Compliance and Investigation; Business Ethics:

·Provided multinational alcohol companies and luxury goods companies with strategies for responding to government raids, on-site support, and employee training, assisting clients in achieving favorable investigation conclusions.

·Conducted a comprehensive compliance review for an e-commerce company regarding pharmaceutical sales via internet platforms, providing risk assessments and compliance improvement recommendations.

·Conducted FCPA compliance due diligence for the cross-border M&A project of a renowned alcohol company, identifying potential risks and designing liability allocation plans to ensure transactional compliance and mitigate successor liability.

·Conducted an independent anti-corruption compliance investigation for a chemical company, enhancing its whistleblowing mechanisms and audit processes.

·Produced an Internal Government Reception Guidelines for foreign chemical and luxury goods companies, standardizing reception procedures and standards for handling sensitive matters to mitigate regulatory risks.

·Conducted anti-corruption/anti-bribery/FCPA compliance training for multinational pharmaceutical and alcohol companies, including executives, salespeople, and suppliers.

Corporate & Commercial; M&A:

·Reviewed various cross-border commercial contracts for multinational corporate clients, enhancing FCPA, OFAC clauses, and China’s anti-commercial bribery provisions, assisting clients in identifying and mitigating compliance risks related to international sanctions and export controls.

·Reviewed merger and acquisition agreements (governed by Delaware corporate law) for multiple Shenzhen cross-border e-commerce enterprises, providing transaction structure design and risk analysis.

·Represented and advised a Chinese domestic company on its acquisition of a U.S. private high school, including due diligence, drafting of transaction documents, and closing.

·Represented and advised a renowned U.S. wine company in its acquisition of a Chinese cross-border wine company.

·Conducted compliance assessments for a multinational medical device company regarding online retail business model after its merger with a domestic medical device enterprise, issuing a specialized legal opinion.

·Assisted an international sportswear company in the M&A and restructuring of its China operations, providing legal advice, designing transaction structures, and drafting a whole of M&A legal documents.

Dispute Resolution:

·Represented a manufacturing company in handling a collective strike involving over 100 employees, providing comprehensive legal strategies, negotiation support, and mediation scheme design, and successfully reached a settlement between the company and employees, avoiding production suspension and negative public opinion.

·Represented multiple enterprises in labor dispute cases, including wrongful termination, economic compensation disputes, and non-compete agreement conflicts, achieving favorable settlements or adjudications.

·Represented multiple companies in real estate lease dispute cases, involving rent adjustment, early termination, and disputes over property delivery standards, achieving favorable settlements or adjudications.

·Represented a renowned architectural design consulting company in a design contract dispute, successfully upholding the validity of the client’s design deliverables under the contract and recovering outstanding payments.

·Represented a construction company in a subcontracting dispute, collecting evidence and making litigation strategies, successfully achieving favorable adjudication.

·Represented a school in a dispute regarding infringement of the right to life and health, optimizing burden of proof allocation and litigation strategies and successfully achieving a favorable final adjudication.

Mr. Yu has nearly 15 years of practice experience in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, compliance risk management, and commercial dispute resolution. He served as a senior counsel and partner at several top-tier Red Circle and renowned law firms before joining our firm.

As a bilingual attorney with legal education in both China and the United States, admitted to practice in China and New York State, Mr. Yu has long specialized in designing and implementing tailored compliance systems for multinational corporations — particularly in sectors such as healthcare, high-end manufacturing, consumer goods, and retail. He spearheads specialized compliance due diligence in cross-border M&A transactions, conducts anti-corruption and business ethics training for corporate management, employees, and high-risk suppliers, and assists clients in responding to government investigations, dawn raid inspections, and other urgent matters. Additionally, Mr. Yu has successfully represented clients in an assortment of significant commercial disputes and employment disputes, including negotiation on and resolution of collective strikes for a multinational manufacturing company.

LLM, East China University of Political Science and Law

LLM, University of Virginia, US

Admitted to practice in the PRC

Admitted to practice in New York