EDUCATION

LL.M., Indiana University Law School（Skyline Scholarship, Dean's List）
LL.B., Xi'an Jiaotong University 

QUALIFICATION

New York State (USA) & P. R. China

LANGUAGE SKILLS
English & Mandarin

EMPLOYMENT
Silkroad Law Firm              

• Partner                       2017 to Present

 Simmons and Simmons Shanghai Office and Beijing Office

• Senior Associate       2010 to 2012

 Kind and Wood Mallesons

• Associate                   2006 to 2010

 Joe Zhou Law Offices and Associates, PLLC in New York City

• Legal Assistant         2005 to 2006

 Law School of Xi’an Jiaotong University

• Lecturer of Law

AREA OF PRACTICES
Mr. Yu has a professional experience in investment and financing of more than 10 years. He specializes in domestic and offshore fund formation and investment, VC, PE and Capital Market as well as dispute resolution, including Chinese domestic litigation, commercial arbitration and some experience in the U.S litigation.

EXPERIENCE

Domestic Investment and M&A

• Goldman Sachs, purchase of Midea's new shares
• Philips, straight acquisition of the medical equipment company in Shenzhen Jinkewei
• an American automobile components corporation, acquisition of 50% shares of Dongfeng Bearing Company
• Keytone Fund, acquisition of China Special Article Logistics Co., Ltd.
• Carlyle's acquisition of Shengwei Cement Company, as Target Company's counsel
• an American financing company's investment in Xi'an Kami, as Target Company's counsel
• KPCB, IDG, SAIF, Keytone, Fuxiang Fund, multi-round investment in several domestic start-ups
ODI
• Chinatex, acquisition of an industry company
• a state-owned company, acquisition of two overseas shipping companies

IPOs
• a power company(Company Counsel)
• a construction company(Company Counsel)
• several proposed listed companies, reorganization and tutorship

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

• Plaintiff lawyer representing a Chinese citizen against her employer for severance pay claim, first trial and second trial in the court of Xi’an China;

• Plaintiff lawyer representing a Chinese company for a series of debt collection cases in China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission;

• Defendant lawyer representing a Chinese company for employment disputes in local labor court and civil court;

• Plaintiff lawyer representing a Chinese company to seek damages in a contract dispute in Beijing Arbitration Commission;

• Plaintiff lawyer representing various Chinese companies in court enforcement process.