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Yan LAN
Non-equity Partner / Shanghai
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Tel +86-21-6061-3772
Email lanyan@zhonglun.com
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Practices
Taxation & Wealth Planning, Litigation & Arbitration
Yan LAN
Ms. Yan Lan has been focusing on practices in relation to private wealth management for ultra-high-net-worth individuals for many years. Her legal services range from designing customized plans for pre-marital wealth, marital wealth, wealth inheritance and some other individual wealth management programs for ultra-high-net-worth individuals to comprehensive family wealth management solutions for many well-known family enterprises, including but not limited to legal risk prevention strategies for family members, corporate equity structure adjustment and stability control, design of family charters and supporting facilities, family wealth inheritance plans, wealth security planning for family descendants, establishment of family offices, and expansion of family philanthropy. Ms. Lan is adept at handling intricate family disputes such as divorce disputes and succession disputes that involve different fields of law and cross-border factors, among others, and specializes in tapping into her expertise to help clients find the most suitable dispute resolution solutions. The exceptional capabilities Ms. Lan possesses have helped clients settle disputes through negotiations without recourse to litigation, which not only relieves the clients of the burdens of litigation but also avoids potential hefty losses that litigation will entail.
Representative Matters
Wealth Planning for Individuals
Formulated comprehensive family wealth planning schemes for Chinese and foreign family enterprises, controlling shareholders, actual controllers, etc., with the wealth under management ranging from CNY 500 million to CNY 30 billion
Formulated a comprehensive family wealth planning scheme for a successor of a family in China, with property in the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, BVI and other jurisdictions, involving hundreds of millions of yuan
Designed a pre-marital property planning scheme concerning property in China and abroad for the major shareholder and actual controller of a game company in China, involving hundreds of millions of yuan
Designed a negotiated divorce scheme, a child support scheme and a scheme concerning trusts in China and abroad for a shareholder of an overseas communication software company, involving hundreds of millions of yuan
Designed a marital property planning scheme for a major shareholder of a Chinese search software company, involving hundreds of millions of yuan
Formulated a pre-marital property planning scheme for the successor of a large real estate company in China, with property valued at billions of yuan and located in the Chinese mainland and many other countries and regions, spanning jurisdictions including Singapore, South Korea and Malaysia
Formulated a family wealth preservation and inheritance plan for a family business in Fujian province, and provided services regarding family wealth preservation, lawful debt planning, inheritance plans for family business equity and other property, involving a total amount of CNY 1 billion
Designed a prenuptial agreement for the actual controller of a Chinese textile magnate, involving CNY 8 billion
Formulated a comprehensive family wealth planning scheme for the actual controller of a famous A-share listed real estate company in China, including a marital wealth planning scheme for children, will planning and charitable donations, among others, involving a total amount of as much as CNY 6 billion
Formulated a family wealth planning scheme for a Chinese entrepreneur that runs a Hong Kong listed company, with the scheme covering distribution of family property, will planning, debt isolation and overseas trust establishment, involving about CNY 800 million
Designed a comprehensive family wealth planning scheme for the family of the actual controller of a Chinese A-share listed company, with the scheme covering estate planning and involving billions of yuan
Designed a prenuptial agreement and will scheme for the actual controller of an e-commerce giant in China, involving a total amount of as much as CNY 9 billion
Designed a prenuptial agreement and will for the child of a rich man in China, involving assets of up to CNY 10 billion located across three jurisdictions
Designed an equity adjustment plan and will planning for the actual controller of a famous real estate company in China to balance the interests of all stakeholders
Handled comprehensive wealth management affairs for the family running a large group company, with services ranging from wealth risk control and prevention to inheritance for children, including will planning
Provided family affairs consulting services for the actual controller of a pre-IPO enterprise and assisted the enterprise in its successful listing, which involved billions of yuan
Provided family affairs consulting service for the actual controller of a famous Chinese logistics enterprise, involving property worth up to CNY 10 billion
Designed a prenuptial agreement for the child of one of China's richest men, involving up to CNY 30 billion
Provided family affairs consulting services for a famous family business in China, involving assets of up to CNY 80 billion, mainly located abroad
Dispute Resolution: Marital and Family Matters
Represented the actual controller of a Chinese A-share listed company in a divorce dispute, involving about CNY 3 billion
Represented the spouse of the actual controller of a Chinese A-share listed company in a post-divorce property dispute involving about CNY 4 billion
Represented the spouse of the actual controller of a Chinese A-share listed company in a divorce dispute over issues such as identifying different equity valuation methods, involving about CNY 500 million
Represented the spouse of a famous Internet celebrity in China in a divorce dispute and a contract dispute, involving hundreds of millions of yuan
Represented an entrepreneur running a Chinese private company in a divorce case, involving the convergence of jurisdiction and parallel proceedings in two jurisdictions, involving about CNY 500 million
Represented the spouse of the actual controller of a Chinese A-share listed company in a marital property dispute, involving hundreds of millions of yuan
Represented the spouse of the actual controller of a Chinese A-share listed company in a divorce dispute, involving about CNY 6 billion
Represented the spouse of the actual controller of a Chinese enterprise in a divorce dispute, with the enterprise’s value estimated at about CNY 2.5 billion
Represented the actual controller of a Chinese A-share listed company in a divorce dispute, involving about CNY 3 billion
Represented the actual controller of a Chinese A-share listed company in a divorce dispute and an equity division dispute, involving CNY 16 billion in total
Worked with lawyers in Hong Kong, BVI and other regions to represent a shareholder of a Hong Kong listed company in a divorce dispute, involving CNY 800 million
Handled disputes caused by a famous economist's love affair and successfully resolved many cases filed against him by the opposing party
Handled a divorce case of a major shareholder of an overseas listed company, involving CYN 20 billion
Handled a divorce case of the actual controller of a well-known overseas listed media company, which involved the acquisition of a target company, information research on a BVI company and stock valuation of an overseas company
Honors and Awards
For Individual
Excellence Award of the first Academic Competition of Shanghai Bar Association
Memberships & Affiliations
Special mediator, Shanghai Pudong New Area Professional People's Mediation Center
Publications
“Private Wealth Planning Operation Guidelines”, Law Press of China, February 2022
“Equity Division and Succession of Listed Companies”, Law Press of China, February 2022
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Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications
PRC Bar
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Education
LL.B., Shanghai University
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Professional Experience
Non-equity partner and associate, Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2015-Present
Associate, Shanghai Whole Guard Law Firm, 2008-2014 -
Languages
Chinese
English