, 2020
●Selected as Top 1,000 PRC Elite Lawyers of Foreign Legal Service by the PRC Department of Justice, 2018
●Selected as first group of Leading Lawyer of Foreign Legal Service by Guangzhou Department of Justice, 2017
●Awarded 2009-2011 Outstanding Young Lawyer of Guangzhou by Guangzhou Lawyers Association, 2012
●Numerous awards such as Outstanding Committee Director, Outstanding Member and Achievement by the Guangdong Lawyers Association and Guangzhou Lawyers Association
●Member of the Foreign Affairs Professional Committee of the All-China Lawyers Association
●Director of the Western Returned Scholars Association British Branch
●Deputy Director of the Guangzhou Centre of the 'Belt and Road' Lawyers Alliance under the Ministry of Justice
●Director of the Guangdong 'Belt and Road' Legal Service Research Center
●Director of the Young Lawyers Working Committee of the 8th and the 9th Councils of Guangdong Lawyers Association
●Deputy Director of the Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Foreign Affairs Committee of the 10th and the 11th Councils of Guangdong Lawyers Association
●Deputy Director of the Guangdong Lawyers Group for Foreign Economic and Trade Legal Services
●Executive Director of the Corporate Compliance Research Association of Guangdong Province Law Society
●Deputy Director of the Law Professional Committee of the Council for the Promotion of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Cooperation
●Executive Director of Guangdong Western Returned Scholars Association
●Director of Guangdong New Social Stratum Association
●Delegate of the 13th Guangdong Women”s Congress
●Vice President of Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce in Guangdong
●Vice President of Shaoxing Chamber of Commerce in Guangdong
●Member of the Standing Committee of Guangdong Youth Federation and Member of Guangzhou Youth Federation
●Deputy Director of the Overseas Returned Lawyers Fellowship Center of Guangzhou Lawyers Association
●Director of the 8th and the 9th Councils of Guangzhou Lawyers Association, Deputy Director of the Female Lawyers Working Committee, Deputy Director of the Lawyers Development Strategy Research Working Committee, Member of the Professional Committee for Sate-owned Assets Legal Business
●Expert Lecturer of Guangzhou University
●Expert Consultant of Guangzhou Municipal Planning and Natural Resources Bureau
●Expert Director of the State-owned Enterprises in Guangzhou Development District
●Executive Director of Guangzhou Overseas Returned Scholars Association
●Meditator of the International Commercial Mediation Center for BRI
●Meditator of the Guangzhou Internet Court
●Mediator of the People”s Court of Nansha District
●Independent Director of several Listed Companies (INSIGHT Group / GD TIANHE / GRG Banking / Sirio Pharma / Winsing Animation)
December 1998 - April 2017——GuangDa Law Firm
April 2017 -July 2021——DeHeng Law Offices (Guangzhou)
July 2021 - Present—— SGLA Law Firm, Guangzhou Office
July 2025 - Present——SGLA Law Firm, Hongkong Office
●Representing a stated-owned Chinese company in a CIETAC arbitration in joint venture dispute involving over 3,000 acres land use right
●Representing a Chinese technology company in an equity dispute case regarding its listing in the United States through a red-chip structure
●Representing a subsidiary of a state-owned listed Chinese company in a dispute regarding the repurchase of equity in an overseas investment project
●Representing a Chinese state-owned company in a dispute regarding equity investment with a technology company
●Representing a Chinese real estate company in a lease contract dispute in the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)
●Providing Chinese legal services to a Nigerian oil company in an ad hoc arbitration case concerning a dispute over a ship purchase contract with a Chinese shipbuilding company
●Providing Chinese expert statement in a litigation case in California, USA
●Representing a Hong Kong platform company of a Chinese state-owned company in a cross-border guarantee dispute involving the amount of over HKD100 million
●Representing a Hong Kong platform company of a Chinese state-owned company in a bankruptcy case of a real estate company
●Providing legal services for a foreign invested company in the whole process of its cross-border bankruptcy
●Providing Chinese legal services in a cross-border bankruptcy case of a U.S. company and its Chinese subsidiaries
●Providing Chinese legal services in relation to financing and cross-border guarantees for a maritime port in Brunei
●Representing a Nigerian energy company in a dispute regarding a marine freight forwarding contract with a Nigerian freight company
●Representing a Shenzhen freight company in a dispute regarding a marine freight forwarding contract with an Hong Kong electronics company and its Chinese subsidiaries
●Numerous domestic and cross-border investments/acquisitions project
●Numerous domestic and cross-border financing projects
●Numerous domestic and cross-border equity restructuring/compliance projects
●Numerous domestic dispute resolution cases
●providing annual legal consultancy services for numerous domestic companies
●A Translation of Country-specific Report on the Legal Environment in the Countries along “One Belt One Road” (Volume IV), Country-specific Report on Mexico, pp. 197-217. (Jan. 2019)
●Guidelines on Legal Services for the Construction of Compliance Management System for Overseas Subsidiaries of Chinese Enterprises.
