• Graduated from Northeast Normal University in 1984 with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree.

• Graduated from Osaka City University, Japan, in 2001 with a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree.

• Completed the on-the-job doctoral program in Civil and Commercial Law at the International Law School, China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) in 2012.

Attorney Li Shuqin serves as the Director of the Labor and Employment Legal Research Committee at SG&CO Lawyers.

With 25 years of practice since her admission to the bar, Attorney Li has earned the long-term trust of over a hundred clients, including Fortune Global 500 companies such as Mitsubishi Electric, Panasonic Electric Works, Sanyo, and Oji Paper, owing to her profound legal expertise, meticulous work ethic, and first-class service spirit.

She excels in designing legal and practical solutions for clients across various areas of foreign investment. In particular, she has accumulated extensive practical experience in designing group employee relocation plans and negotiating consensual termination of labor contracts.

Throughout her career, she has successfully handled over 300 non-litigation commercial cases involving substantial investment or transaction amounts and complex legal relationships. She has also successfully handled nearly 100 major, difficult, and complex economic, labor arbitration, and litigation cases. In arbitration and litigation, she is skilled at identifying key issues from intricate facts to gain the initiative in cases and seizing upon opposing parties' vulnerabilities during hearings to achieve unexpected victories.

Her primary practice areas include labor law, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, cross-border investment and corporate matters, real estate and construction, family law and private wealth management, as well as arbitration and litigation. The industries in which her clients operate include, but are not limited to: automotive and auto parts manufacturing, home appliances and electronics manufacturing, paper manufacturing, winemaking, shipbuilding, pharmaceuticals, fine chemical production, real estate development, engineering design, logistics, high technology, banking, microfinance, internet services, trade, culture, consulting, and catering and entertainment. Her client types include, but are not limited to: multinational investment companies, management companies, group companies, joint-stock companies, limited liability companies, partnerships, and natural persons.

Attorney Li studied in Japan and returned to China after completing her degree. Her proficiency in Japanese is a distinctive advantage in her legal services.

• Provided comprehensive legal services for the establishment, operation, capital increase, real estate matters, liquidation, and legal succession resulting from shareholder liquidation of multiple subsidiaries in China of a Fortune Global 500 company.

• Provided comprehensive legal services for the largest Japanese-invested project in China to date, covering military land, triangular land, sea area use rights, wharf use rights, factory and wharf construction, capital increase, and environmental protection.

• Provided comprehensive legal services for joint venture projects, merger and acquisition projects, capital increase projects, loan projects, regional headquarters establishment projects, and equity transfer projects in China for over 200 well-known Japanese enterprises, including Fortune Global 500 companies.

• Conducted legal due diligence, system compliance reviews, and contract reviews for over 200 well-known Japanese enterprises (including Fortune Global 500 companies), and issued investigation reports and legal opinions.

• Provided comprehensive legal services for the dissolution, liquidation, merger by absorption, spin-off, and equity transfer of local legal entities of over 100 enterprises (including Fortune Global 500 companies), with workforce sizes ranging from dozens to three to four thousand employees. Tailored group employee relocation plans, led on-site negotiations, and resolved difficulties in client divestitures without leaving any subsequent liabilities.

• As early as 2005, provided comprehensive legal services for a foreign-invested enterprise to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary in Hong Kong, accumulating early experience in "going global" matters.

• From 2015 to 2016, acted as the representative of a Fortune Global 500 company's local legal entity in responding to group labor arbitrations filed by 146, 34, and 29 employees respectively, as well as the subsequent first-instance civil trials and appeals, achieving complete victories and safeguarding the foreign client's legitimate rights and interests.

• In 2018, acted as the representative for 24 migrant workers in a labor arbitration against their former employer, and through the first-instance civil proceedings, successfully secured property rights and interests for the migrant workers.

• Represented multiple foreign companies or foreign-invested enterprises as plaintiffs in lawsuits against Chinese debtors, assisting them in recovering substantial claims, thereby earning the praise and trust of numerous clients.

• At the outset of her practice, handled multiple criminal cases. Successfully defended a former public security section chief and several individuals accused of murder, achieving mitigated or reduced penalties. Also represented the relatives of victims in criminal cases, securing civil compensation on their behalf.

• Member of the Shanghai Branch of Jiusan Society (Democratic Society)

• Director of the Shanghai Jilin Chamber of Commerce, and Director of its Legal Professional Committee

• Member of the Labor Law Professional Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association, and Head of the Group Litigation Group

• Outstanding Lawyer in Public Interest Legal Services – Season 1 (2018) of Lawyer is Coming, Social and Legal Affairs Channel, China Central Television (CCTV)