Jingyuan Shi

Jingyuan is the key contact for our Shenzhen office, and a partner responsible for our TMT practice in the Greater China region. She is a PRC-qualified lawyer and a practising solicitor in England and Wales.

She is experienced in cross-border work, start-up financing, regulatory compliance (including competition work), as well as intellectual property matters. Jingyuan works extensively for international and Chinese financial investors, fintech companies, asset managers, financial institutions, and TMT companies as well as life science companies. She has in-depth knowledge of the TMT industry from various perspectives, primarily advising on all sorts of corporate and commercial transactions, data compliance issues, and general regulatory matters. She has been based in Shanghai, Beijing, London, Hong Kong and Shenzhen for her practice.

Ranked and quoted by Legal 500 Asia Pacific and Chambers Asia from 2017 throughout 2021, clients have quoted Jingyuan as being “well versed in assisting tech start-ups with early-stage investments”, “very strong executive ability, sense of responsibility and great experience”, “super smart, and totally proactive".

Jingyuan is regularly invited to speak at industrial events. She is also a regular contributor to the Simmons & Simmons website, the official Simmons & Simmons WeChat account, and for the China chapters of Lexology Getting The Deal Through – Fintech (2017–2021) and Lexology Getting The Deal Through – Telecoms & Media (2017–2021), as well as Lexology Getting The Deal Through Market Intelligence – Privacy and Cybersecurity (2021).