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Yuri Ho

1 Civil and Commercial Dispute Resolution


She focuses on domestic and cross-border civil and commercial litigation, arbitration and enforcement, including a broad range of contract disputes, particularly foreign-related contracts and cross-border transactions. She assists with negotiations in Chinese, Japanese and English and provides ongoing legal support from the initial response to a dispute through litigation, arbitration and enforcement.


2 Employment Law


She provides legal services covering HR policies and procedures, drafting and reviewing employment contracts and workplace rules, employee transition arrangements and workforce reduction plans, and employment arbitration and litigation. She assists companies in identifying and managing employment risks arising from their operations in China and Japan.

 

3 Expansion into Japan


She supports Chinese technology, robotics and smart manufacturing companies with market-entry strategies and partnership models, introductions to Japanese companies, distributors, trading companies and industry partners, contract negotiations, compliance implementation and ongoing legal support after entry, including contract disputes arising from their operations. She also assists Japanese companies with industry visits in China, supplier sourcing and initial transactions.


She also provides intellectual property and ongoing corporate advisory services.

 

• Assisted companies in planning their expansion into Japan, providing one-stop support covering both business and legal aspects.


• Participated in contract disputes and subsequent enforcement proceedings, helping companies recover losses totaling approximately RMB 10 million through litigation.


• Participated in multiple intellectual property enforcement matters; an administrative complaint handled for a Japanese company received coverage in the Japanese media.


• Participated in multiple employment arbitration and litigation matters, representing employers and helping reduce or eliminate their liability for compensation.


• Helped companies establish standardized legal management systems, including intellectual property planning, trademark portfolio reviews and contract template libraries, to reduce legal risks.

Title:Counsel

Field:Corporate Compliance,Information Internet and High Technology,Civil and Commercial Dispute Resolution,Intellectual Property & Technology,Employment & Human Resources

Phone: +86 21 6249 6040

Email: yunruihe@jinmao.com.cn

Language: Chinese,English,Japanese

Personal Background:

Yuri Ho is a PRC-qualified lawyer. She holds an LL.M. in Private International Law from Hitotsubashi University, where she also pursued doctoral research, and an LL.B. from the University of International Business and Economics. Her three main practice areas are civil and commercial dispute resolution, employment law, and legal support for expansion into Japan. She assists with negotiations and dispute resolution in Chinese, Japanese and English. She also has experience in intellectual property and ongoing corporate advisory work, and has provided legal services to several Fortune Global 500 companies.

Served Clients:
Several Fortune Global 500 companies, as well as emerging Chinese companies in the technology, robotics and smart manufacturing sectors.