China International Trade Law

Marra Wan Attorney at law

Melink Law Firm Shanghai

Tel: +86-13817509806; +86-21-5417 3997 marra@wiselinklaw.com en.wiselinklaw.com

Marra Wan is the founder and director of MeLink Law Firm Shanghai which is formerly known as Wan Xiaofang Law Firm Shanghai since November 2008. Marra Wan graduated from the Shanghai University of International Business and Economics with an LLM degree in International Economic Law. Before she created WiseLink, Marra has been partner of Rolmax Law Office, and has accumulated experiences and skills as an attorney-at-law for twenty years. She worked as an import-export manager during the two years in a foreign trade corporation, and as a legal consultant during the nearly four years in Anxin Group which is a famous construction material manufacturer in Shanghai.

Marra Wan is at present a guest lawyer for WIFFA’s 100 lawyers group. She has served as a member of the Admiralty & Maritime legal research committee of Shanghai Bar Association, a judge of the 2nd TILA International Moot Court Competition 2019, an invited lecturer of several foreign trade and logistics platforms, and a legal expert of the Construction Materials Industry Association.

Marra Wan has served tens of enterprises since she got her licence of attorney. She is specialised in international trade law, commercial litigation and arbitration, transportation and logistics law etc. Her main job includes:

1. Acting as the legal representative to attend international commercial/ admiralty arbitration. Her job covers the application for arbitration, discovery, written pleadings, cross examination, application for enforcement of arbitral award to Chinese court etc.;

2. Settling tdisputes in relation to foreign trade including that of agency, performance of international sales contracts, L/C, draft etc; to advise the manner of trade such as transhipment trade, back-to-back L/C and the choice of trade terms etc.;

3. Settling disputes of maritime law such as B/L, charter party, lien on cargoes, insurance claims, attachment of vessels etc.;

4. Providing legal services in foreign direct investment including the setup of joint ventures or wholly foreign owned enterprises, and merger & acquisition of domestic companies etc., providing legal services for investment to overseas, and she will advise on the framework, legal international avoidance of tax, the location of headquarters of global corporations, the arrangement of international trade, the payment, the registration of off-shore corporations, the policies of foreign currency of China, the design of the share allocation for the holding corporations etc.;

5. Representing corporations, companies, individuals, or any other entities in domestic litigation including filing lawsuits, pleading, evidence exchange, appearing in court, discovery of evidence, counter claim, applying for injunctions & attach assets, filing appeals, applying for enforcement etc.;

6. Acting as legal consultant for large-scale enterprises to give legal advice for daily operation and management.

Marra Wan maintains close links with arbitration institutions in the UK, Hong Kong, the US and Sweden and has close working relationships with law firms in Brazil, Macau, the UK, the US, Hong Kong, Australia, Japan and Canada. She is a native Chinese speaker, and she is fluent in English.

Marra Wan has been highly praised by clients for her serious, responsible and rigorous work style.