●Legal Response Guidelines for “Carbon Tariff” Issues.
●Guidelines for Enterprises to Respond to Foreign-related Criminal Risks.
●Guidelines for the comprehensive management of cross-border e-commerce platforms.
●Legal Service Guidelines for Chinese Enterprises to Respond to Export Controls.
●Legal Response Guidelines for Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.
Ms. Rene YANG has practiced as a PRC lawyer since 1999 and registered as a foreign lawyer with the Law Society of Hong Kong (SAR) since 2007. From June 2004 to June 2005, as a participant of the British Lord Chancellor's Training Scheme for Young Chinese Lawyers (LCTS), Ms. Rene Yang worked as a visiting lawyer in Hogan Lovells London, Brick Court Chamber (Middle Temple Inn, London) and Hogan Lovells Hong Kong. Ms. Rene YANG specializes in legal service of corporate, securities, cross-border affairs and dispute resolution, and has rich experience in providing legal service for listed companies, state-owned companies and government.
Ms. Rene Yang is committed to promoting the construction of foreign-related rule of law. She is the deputy director of the 'Belt and Road' International Lawyers Association Guangzhou Centre, as well as the director of the Guangdong 'Belt and Road' Legal Service Research Center. She has been awarded with prizes such as Top 1,000 PRC Elite Lawyers of Foreign Legal Service by the Ministry of Justice of the PRC, Leading Lawyer of Foreign Legal Service by of Guangdong Provincial Level, Top Ten Lawyers of Guangzhou for Cross-border Legal Service.
Zhejiang University, Bachelor
Sun Yat-Sen University, Master
University of London, British Lord Chancellor's Training Scheme for Young Chinese Lawyers（LCTS）
●The A-List 2023-2024: Growth Drivers of legal elites of China Business Law Journal
●Legal Vision 2024 Brand Stars in Dispute Resolution
●Selected as Talent of Foreign Rule of Law by Guangdong Department of Justice, 2023
●Awarded Top Ten Lawyers of Guangzhou for Cross-border Legal Service, 2023
●Awarded 20 Years of Practice Award by Guangzhou Lawyers Association, 2023
●Awarded Award for Maintaining Social Stability for 2022 by Guangzhou Lawyers Association, 2023
●Awarded Excellence Awards in the field of 'Structured Finance and Securitization' of China Business Law Journal, 2024
●Awarded the Theory Achievement Award for 2021 by Guangzhou Lawyers Association, 2022
●Selected as Leading Lawyer of Foreign Legal Service by Guangzhou Department of Justice, 2022
●Awarded the second prize for distinguished papers at the 2021 Annual Academic Conference of the Association of Constitutional Law of the Law Society of Fujian Province, Guangdong Province and Shandong Province , 2021
●Awarded the Active Member of the Anti-epidemic Lawyers Volunteer Service Group by the Guangdong Federation of Industry and Commerce, 2020
●Awarded the third prize of excellent paper at the 2020 Annual Academic Conference of the Association of Constitutional Law of the Law Society of Fujian Province and Guangdong Province, 2020
●Selected as Top 1,000 PRC Elite Lawyers of Foreign Legal Service by the PRC Department of Justice, 2018
●Selected as first group of Leading Lawyer of Foreign Legal Service by Guangzhou Department of Justice, 2017
●Awarded 2009-2011 Outstanding Young Lawyer of Guangzhou by Guangzhou Lawyers Association, 2012
●Numerous awards such as Outstanding Committee Director, Outstanding Member and Achievement by the Guangdong Lawyers Association and Guangzhou Lawyers Association
●Member of the Foreign Affairs Professional Committee of the All-China Lawyers Association
●Director of the Western Returned Scholars Association British Branch
●Deputy Director of the Guangzhou Centre of the 'Belt and Road' Lawyers Alliance under the Ministry of Justice
●Director of the Guangdong 'Belt and Road' Legal Service Research Center
●Director of the Young Lawyers Working Committee of the 8th and the 9th Councils of Guangdong Lawyers Association
●Deputy Director of the Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Foreign Affairs Committee of the 10th and the 11th Councils of Guangdong Lawyers Association
●Deputy Director of the Guangdong Lawyers Group for Foreign Economic and Trade Legal Services
●Executive Director of the Corporate Compliance Research Association of Guangdong Province Law Society
●Deputy Director of the Law Professional Committee of the Council for the Promotion of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Cooperation
