Welcome to LI&LI Attorney Alliance
Why Choose Us?
The Li & Li attorney alliance is dedicated to providing a high quality legal service to foreign individuals and small to mid-sized companies that are involved in lawsuits or disputes which require professional attorneys to defend their legitimate rights.
Upon doing basic research on Baidu or Google, it is surprising that very few law firms are specialized in litigation, arbitration or dispute resolution for foreign individuals or companies in China. Meanwhile, many foreigners comment that they cannot find affordable and reliable attorneys who can help them to solve the problems when for instance confronting due payment of contract, employment disputes, divorce, or other common civil issues such as house leasing or loans. It’s even harder for foreigners to find appropriate legal help in criminal cases.
All the lawyers under the Li & Li attorney alliance are licensed in China with solid expertise in the legal process and dispute settlement. Additionally, due to our overseas experience and background, we are able to communicate effectively and efficiently with our foreign clients.
While there are plenty of attorneys in Shanghai, very few are focused on providing personal legal services to ex-patriots and their small and mid-sized businesses. This may be due to Shanghai being the financial center of China, so the majority of lawyers with global experience have positioned themselves in financial and commercial law, and the top litigation lawyers prefer to concentrate on local clients.
Li & Li have set up a platform to expand our legal practices to foreigners and companies located in Shanghai. We are staffed with reputable and reliable lawyers, and our objective is to help walk you through the legal process and settle the cases with lower costs and less pain.
To avoid uncertainty, in some cases, we will provide services based on a contingency retainer, where little portion is to be prepayed to initiate the case and the rest payment is depending on the outcome of the case, by which you may leverage our expertise with minimum prepaid expense.
Our Legal Practice Area
IP Protection
Intellectual property infringement is one of the key issues in the trade dispute between the US and China. Consequently, IP protection will continue to increase in importance in China in the future. Our IP services encompass protection of patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and Anti-Unfair Competition.
Family law
Are you stressed, physically and mentally by a relationship or family dispute? Are there any issues in your marriage, which you would like to solve respectfully together via negotiation without involving formal legal proceeding? Do you need local professional attorneys with global experience who are capable of guiding you through these complicated procedure?
Criminal Defense
We have successfully represented several foreign clients involving criminal cases in Shanghai, and helped them avoid a prison sentence, including intentional injury and illegal drug possession.What can a criminal defense attorney do in China? Why do you need a criminal defense attorney?When to hire a criminal defense attorney?
Our Attorneys
Meng Li
Founder & AttorneyIris Li commenced her career as in-house legal counsel in 2006, and she holds law degrees from prestigious universities both in China and the US. She has been mainly practicing in direct foreign investment, corporate governance/compliance and works as legal and compliance counsel for several companies including several Fortune 500 companies and NASDAQ listed companies. She is recognized as being supportive, innovative and targets fair and just solutions for her clients. During her practice, she has helped many start-up companies with business structuring, corporate financing and compliance issues. She is one of founders of this website with an initial objective of helping foreign entities search and find reliable and trustworthy legal assistance in China.
Nan Li
Co-Founder & AttorneyMr. Li was granted lawyer license in the year of 2008. In 2018, Li has been listed in the Shanghai Talent Pool of Lawyers Specializing in Legal Services Concerning Foreign Affairs publicized by Shanghai Administration of Justice. Li specializes in labor law affairs, and is quite familiar with the risk and weakness of the company in the procedures of recruiting, hiring, probation period, renewal of labor contract and termination etc.
Yizhou Liu
AttorneyMr. Liu is a partner of a prominent IP law firm in mainland China and he has acquired solid experience in IP litigation and arbitration through more than 10 years legal practice. In 2016, two cases represented by Mr. Liu were selected by Shanghai Supreme Court among the Top 10 Cases of Judicial Protection for Intellectual Property Rights heard by courts in Shanghai for the year 2015. Many well-known brands are part of his client list, such as Nike and Adidas. Mr. Liu is also a member of Competition and Anti-Monopoly Service Research Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association.
Tao Yang
AttorneyStar Yang has been practicing in civil law for more than 15 years, and she is experienced in dealing with domestic relationship cases, such as divorce, inheritance and asset distribution disputes within families. She was bestowed an award as excellent pro bono attorney in the Shanghai Huangpu district. Meanwhile, she is a column writer of the SMG Radio website providing legal information. In addition, she has solid experience in criminal defense such as intentional injury, illegal possession of drugs, and drug trafficking. Her working style is known to be prudent, detail-oriented and persistent, always fighting in the best interest of her clients.
Wang Ye
AttorneyVivien Wang is a partner of a prominent law firm located in Shanghai with more than 10-year experience as an attorney-at-law, mainly practicing in the IP law sector and Commercial litigation/arbitration. She has accumulated wide experience in the IP area focusing on infringement of trade secrets, copyright disputes, and Anti-Unfair Competition. She has successfully represented several clients of world famous luxurious brands against a well-known Chinese E-commence platform in the cause of Anti-Unfair Competition and prevailed in the procedures.