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  • Xiaojuan FAN

    Counsel / Shanghai

  • Tel +86-21-6061-3666

    Email fanxiaojuan@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Private Equity & Investment Funds, Hong Kong & Overseas Capital Markets, Financial Products & Trusts

  • Industries

    Intelligence Technology & Application

CV

Xiaojuan FAN

Xiaojuan Fan is an equity partner with Zhong Lun Law Firm. Boasting proficiency in finance, taxation, and computer science, Ms. Fan is committed to the digital industry. She provides compliance legal services covering data compliance, IP operation, financial operation, cross-border cooperation, and other compliance matters to a diverse client base, spanning domains such as metaverse, NFT, blockchain, Web3.0, AR/VR/MR, AI, big data, cloud computing, open source software development, edge computing, industrial Internet, 5G, online games, and online trading platforms. Leveraging her legal and fiscal expertise, she has demonstrated keen insight into the development trends, business models, and operations of enterprises in the digital sectors. Alongside her practice, Ms. Fan has conducted in-depth research on the ecological pattern, operation mode, and regulatory law of blockchain, NFT, metaverse, etc. She and her team are dedicated to delivering professional, comprehensive legal solutions catering to clients' needs.

Representative Matters

Digital

  • Provided retainer-based legal services to an industrial metaverse company and advised the company on compliance of its business model and platform development

  • Provided legal advisory for the establishment of Hengqin Industrial Metaverse Center and conducted feasibility analysis and delivered legal advice for the operation of the Industrial Metaverse 


Center with DAO

  • Provided legal services to a leading blockchain enterprise (covering matters including but not limited to data compliance, personal information protection, and network security compliance)

  • Provided compliance assessment services to a big data company for listing of the data product in Shanghai Data Exchange


Financing 

  • Provided legal services to Sequoia Data, a leading company of financial distributed database, for its Series D financing

  • Provided legal services for a medical laboratory company's Series A financing from Orchid Asia, Series B financing from Lenovo Capital, and Series C financing

  • Provided legal services to an e-commerce enterprise in the maternal and infant care industry for its Series C+ financing and Series D financing, the latter invested by Hillhouse Capital and Anchor Capital


Listing/Acquisition 

  • Provided legal services to Parade Technology, a Taiwanese listed company, in its acquisition of Fresco Logic. Inc.

  • Provided legal services to the US listed company Johnson & Johnson Holdings for its acquisition of Elsker For Mother&Baby Co., Ltd.

  • Provide legal services for SinoMed's listing application in Hong Kong as well as its return to the Chinese mainland capital markets by listing on the STAR Market

  • Provided legal services to US listed company Renren.com in its acquisition of 56.com

Honors and Awards

For Individual

Leading Business Lawyer, Who's Who Legal, 2020

For Deal

Johnson & Johnson's acquisition of Elsker: Company/strategic acquisition (USD 100 million to USD 500 million) annual international M&A transaction award, New York Annual Cross Border M&A Advisor Summit

Memberships & Affiliations

Standing Committee Member, China Mobile Communications Association Metaverse Consensus Circle

Committee, China Chamber of International Commerce Blockchain Industry Committee

Vice President, Legal Professional Committee, Shanghai Blockchain Technology Association

Expert, Shanghai Blockchain Technology Association Think Tank

Committee, Academic and Technical Committee, Hengqin Digital Chain Financial Research Institute

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar
    New York State Bar
    PRC Certified Tax Advisor Qualification

  • Education

    LL.M. in Corporate Law, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law
    LL.M. in International Economic Law, Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade, School of Law
    Bachelor of Economics, Shanxi Institute of Finance and Economics

  • Professional Experience

    Counsel, partner, and associate, Zhong Lun Law Firm
    Exchange Attorney, DELPORTE DUGARDYN DE THERI & LEFEBVRE, Brussels, Belgium
    Attorney, Delson Law Firm, Shanghai
    Associate, AllBright Law Firm, Shanghai

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English