Zhou Shiyan
Foreign language: English

Practicing law firm
Beijing (Dacheng) Shenzhen Law Firm

Areas of expertise
Civil and commercial dispute resolution, corporate compliance, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and investment
Email:shiyan.zhou@dentons.cn
Mobile:130 6690 9120
Personal resume
Zhou Shiyan is a lawyer and a partner at Beijing Dacheng (Shenzhen) Law Firm, where she also serves as the Deputy Head of the Dispute Resolution Department. With nearly a decade of experience in her field, she currently holds various social positions, including being a member of the Financial Crime Defense Legal Professional Committee of the Shenzhen Lawyers Association, a member of the Shenzhen-Qianhai "Belt and Road" Legal Services Federation, a pro bono lawyer at the Veed Volunteer Legal Service Center, and a registered lawyer in the Guangdong Province New Talent Database for Foreign-related legal matters.
Ms. Zhou studied at the University of Southern California Law School in the United States.
Her primary areas of practice include civil and commercial dispute resolution, corporate compliance, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and investments. She operates in both Chinese and English as her working languages. Ms. Zhou has earned the praise of clients both domestically and internationally for her exceptional language skills, communication abilities, professionalism, dedication, and efficient teamwork.
She has a long history of focusing on dispute resolution in various civil and commercial fields, such as disputes involving publicly traded companies, equity investment disputes, intellectual property issues in high-tech companies, and cases related to unfair competition. Additionally, she offers non-litigation services in fields like overall corporate legal affairs, initial public offerings, funds, equity incentives, and compliance for internet companies.
Ms. Zhou provides legal advisory services, compliance management, legal services for investment and financing, as well as compliance services involving civil and criminal matters for numerous companies in hot industries like internet technology. Her scope of business covers a wide range of areas, primarily including gaming, internet, banking, securities, and funds.
In the field of civil and commercial dispute resolution, she has represented numerous complex and high-value litigation and arbitration cases. In a litigation case, she successfully represented a prominent unicorn company in an instant messaging software trademark infringement dispute, achieving a comprehensive victory. This case was awarded the Dacheng Intellectual Property Top Ten Trademark Litigation Cases Award. In the arbitration field, as the lead lawyer, she handled a significant commercial dispute arbitration case, which won the "2021 Best Dispute Resolution Case" award from Beijing Dacheng (Shenzhen) Law Firm.
Ms. Zhou has also been responsible for large-scale app compliance projects, offering compliance review services related to personal privacy information protection, software operation qualifications, trademarks, copyrights, patents, and advertising display for several companies. She has also served as the signing lawyer for multiple New Third Board listed projects.
Contact details: shiyan.zhou@dentons.cn /+86 13066909120