Mei Xiaying, Dean of the School of Law, UIBE Visited Yingke Law Firm 

On the afternoon of October 12, 2022, Mei Xiaying, Dean of the School of Law, University of International Business and Economics and his entourage visited the global headquarters of Yingke Global Legal Service Network, during which the two sides had warm discussions and exchanges on legal training and intelligent legal services.

Leaders and guests present 

Mei Xiaying, Dean of and Professor at the School of Law, University of International Business and Economics Law 

Shen Sibao, Professor at the School of Law, University of International Business and Economics, and President of the International Economic Law Institute of China Law Society

Bian Yongmin, Associate Dean of and Professor at the School of Law, University of International Business and Economics 

Zhang Li, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Law, University of International Business and Economics 

Tan Ji, Chairman of the Trade Union of the School of Law, University of International Business and Economics

Tang Lin, foreign expert at the School of Law, University of International Business and Economics

Kong Xiangwen, Assistant to the Dean of and Associate Professor at the School of Law, University of International Business and Economics

Mei Xiangrong, Founding Partner, Chairman, Global Board Director of Yingke Law Firm

Li Hua, Founding Partner, Deputy Director and Director of the National Practice Steering Committee of Yingke Law Firm

Linda Yang, Founding Partner of Yingke International, Global Partner of Yingke Law Firm, and Executive Chairwoman of Yingke Global Board

Li Zheng, Head of the Board of Directors of China, Executive Director of China of Yingke Law Firm 

Zhang Xiaomin, Head of Yingke International Law School 

Before the discussion, Mr. Mei Xiangrong led the guests to visit the global headquarters of Yingke Global Legal Service Network, and introduced the goals, expertise improvement, international development and digital intelligence construction to the guests in detail on the basis of the environment screen and big data management and control platform.

At the beginning of the discussion, Mei Xiangrong, Founding Partner, Chairman, Global Board Director of Yingke Law Firm, first introduced our participants to the guests, and then some details about Yingke. Considering the highlights of “distinctive international law” of the Law School, University of International Business and Economics, he stressed the “internationalization” development of Yingke. Yingke Law Firm has been rated the largest law firm in the Asia-Pacific region by a British magazine for six consecutive years and has been striving towards the goal of “building a world’s leading law firm by 2035 guided by the party”. Aiming at the development goals, “internationalization” becomes the focus for its development in all aspects. Before that, Yingke successfully developed a set of systematic models in pursuit of internationalization. In the future, under the mode of “direct investment and direct management”, Yingke will build itself a world-class brand for all the Chinese abroad through the “three-step” strategy. In 2021, Yingke has set the development goal of “digital intelligence”, hoping to realize “shared digital intelligence” through the development of law-related technologies, put “law firms on mobile phones”, and build a “global one-hour legal service circle”.

Linda Yang,Founding Partner of Yingke International, Global Partner of Yingke Law Firm, and Executive Chairwoman of Yingke Global Board, introduced more information about Yingke’s establishment in the United States, including the office building and workforce cultivation, and explained the expertise of YIngke for now. 

Mei Xiaying, Dean of the School of Law, University of International Business and Economics Law, listened carefully to the introductions and spoke highly of its internationalization strategy. He pointed out that in the process of international development, Yingke has developed a path and management mode with its own characteristics, and has made beneficial explorations and examples for all law firms to go abroad in a high-quality manner. Also Mr. Mei Xiaying said that the development and application of Internet technologies call for the legal service industry to start informatization and digital transformation. Yingke is highly informatized, which improves the work efficiency of lawyers and its service capability. He also pointed out that the School of Law, UIBE, adhering to the philosophy of running towards internationalization, has rich experience in theoretical research and legal practice in international law and foreign-related laws, and shows a good momentum of development in emerging disciplines like network and data law. In the future, the two sides will have broad exchange and cooperation in serving the law-based governance and training legal talents on foreign laws.

Bian Yongmin, Associate Dean of the School of Law, University of International Business and Economics, said that Yingke’s international development strategy is very courageous. Amid the unprecedented changes in the past century, law firms are facing both challenges and opportunities. Since the “Belt and Road” Initiative is steadily advancing with high quality, Chinese enterprises are confronting a series of problems when “going global”, which urgently needs the support of professional legal services, showing a great potential for legal service industry. The international development direction of “serving the Chinese abroad for better localization” is of great significance. She said that the School of Law, UIBE expects to establish a partnership of “complementary advantages and common development” with Yingke, which can provide cutting-edge professional support, and also hopes that Yingke can provide support for training the students of the School of Law, UIBE.

Other participants

The visit and exchange further enhanced the understanding between the School of Law, University of International Business and Economics and Yingke Law Firm and laid a good foundation for a greater cooperation in the future. Yingke Law Firm has been actively undertaking corporate social responsibility, and successively built partnership with Tsinghua University, East China University of Political Science and Law, Southwest University of Political Science and Law and other institutes, in a bid to contribute talents to the construction of a law-based socialist China by giving full play to respective advantages.