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YI, Fang Partner

Shanghai-based Yi Fang is adept at advising investors, state-owned enterprises and multinationals on project finance and development. She is especially knowledgeable regarding metro construction projects and she continues to receive regular mandates in this area.

Chambers Asia-Pacific 2017

Professional Experience

Ms. Yi is a partner at JunHe and currently practices at our Shanghai office. Prior to joining JunHe, Ms. Yi was a senior partner at Shanghai Allbright Law offices.


Ms. Yi’s areas of expertise are infrastructure, project finance, banking and ABS.


In the infrastructure area, Ms. Yi was one of the first lawyers to provide legal services for infrastructure development in China, and she maintains a leading position in this area. In her more than a decade’s legal practice, she has led and participated in numerous national or municipal key infrastructure projects of various kinds, provided eminent legal services for large State-owned enterprises, private investment groups and multinational corporations, and has accumulated considerable experience in the development and construction of urban rail transit, bridges, highways, natural gas, power plants and construction. She also has extensive experience in the financing, development and construction of infrastructure and industrial projects.


In the banking area, Ms. Yi provides legal services for domestic and foreign banks in respect of credit facilities, compliance, and disposition of non-performing loans. She has provided legal services to non-banking financing institutions, such as trust companies, asset management companies, fund companies and securities companies in respect to various trust products and wealth management products.


In the ABS area, Ms. Yi provides legal services for the securitization of bank credit assets and enterprise assets in respect to legal due diligence investigations, transaction structure and designing legal documents. She has experience in personal accumulation housing fund loans, construction receivables, BT buyback receivables, export rebate receivables, and rental receivables.


Ms. Yi is versed in legislation and government policies in the areas of infrastructure, banking and finance as well as project finance and has experience in transaction structure design. She also has profound and solid professional skills in legal documentation as well as practical experience in these areas. Ms. Yi is an expert in providing accurate legal services to clients from her unique perspective, always combining legal doctrines and the client’s commercial objectives.

Education

L.LB., East China University of Political Science and Law.

Professional Associations

Member of the All-china Bar Association


Member of the Shanghai Bar Association

Language Skills

English and Mandarin

JunHe is the only Chinese law firm to be admitted as a member of Lex Mundi and Multilaw, two international networks of independent law firms. JunHe and selected top law firms in major European and Asian jurisdictions are “best friends.” Through these connections, we provide high quality legal services to clients doing business throughout the world.
As the first carbon neutrality fund sponsored by a law firm in China, the BAF Carbon Neutrality Special Fund was jointly established by JunHe and the Beijing Afforestation Foundation (BAF) to promote carbon neutral initiatives, and encourage social collaboration based on the public fundraising platform to mobilize engagement in public welfare campaigns.