Yang Damin
  • Position：Senior Partner
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  • Language：Chinese
  • Number：(86-10)57096012
  • National Toll Free：400-700-3900
  • E-mail：yangdamin@king-capital.com
  • Office：Beijing
Working experience

Mr. Yang Damin, a senior partner of King & Capital Law Firm,  born in the former Baiyin Kulun Military Stud of the General Logistics Department of the PLA in Xilin Gol League, Inner Mongolia,  moved along with his parents to Zhangjiakou, a mountain city beyond the Great Wall in 1985,   read law at China University of Political Science and Law since 1993 and made it a profession to practice law since 1998. He is now director of the Case Law Research Association of China Law Society, director of China Against Corruption Law Association, master’s degree practice tutor of Northwest University of Politics and Law, one of the Top Ten Elite Lawyers in China of 2012 by Fangyuan magazine of the Supreme Court.

Over 20 years of practice, he has handled a large number of influential cases in the criminal and civil & commercial fields, accumulated rich legal practice experience and developed his own unique and meticulous legal thinking model as well as comprehensive skills to solve specific problems for clients.

Mr. Yang, whose professionalism, dedication and competence are recognized and trusted by his clients and friends, has been retained as legal counsel to the Actors Committee, chaired by Mr. Tang Guoqiang, of the China Radio and Television Association, to Liaoning Folk Art Troupe Ltd. (Benshan Media) established by Mr. Zhao Benshan, to the famous Hollywood director Mr. John Woo, to the No. 1 Chinese calligrapher Mr. Pang Zhonghua, and to the comedian Mr. Pan Changjiang.

Mr. Yang has served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine King & Capital for a long time. In addition to his full-time practice, he has authored factual records of legal practice, Safeguarding the Rights of the Stars (Law Publishing House) and A Wrangler of Time (Writers House), and edited Tian Wenchang: on Lawyers (Law Publishing House), and Father’s Prairie and Mother’s River - A Collection of Memories of Baiyin Kulun (People’s Daily Press).
Work performance

Representative Criminal Cases

  • The case of Yang xx, former deputy director of the Equipment Department of the Transportation Command Center of the Ministry of Railways and director of the Beijing Railway Bureau, who was charged with bribery;
  • The case of Bao xx, former Secretary of Chuxiong Municipal Party Committee of Yunnan Province, Deputy Director of Yunnan Provincial Development and Reform Commission, and Chairman of Yunnan Investment Group, who was charged with corruption;
  • The case of Luo xx, Deputy Head of the General Anti-drug Brigade of Chongqing Municipal Public Security Bureau, who was charged with intentional homicide;
  • The case of Wu Ying, the female billionaire of Dongyang, Zhejiang, who were charged with fundraising fraud;
  • The case of Xiao xx, an entrepreneur from Sanming City, Fujian Province, who was charged with illegal mining;
  • The case of Ou xx, a private entrepreneur in Guangxi Province, who was charged with the crime of negligently causing a serious accident and of running a casino;
  • The case of Zhou xx, general manager of Xinlike Company, Weifang, Shandong, who was charged with corruption;
  • The case of Wang xx, Deputy Mayor of Datong, Shanxi, who was charged with bribery;
  • The case of Li xx, Deputy Secretary of the Leading Party Members’ Group of the Municipal Government, Deputy Director of the Municipal Office of the Winter Olympics, Deputy Mayor of Zhangjiakou, Hebei, who was charged with bribery;
  • The case of Wu xx, from Xinyi’an, Shajing, Shenzhen, who was charged with founding and leading a organization with the traits of underworld;
  • The case of Gao xx, Secretary of Zhuolu County Party Committee, Hebei, who was charged with bribe-taking;
  • The case of Xia xx, President of the People’s Court of Zhangbei County, who was charged with bribe-taking;
  • The case of Lv xx, Deputy Captain of the detachment under the economic investigation brigade of Zhangjiakou, who was charged with illegal transport of explosive substances;
  • The case of Zhang xx, nicknamed Sixi, a foreign trade businessman in Zhangjiakou, who was charged with embezzlement and fraud;
  • The case of Zhao xx, Mayor of Longguan Town, Chicheng County, who was charged with bribe-taking;

 

Representative Civil & Commercial Cases:

  • The reputation dispute case of Kingsoft Security v. Zhou Hongyi, Chairman of Qihu 360 (“first microblogging case” as covered by the media, selected as one of the top ten influential litigation of 2011 in China and as a guidance case of the Supreme People’s Court);
  • The authorship dispute case of Fan Di’an, chairman of China Artists Association and director of the National Art Museum of China;
  • The cases of the AIDS patient, Li xx, in Yuncheng, Shanxi, v. certain central hospital regarding the dispute over damage compensation; 
  • The dispute among entrepreneur Wang xx, Feng xx (Hainan Jiahong travel agency) and You xx over share transfer contract;
  • The case of Actress Jin Qiaoqiao v. Song Zude regarding the reputation dispute;
  • The case authorship dispute between of the comedian Pan Changjiang and the calligrapher Su xx;
  • The case of copyright dispute between the famous writer Shi Zhongshan and Long Yi, author of Lurk;
  • The copyright dispute between the famous advertisement mastermind Ye Maozhong and a director over the Power Dekor commercial;
  • The case of the famous Buddha statue collector Li Wei, Putuo Mountain Institute of Buddhist Statues v. Zhang Xingzhong(Internet nicknamed Xifeng) and Chen xx regarding the reputation dispute;
Social duties

He is a fellow researcher at the Art and Law Research Center of China University of Political Science and Law, the cover figure of the February 2010 issue of Fangyuan, the journal under the supervision of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, and one of the Top Ten Elite Lawyers of 2011.

Educational background

He is a holder of the Bachelor’s degree in law and a graduate from China University of Political Science and Law.