Elizabeth Lan Lan was a founding partner of the international practice of JT&N. She is widely recognized as a leading lawyer in the PRC M&A and financial service areas, advising some of the largest multinational financial and industrial groups in the world. Her experience focuses on multi-industry M&A transactions, compliance and regulatory matters for financial service companies, especially insurance, asset management and bank holding companies.
One of the foremost experts on insurance law and the insurance industry in China, Ms. Lan counts as her clients some of the most prominent insurance companies in the industry, whom she advises on every aspect of their investments and operations in China.
Ms. Lan has significant experience advising multinational clients on the structure of their presence in China through acquisitions or formation of green-field companies. Her clients benefit from her in-depth knowledge of the details and nuances of PRC laws and regulations, as well as the policies and politics behind promulgated laws and regulations, which together form the regulatory and legal environment facing international companies in China.
Before joining JT&N, Ms. Lan was the Chief Representative of John Hancock Life Insurance Company in China, overseeing its Beijing, Tianjin, Foshan and Guangzhou representative offices. Prior to joining John Hancock, Ms. Lan practiced law in New York with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. She worked as a junior diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China before going to law school in the United States.
