Thomas Yunlong Man

Thomas Yunlong Man

Professor of Practice of Peking University School of Transnational Law
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Education
J.D, INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW-BLOOMINGTON
Ph. D. in American Constitutional History, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
M.A., Peking University
B.A, SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY

Thomas Yunlong Man is Professor from Practice of Peking University School of Transnational Law. He joined STL in 2014 after 17 years of law practice in cross-border mergers & acquisitions and corporate transactions with a number of leading international law firms in Chicago, Shanghai and Beijing, including as a partner with Baker & McKenzie, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Hogan Lovells and Morrison & Foerster. He was listed as a “Leading Lawyer” in the Mergers & Acquisition and Project Finance categories by International Financial Law Review in 2011. Prior to law practice, Professor Man taught in the History Department of Peking University and was a visiting fellow at the Harvard-Yenching Institute.

Expertise
MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP, September 2012 – present
CCH HONG KONG LTD, March 2014 - present
ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP,September 2007 – August 2008
HOGAN LOVELLS INTERNATIONAL LLP, September 2008 - August 2011
BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP, 1999- 2007
BARNES & THORNBURG, May 1997- December 1998
INDIANA COURT OF APPEALS, January - May 1997
SHANGHAI WANGUO LAW FIRM, Summer 1995
Books: 

English Colonization and the Formation of Anglo-American Polities, 1606-1664, Chinese Social Sciences Resources Press, Beijing (forthcoming September 2015)

Perspectives in US History – Essay Collection II (2010)

Uniform Provisions of Evidence of the People's Court - Proposal for Judicial Interpretation and Drafting Commentary (Beijing: CUPL Press, 2008)

Translation of Book (co-translator), Evidence: Text, Problems, and Cases, by Ronald Allen, Richard B. Kuhns & Eleanor Swift (Beijing: Higher Education Press, 2006)

Perspectives in History, People’s Publishing House, 1990

 

Book Chapters: 

“Halfway to Expedited Merger Filing: China’s MOFCOM Defines ‘Simple’ Cases for Summary Procedure,” The M&A Lawyer (March 2014), Vol. 18, Issue 3, pp. 11-13

Articles: 

 “China Outbound Investment: Beginning of the End of the Approval System?” Morrison & Foerster Client Alert (February 18, 2014)

“Jefferson’s Democratic Thought in Modern China” History Monthly, No. 11 (2013), pp. 50-66

“Managing the Auction Process,” China Law & Practice (March 2011), pp. 18-19

“Regulation of Foreign Representative Offices Further Tightened - But Procedural Certainty Improving,” Hogan Lovells China Corporate Alert (December 2010)

“Inheritance and Elaboration – An Interpretative Framework of the Formation of Anglo-American Colonial Institutions, Perspectives in US History – Essay Collection II, HeBei Renmin Press (2010), pp. 15-23

“Half-way Due Process – Aliens and American Immigration Law”, Perspectives in US History – Essay Collection II, HeBei Renmin Press (2010), pp. 156-178

"Tidal Waves and Undercurrents in Chinese Business: Recent Development in Key Sectors," Best Practices for International Business Transactions in China (Thompson Reuters/Aspatore Series "Inside the Minds", New York, 2010), pp. 37-57

"Implementing Employee Incentive Plans in China - SAFE Approval and Beyond," Labor & Employment 2009 Digital Guide (London, 2009), pp. 134-137

"Avoiding Pitfalls in Terminating Employees in China," Labor & Employment 2009 Digital Guide (London, 2009), pp. 138-143

"SAFE Rule Changes - Encouraging Outbound Lending by Chinese Companies," PLC Cross-border (August 2009)

"Foreign Investment Industry Catalogue - New Revisions & Alignment with National Development Strategy," China Law & Practice (December 2007 / January 2008), pp. 17-19

“Execution of Enforceable Contracts in China,” Canadian International Law Journal (July - August 2004)

“First Representative Assembly of Colonial Virginia in 1619,” Academics in China, No. 1 (2000), pp. 78-86

“National Legal Restructuring in accordance with International Norms: GATT/WTO and China’s Foreign Trade Reform,” Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, Vol. 4, Issue 2 (Spring 1997), pp. 471-508

“Republican Principle and Monarchical Orientation in Alexander Hamilton’s Political Thought ,” World History, No. 5  (1993), pp. 103-107

 “Merchant Adventure Companies and English Colonization of America,” History Monthly,No. 4 (1992), pp. 94-101

“English Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Constitutionalism,” History and Its Scholarly Approach (Shanghai: Xueling Publishing House, 1992), pp. 166-189; reprinted in Tsinghua Law Review, Issue 5 (2004), pp. 95-112

“British American Colonial Experience in an Atlantic Perspective,”Developments in World History Studies, No. 7 (1992), pp. 14-20

“Formation of the Political Institutions in Colonial Massachusetts,” History Research, No. 5 (1992), pp. 163-176

“The Rise of American Social History and Contemporary American Society and Culture,” in Perspectives in History , People’s Publishing House, 1990, pp. 85-101

“The Republican Revisionism and Contemporary American Intellectual History,” History Research, No. 4 (1990), pp. 180-192

“American Historiography of Thomas Jefferson and His Time ,”Developments in World History Studies , No. 5 (1990), pp. 12-18

“Mixed Government and Aristocratic Politics,” World History, No. 6 (1990), pp. 57-66

“Cross-Cultural Approach and Modern Historiography,” Presidential Address at CHUS Third Annual Meeting, Baltimore, August 1990, Chinese Historians, Vol. 4, No. 2 (1990), pp. 1-9

 “Evolution of Colonial Virginia General Assembly and Its Historical Significance,” Journal of Shandong Normal University, No. 3 (1988), pp. 33-40

“The Republican School in American Revolution Historiography,”Developments in World History Studies , No. 4 (1987), pp. 33-38

 

Speaking Engagements: 

"Cross-Border M&A - Practical Guide," All China Lawyers' Association Training Workshop, Beijing, August 16, 2013

“Doing Business in China – Customs, Etiquettes, and Practices,” JBS Series for International Business Managers, London, February 16-17, 2012

“China’s New National Security Review Regime,” American Conference Institute China Summit on M&A, Shanghai, September 20-21, 2011

“Cross-Border M&A – Major Issues and Case Studies.” L-Council In-house Series, November 29, 2011

"Managing Regulatory Scrutiny for Cross-Border M&A," The 2009 & 1st Annual China Outbound Investment & M&A Summit, Beijing, September 17, 2009

Keynote Speech "Preparing to Do Business in China," Global Equity Organization CEO's 9th Annual Conference, San Francisco, April 10, 2008.

Courses: 

School of Transnational Law, Peking University, Shenzhen, PRC

  • Professor from Practice (September 2015 - present)

 

China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, PRC

  • Adjunct Professor of Law – Graduate Students Advisor (August 2006 - present)

  • Expert Advisor to the Drafting Committee for the Uniform Rules of Evidence for the People’s Courts commissioned by the Supreme People’s Court of China (January 2006 – September 2007)

 

The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

  • Instructor (part-time) (August 1988 - May 1991)

 

Chinese Historians in the United States, Inc. (CHUS)

  • President (1989 - 1990)

  • Board Member (Academic Coordinator) (1997-1998)

 

Harvard University - Harvard-Yenching Institute, Cambridge, Mass., USA

  • Research Fellow (July 1985 - August 1986)

 

Beijing University, Beijing, PRC

  • Assistant Professor of History (December 1984 - July 1985)

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