Yao TANG
Shanghai Office
Attorney-at-Law
Yao TANG graduated from Northwest University of Political Science and Law, where he specialized in criminal law. His practice covers criminal defense, criminal complaints and referrals to law enforcement authorities, corporate legal risk management, and the development of corporate compliance frameworks.
Mr. Tang focuses on complex and high-stakes criminal matters. Since entering legal practice, he has participated in numerous major cases involving fraud, duty-related offenses, financial and economic crime, organized crime, intellectual property offenses and tax-related offenses.
Mr. Tang also has substantial experience in compliance and regulatory matters. He advises companies on anti-commercial bribery compliance, internal anti-fraud investigations, corporate risk prevention and related matters.
Professional Field
Representative Matters
Criminal Defense — Non-Prosecution Matters
- Represented an individual surnamed Wu in an environmental pollution case in Zhejiang Province; the procuratorate issued a decision not to prosecute.
- Represented an individual surnamed Wang in a case involving the sale of goods bearing counterfeit registered trademarks in Jiangsu Province; the procuratorate issued a decision not to prosecute.
- Represented a senior executive of a Shanghai company in a case involving the alleged illegal absorption of public deposits; the investigating authority withdrew the referral for prosecutorial review and no criminal liability was pursued.
Criminal Defense — Favorable Outcomes
- Defended an individual surnamed Pan in a Shanghai fraud case involving several million RMB. After becoming involved following approval of the client’s arrest, Mr. Tang persuaded the procuratorate to recharacterize the alleged offense as illegal business operations, successfully applied for a review of the necessity of continued detention, and ultimately secured a suspended sentence.
- Defended an individual surnamed Wu in Jiangsu Province in a case involving the alleged issuance of false special VAT invoices valued at several million RMB. Mr. Tang became involved following approval of the client’s arrest, and the client received a suspended sentence at trial.
- Defended the actual controller of a Shanghai company in a fundraising fraud case involving tens of billions of RMB; the charge was successfully recharacterized as the illegal absorption of public deposits.
- Defended an individual surnamed Guo, a shareholder and senior executive of a Zhejiang company, in a case involving the alleged smuggling of ordinary goods valued at more than RMB 7 million. Following approval of the client’s arrest, the defense ultimately secured a suspended sentence.
- Defended an individual surnamed Wang, a senior executive of a Shanghai company, in a case involving the alleged illegal absorption of more than RMB 5 billion in public deposits. Following approval of the client’s arrest, the defense ultimately secured a suspended sentence.
- Defended an individual surnamed Hu in Jiangsu Province against allegations of contract fraud and misappropriation of funds in a matter supervised by a provincial inspection team. The procuratorate accepted the defense submissions and declined to pursue the contract fraud allegation, which involved tens of millions of RMB.
- Defended an individual surnamed Shen in a Shanghai case involving the alleged issuance of false special VAT invoices valued at several million RMB. Mr. Tang became involved following approval of the client’s arrest, and the client received a suspended sentence at trial.
- Defended an individual surnamed Yuan in Shanghai in a case involving the sale of goods bearing counterfeit registered trademarks. Following approval of the client’s arrest, the defense ultimately secured a suspended sentence.
- Acted in an organized-crime-related case in Zhejiang Province involving allegations of fraud, obstruction of testimony, false litigation, picking quarrels and provoking trouble, extortion and forced transactions. The alleged fraud amount exceeded RMB 20 million when the case was referred for prosecutorial review. Following defense submissions, more than RMB 10 million was removed from the alleged amount during the prosecutorial stage, and the indictment ultimately alleged 21 instances of fraud totaling RMB 10 million. At trial, only six instances were upheld, reducing the fraud amount by nearly RMB 9 million, while two additional charges were not upheld.
Other Major Criminal Matters
- Defended the director of a county agricultural affairs office against allegations of unauthorized distribution of state-owned assets, embezzlement and accepting bribes in a matter supervised by a provincial inspection team.
- Defended an individual surnamed Liu, the actual controller of a Shanghai group company, in a case involving the alleged illegal absorption of more than RMB 5.3 billion in public deposits.
- Defended an individual surnamed Song, the actual controller of a Yunnan import and export company, against allegations of fraudulently obtaining more than RMB 3 million in export tax rebates.
- Acted in a major organized-crime case involving an entrepreneur in Tianjin.
- Defended the director of a clinical drug research center at a Shanghai hospital against allegations of embezzlement and accepting bribes.
- Defended an individual surnamed Chen against allegations of concealing more than RMB 130 million in proceeds of crime.
- Defended an individual surnamed Ni, a senior executive of a Zhejiang company, against allegations of selling goods bearing counterfeit registered trademarks.
- Acted in a Jiangsu case involving cross-border online gambling operations and the dissemination of obscene materials online for profit, with an alleged amount of several hundred million RMB.
- Acted for a large Jiangsu enterprise in a case involving the alleged smuggling of ordinary goods valued at more than RMB 77 million.
- Defended a deputy director of a public security bureau in a county-level city in Anhui Province against allegations of accepting bribes.
- Acted for a Jiangsu-based internet unicorn in a case involving the alleged illegal absorption of several hundred million RMB in public deposits.
- Acted in an organized-crime-related case involving an entrepreneur in Zhejiang Province.
- Acted in an organized-crime-related case involving a cross-border fraud group in Zhejiang Province, with an alleged amount of several hundred million RMB.
Compliance and Regulatory Matters
- Participated in a cross-border compliance engagement for the headquarters of a centrally administered state-owned machinery manufacturer. The team advised on the client’s international operations and assisted in establishing and improving compliance policies concerning export controls, cross-border data transfers, intellectual property, multilateral development bank sanctions and overseas operations.
- Participated in an internal investigation for a leading Chinese technology company concerning the protection of trade secrets. The team assisted the client in pursuing criminal allegations against an employee suspected of disclosing trade secrets to a competitor, resulting in China’s first law-enforcement case involving the alleged illegal provision of trade secrets to an overseas party.
- Participated in an internal investigation for a leading intelligent and integrated service provider in the high-protein meat products industry concerning conduct allegedly prejudicial to the interests of one of its subsidiaries in connection with its import business. The team also recommended improvements to the company’s internal control framework.
- Participated in an internal investigation for a world-leading fluid technology company concerning suspected commercial bribery at its Chinese subsidiary and advised on improvements to the company’s internal control framework.
- Participated in an internal investigation for a leading flexible staffing and recruitment services provider in connection with an online reputational incident and advised on improvements to the company’s internal control framework.
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