Ken Z. J. LAO 

Professional fields

Cross-border investment and M&A, domestic and overseas IPO, restructuring, compliance management of listed companies, etc.


Work experience & Social Activities

  • Member of the Communist Party of China
  • Graduated from Xi'an Jiaotong University with a bachelor's degree in finance in 2004 and a master's degree in law in 2009
  • Current Positions at Yingke

  • Lawyer of Yingke Guangzhou
  • Member of Internal Check Committee for Securities Leagl Business of Yingke Headquarters
  • Vice Director of Investment and Financing Projects Department of Yingke Guangzhou
  • Vice Director of Business Guidance Committee of Yingke Guangzhou
  • Member of "Yingke Senior Foreign-Related Legal Talent Pool" (first batch)
  • Qualifications & Social Positions

  • Member of the leading talent pool for foreign-related lawyers in Guangdong Province and Guangzhou City
  • Member of the 12th Professional Committee for Cross-Border Finance and Capital Market of Guangdong Lawyers Association
  • Member of the 11th Professional Committee for Securities Law of Guangzhou Lawyers Association
  • Mediator of GICMC (Guangzhou International Commercial Mediation Center)
  • Securities investment fund practitioner qualification, securities industry practitioner qualification and futures industry practitioner qualification
  • Qualification for an independent director of listed companies
  • Formerly served at Guangdong Economic and Technological Research Development Center, a scientific research institution under the Science and Technology Department of Guangdong Province and the Legal Department of a provincial branch of the People's Bank of China, participation in multiple financial legal system projects and familiar with financial laws and regulations

  • Honors & Publications 

    • Awarded the inaugural "Top 100 Outstanding Foreign-Related Lawyers of Yingke" by Yingke Headquarters;

    • Honored as the "Excellent Communist Party Worker" at Yingke Guangzhou Communist Party Committee "July 1st" Recognition Ceremony for 2022–2023;

    • Co-author of Operational Guideline for Government Purchase of Indigenously Innovated Products.




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