About Us

Dr. GUO Wenli previously served as a judge at the Wuxing District People’s Court of Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province.  Afterwards, he served as a judge at the Intermediate People’s Court of Huzhou City, where he was also a member of the court’s Adjudication Committee and director of the court’s Research Office.  On several occasions, he was seconded to work at the High People’s Court of Zhejiang Province and the Supreme People’s Court.

Dr. HAO Zuocheng is the founder and executive director of the Center for the Rule of Law and Sustainable Development at the China University of Political Science and Law (“CUPL”), and an adjunct professor at CUPL.  He also serves as a research fellow at the Internet Judicial Research Center of the China Institute of Applied Law, which is affiliated with the Supreme People’s Court of China.  Dr. Hao focuses on conducting research on cutting-edge legal issues in the development of artificial intelligence and digital economy, providing legal advice to China’s national legislature and the Supreme People’s Court, and offering legal policy solutions to leading Internet companies in the country.

Dr. Shaoping Jiang is a visiting scholar at the School of Law, Washington University in St. Louis and a member of the “High-Level Talent Program” in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.  She is an associate research fellow at the Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University (“ZAFU”), working at the Institute of Ecological Civilization, a key think tank dedicated to environmental science research.  At ZAFU, she also serves as the Director of the Zhejiang Province Foreign-Related Legal Talents Cultivating Base and as a supervisor of students enrolled in the master’s program at the School of Humanities and Law.  Before joining ZAFU, she was an assistant researcher at the Economic Law Institute of Guanghua Law School, Zhejiang University.

Michael Klausner teaches and writes in the areas of corporate law, corporate governance, business transactions and financial regulation. His research has included theoretical and empirical analyses of corporate governance, liability risk for corporate officers and directors, securities litigation, takeover defenses, standardization of contracts, and the economics underlying business transactions.  His most recent writing analyzes the financial and governance weaknesses of SPACs.  Professor Klausner also oversees Stanford Securities Litigation Analytics, which maintains a large database covering securities class actions and SEC enforcement actions.

Dr. Leon Lee founded Sequoia Smith Partners in Beijing in early 2020 and has since then been serving as the firm’s managing partner.  Sequoia Smith Partners provides international and domestic clients with various commercial legal services, including investment and financing in industrial fields, outbound and inbound bank financing, dispute resolution, compliance matters, and issues relating to white-collar and economic crime.

A member of the trial bar for over 50 years, Jim has unparalleled experience and skill in preparing and presenting cases for adjudication – whether by jury, judge, arbitrator, mediator or the parties themselves.

Dr. Hadas Peled is a lecturer, researcher, and advocate.  She currently teaches at both the Executive MBA Program and the Multidisciplinary (Liberal Arts) Program of Bar-Ilan University as well as the Asian Department at Haifa University.  Her courses cover various topics, including the Israeli Legal System, Chinese commercial law, and Global Management and Innovation.

Recognized by IAM Strategy 300 Global Leaders as a leading patent strategist, Mr. Peter Su is a co-founder of Radlo & Su, where he counsels technology clients on patent strategy, patent prosecution, patent portfolio development, licensing, monetization, litigation, and corporate transactions of various technologies, including artificial intelligence, semiconductor, wireless, software, robotics, and optics technologies.  His clients have included Apple, Cisco, AMD, Sony, SandCraft, Luxtera, Cerebras Systems, MOFFETT AI, Tokyo Electron, and TSMC.  Mr. Su is also the General Counsel & Chief Intellectual Property Officer of Moley Robotics.  In that capacity, he has led the development of an industry-led robotic patent portfolio for the past nine years.  

Mr. Robert Woll is an international commercial lawyer with experience in both China and the United States, including twenty years in Hong Kong and six years in Beijing.  He is currently a private investor and legal advisor to tech start-ups, including WeStyle Inc., a digital fashion company based in Hong Kong and Shenzhen.

YAN Hao is the President of the Stanford Club of South China, and the managing partner of JunZeJun Law Offices.  Mr. Yan’s main areas of practice are intellectual property (“IP”), dispute resolution (including litigation and arbitration) of major civil and commercial cases, and venture capital investments.