On July 3, legal rating agency LEGALBAND announced the "2024 LEGALBAND China Top 15 Lawyers: High-Tech andAI". Tian Yuan partners Xie Jiayun and Zeng Wenwen were honored on the list for their profound practical experience and widely acclaimed client reputation.

The two partners selected for this list have rich industry experience and outstanding professional skills in the fields of high-tech, artificial intelligence private equity investment and venture capital, and cybersecurity and data compliance. This honor not only demonstrates Tian Yuan's outstanding leading edge in the cutting-edge field of high-tech and artificial intelligence, but also highly recognizes Tian Yuan's consistent commitment to providing customers with diversified, high-quality professional services.

Tian Yuan has long been involved in providing legal services to the high-tech industry and is one of the earliest law firms in China to enter emerging industries such as TMT and the Internet. Tian Yuan has provided legal services to the communications, chips, semiconductors and electronic equipment, artificial intelligence, big data, blockchain, the Internet of Things, cloud computing, IT, the Internet and other industries for more than 20 years, including but not limited to equity and debt financing, investment and mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, data and network security compliance, antitrust, intellectual property protection and other aspects.

 

"Using the power of technology and law to lay a solid foundation for an intelligent future"

Reason for being on the list: Attorney Xie Jiayun has been deeply engaged in the field of private equity investment and venture capital legal services for many years, and is good at providing clients with transaction structure design and investment /financing solutions that meet their business needs. Ms. Xie has long served many well-known venture capital funds, private investment funds, unicorn companies and high-growth companies at home and abroad. Her many years of professional research and project accumulation in the fields of high technology, artificial intelligence, information technology, medical health, etc. enable her to provide all-round and high-quality legal support to relevant investment institutions and companies. In the field of high technology and artificial intelligence, Ms. Xie has led the team to make private equity investments in many unicorn companies on behalf of well-known investment institutions in recent years. Her rich experience in investment and financing projects and excellent communication and negotiation skills also provide solid legal guarantees for the smooth delivery of transactions. "Ms. Xie Jiayun is gentle, rational, and responsible. She has principles and coordination flexibility based on principles. Her professional level is convincing. We are very happy to cooperate with her team."

Lawyer Profile: Xie Jiayun, partner and head of private equity business at Tian Yuan Law Firm, has been focusing on venture capital and private equity investment for more than ten years, and has represented many leading investment institutions and start-up companies for a long time. Xie has been deeply involved in the fields of high technology and artificial intelligence, and is a rare "all-rounder" in the market in this field. She has accumulated rich experience in many sub-sectors such as general /special chips, intelligent manufacturing, medical artificial intelligence, information security, renewable energy, carbon neutral management, quantum communications, intelligent Internet of Things, autonomous driving, smart cities, cloud computing/cloud services, etc., and has a deep understanding and research. She is widely praised by customers for paying attention to the deep and all-round needs of customers and focusing on providing high-quality services.

 

“Compliance work is meticulous and tedious, and it is also changing with each passing day and full of challenges. We must continue to work hard with a cautious attitude.”

Reasons for being on the list: Attorney Zeng Wenwen has extensive experience in cyber law practice and foreign-related legal services. She has provided multi-dimensional compliance services including cyber security, data and personal information protection, advertising, live streaming, e-commerce, and information content review to high-tech, Internet, artificial intelligence, blockchain and other companies. Representative projects hosted by Ms. Zeng include providing data compliance services to Himalaya, BOSS Direct, Yimai Sunshine, Zhiyun Health, Kuaigou Taxi, and Good Future. She has a continuous focus on and research on the legislative and regulatory trends of relevant laws and regulations such as artificial intelligence, data compliance, and algorithm recommendation, and can assist clients in comprehensively sorting out and evaluating the core issues and risks in the project, and provide them with corresponding risk prevention and response opinions. "Ms. Zeng Wenwen, with her outstanding professional ability and deep understanding of the law, has provided us with forward-looking and operational advice. Ms. Zeng's sense of responsibility and professional reliability prove that she is not only a trustworthy legal advisor, but also an indispensable partner in our AGI journey. "

Lawyer Profile: Zeng Wenwen has extensive experience in cyber law, entertainment law and foreign-related legal services. In the field of cyber law, she provides clients with strategic and innovative legal advice and guidance in the ever-changing new economic legal environment, and provides multi-dimensional compliance legal services for cyber security, data and personal information protection, intellectual property rights, etc., covering healthcare, banking and finance, online platforms, cross-border e-commerce, transportation, artificial intelligence, blockchain and other fields. In the field of entertainment, she has served as a film producer and screenwriter, and is highly sensitive to the industry ecology, regulatory rules and customer needs, providing services for the entire industry chain from the content side, the funding side and the talent side.