Li Juan, a lawyer, has been practicing law as an attorney since 2011. With a solid legal theoretical foundation and gradually profound professional experience, she provides litigation and non-litigation legal services for many large state-owned enterprises, public institutions, group companies and private enterprises diligently. She represented Chongqing Landscape (group) co., Ltd in a construction contract case; helped Citic Bank Chongqing branch and Chongqing Bank enforce bad loans, also represented or defended for clients in CIETAC Southwest Sub-Commission, Chongqing Arbitration Commission and Shenzhen International Arbitration Court. In non-litigation areas, she provided perennial legal counsel services for Poly (Chongqing) Industrial Investment co., Ltd., Chongqing Bescar Automobile co., Ltd.; worked as a special legal advisor on issuing bonds for Chongqing Chemical & Pharmaceutic Holding (Group) Company, Chongqing Construction Engineering co., Ltd., and Chongqing Gangjiu co., Ltd.; and provided special legal advice for China Orient Asset Management co., Ltd on the acquisition and disposal of Tianchengyuanjiang real estate project.

For providing better legal service, she studied at University of Washington School of Law from 2018 and obtained her master’s degree in Intellectual Property Law and Policy in June 2019. During studying abroad, she focused on the legal protection of U.S. patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, computer software and entertainment law, as well as how to achieve business objectives through sales, licensing and other means; got a comprehensive understanding of the American legal system; and studied Torts, Contracts, Civil Procedure, Business Organization and so on. In addition, she joined Seattle IP Inn of Courts, communicating with local judges and lawyers in the field of intellectual property, and establishing extensive networking with lawyers from the United States, Germany, Italy, Thailand, Brazil, South Korea, China Taiwan, Nigeria, etc. She sat for the Washington Bar Exam in February 2020.

2018-2019 University of Washington, Intellectual Property Law and Policy LL.M

2006-2010 Southwest University of Political Science & Law, Bachelor of Laws

2010-2015 Chongqing Yuhe(used name: Jiakai) Law Firm, Lawyer

2015-present Tahota (Chongqing) Law Firm, Lawyer

1. Represented Chongqing Bescar Automobile co., Ltd. to respond in sales contract disputes twice in CIETAC Southwest Sub-Commission;

2. Represented Sichuan Meijiasen Famous Department Store co., Ltd. against Chongqing Yumao Estate co., Ltd (involved target amount of about 70 million yuan).

3. Represented Chongqing Landscape (group) co., Ltd. in a case over construction contracts (involved target amount of about 35 million yuan);

4. Helped Citic Bank Chongqing branch and Chongqing Bank Wenhuagong Branch enforce bad loans;

5. Provided due diligence for issuing Medium Term Note (MTN), Short-term Financing Bonds and Private Placement Note (PPN) for Chongqing Chemical & Pharmaceutic Holding (Group) Company, Chongqing Construction Engineering co., Ltd.;

6. Provided perennial legal consultant work for Poly (Chongqing) Industrial Investment co., LTD., Chongqing Bescar Automobile co., Ltd., etc;

7. Provided special legal advice for China Orient Asset Management co., Ltd. on the acquisition and disposal of Tianchengyuanjiang real estate project.

1. Arbitration in the Eyes of a Lawyer, published in BBS & 2010 Annual Conference Proceedings of China Arbitration and Justice. This article mainly introduces and analyzes the characteristics and advantages of arbitration from the perspective of lawyers.

2. Introduction to the Legal Protection of Computer Software in the United States. This article takes computer software protection as the topic and combines the basic knowledge of intellectual property protection in the United States to introduce relevant legal means, including copyright, trademark and packaging, patent, trade secret and contract protection and other legal means.

3. A Reasonable Cause to Remove the Trustee: Affection to Manage Trust Estates Efficiently. This article discusses whether beneficiaries could change the trustee on the grounds of poor management of the trust property in the state of Washington.

4. The Possible Influence on Software Industry in the State of Washington by Restraints on Non-Competition Covenants. The article introduces the bill on limits of non-competes passed by the Senate and House of Washington in March 2019; and explores the potential impacts on the software industry in Washington.