Mr. Li is a registered lawyer and trademark attorney in the Peoples Republic of China where he specializes in foreign investments in China, mergers and acquisitions, joint venture structure and formations and intellectual property and technology law. Since August 2001, he has been a partner at T&C Law Offices in Beijing where his present clients include PCCW, Global Financial Group, AsiaInfo, Huawei, Shineway, Sohu.com, Jieli Press, China NetCom, Zinc Networks, Beyond Multimedia, Harbour Networks, DTVIA and Tsinghua Tongfang. He also completed an internship at Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP in Ottawa, Canada in 2003. Prior to joining T&C, Mr. Li was a founder and general counsel of Bookoo, Inc., a pioneer in the e-book marketplace and one of the first internet companies in Greater China that extensively emphasized and the management of intellectual property rights. Before the founding of Bookoo, Inc., Mr. Li spent over 4 years working for Cha & Cha, an international law firm specializing in Telecom, internet and joint venture law. He has a Master of Laws from the University of Ottawa and both a Master of Laws and Bachelor of Laws from Peking University, majoring in Intellectual Property Law. He also has a BS in Mathematics from Peking University. Charles has written numerous academic and professional articles that are widely published internationally and in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. |