Peter C. Pang

IPO Pang Shenjun Law Firm (China)

Peter C. Pang is Chairman and Managing Partner of IPO PANG SHENJUN PLLC, a premier international boutique law firm based in Shanghai, PRC with offices in Washington DC. His expertise includes Intellectual Property and Trade Secrets, Corporate Law and formation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Initial Public Offering, Private Placement, Technology Transfer, Joint Venture Formation and business alliances. Mr. Pang’s over 45 years of law practice in the People’s Republic of China and the United States places him amongst a handful of US China lawyers with Asian International Expertise and in-depth appreciation for both the Western and Asian cultural and business differences and sensitivities. One of his areas of expertise is assist International Investors, Inventors and Businessmen to access the US and Chinese markets through Mr. Pang’s wide network of lawyers, accountants and consultants worldwide. Mr. Pang has partners and affiliates in over 80 countries.

Over his professional career, Mr. Pang has overseen the prosecution and registration of thousands of trademark cases, litigated wins over hundreds of intellectual property cases, first chaired over $3 billion dollars’ worth of acquisitions and divestitures on behalf of both private and public entities. Mr. Pang is active in the emerging business growth sector and has represented businessmen, engineers, entrepreneurs and startup companies with formation of new ventures from inception through an IPO exit. He is immensely knowledgeable regarding the food, automotive, retail (apparel), entertainment and biopharmaceutical industries, and has worked both as an in-house lawyer or outside counsel and consultant in each of these industries. Mr. Pang has studied and been trained in both China (Peking University, University of Hong Kong) and in the US (UC Berkeley, Santa Clara Law School, University of Houston, and Fuqua School of Business at Duke University). Mr. Pang is fluent in English, Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese. Mr. Pang travels frequently between the US, Europe and Asia, attending to his international clientele’s needs and zealously representing their interests. Mr. Pang has lived and worked in Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Taiwan and the United States, and he is based half time in Shanghai and half time in the US, mostly the Washington DC area.

Mr. Pang was formerly Of Counsel to Dickinson Wright PLLC’s Washington, D.C. office where his primary focus was international business transactions tasked with developing business and clients in the People’s Republic of China and the Greater China Region. Prior to going into private practice, Mr. Pang was Vice President and General Counsel for Dole Packaged Foods Company, Chief Associate General Counsel for Nissan North America, M&A Counsel for Hershey Foods Corporation and trademark attorney for Shell Oil Company. His writings can be found on the firm’s website at www.ipopang.com as well as www.chinalawinsider.com. He is also an expert at fighting counterfeiters in China and has successfully conducted many raids and seizures in conjunction with local authorities. In his various capacities, he had overall legal and supervisory responsibility for achieving legal department goals and objectives, often overseeing a team of lawyers and a substantial annual legal budget.

As a pioneer in cross border transactions, Mr. Pang has published numerous articles and chapters in books on technology transfers, trade secrets, and forms of international business transactions. His work on US-China business transactions has led to his appointment by Governor Snyder of Michigan to Co-Chair a Steering Committee on exploring the feasibility of procuring two Giant Pandas from the PRC for Belle Isle in Detroit. Mr. Pang had worked on a similar project for former Governor Jerry Brown of California when he was Mayor of Oakland in procuring Giant Pandas for the Oakland Zoo. As a legal practitioner, Mr. Pang is acknowledged by the American Registry as a seasoned attorney with unique insights and capabilities as an in-house attorney and entrepreneur. IPO PANG has been nominated by numerous organizations as the “Firm of the Year”, “Foreign Investment Firm of the Year”, “Intellectual Property Firm of the Year” and other similar recognitions.

Mr. Pang currently advises a number of boards of directors, municipalities and government ministries on international legal issues, intellectual property, corporate law and regulatory compliance. He has been active on the US China Business Council in Washington DC and has participated on numerous SED and a contributor to the JCCT. Mr. Pang also serves as an adviser to the US Department of Commerce, Office of the General Counsel on strategic dialogue with China on improving business and commercial relations.

A frequently invited speaker by chambers and business clubs, Mr. Pang is the leading expert on the expanding US-Sino economy, the laws that will govern its growth and the industry opportunities for greater China for foreign enterprises. Now China has become an economic power, Mr. Pang is actively engaged in brokering the investment desires of high net worth elites and has successfully closed many transactions. In 2017, 2018 and 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024, Mr. Pang has spoken to audiences in Sao Paulo, London, Barcelona, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kiev, Vancouver, Los Angeles, New York, Shanghai, Changsha, Chengdu, Vienna, Palau, Ho Chi Minh City, Paris, and Honolulu.

The firm is a member of INTA, IBLC, Alliott Global Alliance, Aliant Law, ABA, ICLA, IRGlobal, IFA and numerous other international organizations. Mr. Pang and the firm are recipients of many nominations of awards and recognition and is considered preeminent legal, business and consulting advisors to businesses that desire to expand to Asia. Currently Mr. Pang is active as Vice Chair of the International Contracts Committee of the ABA International Law Section and Chair of Diversity of the Cross Border Management Section of the ABA International Law Section. He is a member of the Unfair Competition Committee of INTA and a former Chair and Task Force Leader of the Common Factors Group of the Unfair Competition Committee. He is on the Steering Committee of the ABA for 2024 to 2025.