Jia Yan Bio

Jia Yan is a partner in Pillsbury’s Corporate practice and co-leader of our China practice. Jia primarily represents clients in mergers and acquisitions and financing, Hong Kong and U.S. IPOs, corporate restructuring, fund formation and private equity investments. He also has significant experience in international dispute resolutions and real estate transactions. Prior to joining Pillsbury, Jia was the co-chair of Paul Hastings’s Beijing and Shanghai offices. He previously served as the chief operating officer of iSinoLaw Limited, the general counsel of Tai Kong Tung, as well as the associate director and research fellow of Hong Kong WTO Research Institute. Jia began his career as an associate at a prominent Wall Street firm’s New York office. Jia was rated as Band 1 in the Corporate/M&A (International Firms) area of Chambers Greater China 2025. Jia is admitted to practice law in New York. He also passed the PRC bar in 1994 but does not hold a current practicing certificate.