●Executive Director of Guangdong Western Returned Scholars Association
●Director of Guangdong New Social Stratum Association
●Delegate of the 13th Guangdong Women”s Congress
●Vice President of Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce in Guangdong
●Vice President of Shaoxing Chamber of Commerce in Guangdong
●Member of the Standing Committee of Guangdong Youth Federation and Member of Guangzhou Youth Federation
●Deputy Director of the Overseas Returned Lawyers Fellowship Center of Guangzhou Lawyers Association
●Director of the 8th and the 9th Councils of Guangzhou Lawyers Association, Deputy Director of the Female Lawyers Working Committee, Deputy Director of the Lawyers Development Strategy Research Working Committee, Member of the Professional Committee for Sate-owned Assets Legal Business
●Expert Lecturer of Guangzhou University
●Expert Consultant of Guangzhou Municipal Planning and Natural Resources Bureau
●Expert Director of the State-owned Enterprises in Guangzhou Development District
●Executive Director of Guangzhou Overseas Returned Scholars Association
●Meditator of the International Commercial Mediation Center for BRI
●Meditator of the Guangzhou Internet Court
●Mediator of the People”s Court of Nansha District
●Independent Director of several Listed Companies (INSIGHT Group / GD TIANHE / GRG Banking / Sirio Pharma / Winsing Animation)
December 1998 - April 2017——GuangDa Law Firm
April 2017 -July 2021——DeHeng Law Offices (Guangzhou)
July 2021 - Present—— SGLA Law Firm, Guangzhou Office
July 2025 - Present——SGLA Law Firm, Hongkong Office
●Representing a stated-owned Chinese company in a CIETAC arbitration in joint venture dispute involving over 3,000 acres land use right
●Representing a Chinese technology company in an equity dispute case regarding its listing in the United States through a red-chip structure
●Representing a subsidiary of a state-owned listed Chinese company in a dispute regarding the repurchase of equity in an overseas investment project
●Representing a Chinese state-owned company in a dispute regarding equity investment with a technology company
●Representing a Chinese real estate company in a lease contract dispute in the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)
●Providing Chinese legal services to a Nigerian oil company in an ad hoc arbitration case concerning a dispute over a ship purchase contract with a Chinese shipbuilding company
●Providing Chinese expert statement in a litigation case in California, USA
●Representing a Hong Kong platform company of a Chinese state-owned company in a cross-border guarantee dispute involving the amount of over HKD100 million
●Representing a Hong Kong platform company of a Chinese state-owned company in a bankruptcy case of a real estate company
●Providing legal services for a foreign invested company in the whole process of its cross-border bankruptcy
●Providing Chinese legal services in a cross-border bankruptcy case of a U.S. company and its Chinese subsidiaries
●Providing Chinese legal services in relation to financing and cross-border guarantees for a maritime port in Brunei
●Representing a Nigerian energy company in a dispute regarding a marine freight forwarding contract with a Nigerian freight company
●Representing a Shenzhen freight company in a dispute regarding a marine freight forwarding contract with an Hong Kong electronics company and its Chinese subsidiaries
●Numerous domestic and cross-border investments/acquisitions project
●Numerous domestic and cross-border financing projects
●Numerous domestic and cross-border equity restructuring/compliance projects
●Numerous domestic dispute resolution cases
●providing annual legal consultancy services for numerous domestic companies
●A Translation of Country-specific Report on the Legal Environment in the Countries along “One Belt One Road” (Volume IV), Country-specific Report on Mexico, pp. 197-217. (Jan. 2019)
●Guidelines on Legal Services for the Construction of Compliance Management System for Overseas Subsidiaries of Chinese Enterprises.
●Legal Response Guidelines for “Carbon Tariff” Issues.
●Guidelines for Enterprises to Respond to Foreign-related Criminal Risks.
●Guidelines for the comprehensive management of cross-border e-commerce platforms.
●Legal Service Guidelines for Chinese Enterprises to Respond to Export Controls.
●Legal Response Guidelines for Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.