Guanfeng YANGPartner

Shanghai Office
Language:Chinese, English
Expertise: Dispute Resolution Intellectual Property
Tel:+86 151 5051 5321
Email:yangguanfeng@hylandslaw.com

Basic Profile

Education Background

2012-2016 | Jilin University | Law | Bachelor
2012-2016 | Jilin University | International Economics and Trade | Minor Degree
2016-2019 | Nanjing University | Economic Law | Master

Working Experience

2019-2023 | Zhonglun Law Firm (Nanjing Office) | Lawyer
2023-2024 | Tongshang Law Firm (Hangzhou Office) | Lawyer
2024-2025 | Hylands Law Firm (Hangzhou Office) | Lawyer
2026-present | Hylands Law Firm (Shanghai Office) | Partner

Professional Qualifications

Chinese Lawyer Certificate

Professional Background

Mr. Guanfeng Yang graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from Jilin University, and later obtained a Master of Laws degree in Economic Law from Nanjing University. He specializes in environmental protection and work safety, commercial dispute resolution, and intellectual property. For a long time, he has been providing legal services to government authorities and large enterprises and public institutions in these fields.

Mr.Yang has represented a number of major environmental public interest litigation cases and ecological environment damage compensation cases. He has also accumulated rich experience in accident response and public opinion management, as well as criminal and administrative litigation cases involving environmental pollution. Meanwhile, he provides special environmental and safety compliance services for pollution-risk enterprises such as chemical, pharmaceutical, electric power, steel, and mining enterprises. In the fields of commercial dispute resolution and intellectual property, Mr.Yang has demonstrated outstanding negotiation and litigation capabilities, and is particularly adept at handling complex cases such as equity repurchase disputes and commercial contract disputes.

Social Activities

Honors and Awards

Representative Cases

  • Dispute Resolution
  • Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality & ESG Law
  • Represented the investment subsidiary of a listed company in handling multiple equity repurchase dispute cases        
  • Represented the actual controller of a listed company in handling private placement guarantee dispute cases        
  • Represented a new energy listed company in handling an arbitration case arising from a dispute over a wind power equipment contracting contract        
  • Represented an electronic listed company in handling cases of disputes over shareholders' infringement of the company's creditors' interests        
  • Represented a power company in handling cases of disputes over shareholders' right to claim profit distribution        
  • Represented a bank in handling financial loan contract dispute cases        
  • Represented a power company in handling an arbitration case arising from a steam supply contract dispute        
  • Represented a foreign-funded furniture company in handling franchise contract dispute cases    
  • The government investigation and ecological damage compensation negotiation case of the "March 21 Xiangshui Extraordinarily Serious Explosion and Fire Accident"        
  • An environmental public interest litigation case involving illegal sewage discharge by a factory affiliated to a Fortune Global 500 electronic equipment manufacturing enterprise in Jiangsu Province        
  • An environmental public interest litigation case involving the alleged occupation of the Yangtze Finless Porpoise National Nature Reserve by a large-scale terminal construction project affiliated to a major domestic building materials group        
  • An environmental public interest litigation case involving a mining company in Inner Mongolia suspected of discharging mine water in violation of supervision regulations        
  • An environmental pollution crime case involving a sewage treatment enterprise in Heilongjiang Province        
  • An environmental pollution crime case involving a hazardous waste disposal enterprise in Jiangsu Province        
  • An environmental pollution crime case involving a large chemical enterprise in Zhejiang Province        
  • An administrative litigation case in which a battery business department in Sichuan Province was fined 1.21 million yuan for disposing of hazardous waste without a hazardous waste operation license, and the penalty decision was ultimately revoked        
  • Has provided environmental protection compliance services for many enterprises in sectors such as chemical engineering, pharmaceuticals, electric power, semiconductors, and metallurgy        
  • Has provided work safety compliance services for many enterprises in sectors including chemical engineering, gas, and electronics.    

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