Dengchuan Li / Lawyer / Executive Director
Dengchuan Li , Lawyer, holds a Master's degree in International Financial Law from East China University of Political Science and Law. He currently serves as the Executive Director of Shanghai Xinyi Law Firm, with previous experience as a news reporter and producer at a provincial-level television media outlet. His areas of expertise include urban renewal and real estate expropriation, civil and commercial dispute resolution, film, television and media, as well as metaverse-related legal services.
Attorney Li has a wealth of practical experience, including:
- Representing a real estate company in a entrusted loan contract dispute involving a subject matter value of nearly 10 billion yuan.
- Providing specialized legal services for multiple land acquisition and reserve projects and major urban renewal projects in Xuhui District, Shanghai.
- Acting as legal counsel in numerous administrative cases concerning expropriation decisions and expropriation compensation decisions related to real estate.
- Representing clients in multiple joint ownership disputes involving the distribution of public housing expropriation compensation benefits.
- Offering full-process legal services to Yuanli Planet, a leading domestic metaverse company, including compliance review for five major data businesses: the issuance of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), digital assets, digital office operations, digital commerce, digital infrastructure, and digital twins.
- Providing specialized legal services for a media company in its business cooperation with numerous celebrities and key opinion leaders (KOLs).
- Member of the External Publicity and Liaison Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association
- Member of the Culture, Sports and Welfare Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association
- Member of the Urban Renewal (Expropriation) Professional Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association
- Deputy Head and Secretary-General of the Shanghai Lawyers Running Group
- Recipient of the "Lüxinshe 2024 Annual Recommended Elite Lawyers (Top 40 Under 40)"
- Ranked among the "2025 China LegalOne Practical Pioneers (Top 45 in Construction and Real Estate)"
- Winner of the "2021 Outstanding Contribution Award" from the Real Estate Expropriation (Relocation) Business Research Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association
- Winner of the "2022 Outstanding Research Achievement Award" from the Real Estate Expropriation (Relocation) Business Research Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association
- Winner of the "2023 Outstanding Contribution Award" from the Real Estate Expropriation (Relocation) Business Research Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association
